tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post3333901115688590618..comments2024-03-29T03:13:16.309-07:00Comments on Red legs in Soho.: Don't mention the War!RedlegsinSohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14180863811636762469noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-58008486162543217922011-02-17T07:18:40.940-08:002011-02-17T07:18:40.940-08:00This is the joy or archives!!! I loved reading thi...This is the joy or archives!!! I loved reading this post :) Sums up how I feel exactly - although I am very much drawn to UK fashion 1939-45.LandGirl1980https://www.blogger.com/profile/09549128222449333173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-79992031871580874332011-02-03T02:23:33.076-08:002011-02-03T02:23:33.076-08:00In my opinion you are not right. Let's discuss...In my opinion you are not right. Let's discuss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-49509323212762877702010-04-27T07:32:09.285-07:002010-04-27T07:32:09.285-07:00Great post! My interest in 1940s and postwar Brita...Great post! My interest in 1940s and postwar Britain is probably about 40% schadenfreude -- my mother was born during the war, and the book "Austerity Britain" is practically a catalog of the misery, grimness, privation, meanness and class warfare that led her to flee the UK to the States, where I grew up. I figure that to understand the war and the postwar austerity years is to understand a lot of what made modern Britain the way it is. <br /><br />All that considered, I too find it amazing and inspiring that British women being bombed left, right and center and required to work the equivalent of 2.5 jobs still found the gusto to curl their hair, put on lipstick and face the world looking as good as possible. There are days in London when I can't rise beyond sweatpants, and I don't even have a war for an excuse.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08658071376083163047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-35956456157225983392010-04-24T01:48:39.228-07:002010-04-24T01:48:39.228-07:00removed due to very bad spellings!!
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...removed due to very bad spellings!!<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />It's easy to look through Rose tinted spectacles, my grand parents had a hard war. I now work with people who number, German soldier, British Soldier, occupied native of the Channel islands under German rule, evacueesetc etc, I could go on. I'm lucky to hear everything first hand from those who want to talk about it. Imagine building bunkers for the Germans, or getting hauled out of bed at 2am because someone cut the powerlines and forced to march for 4 hours not knowing if you'd be shot.<br /><br />Yes, it's easy to be Romantic about a period in time in which we were not born into, yet shaped us all. I wouldn't have been created if it were not for the war! I'm happy to mention the war and my love for those who did everything they could in that awful period of time.<br /><br />Kind regards xMiss Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079027698709659782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-29994912654390864262010-04-24T01:45:30.753-07:002010-04-24T01:45:30.753-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Miss Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079027698709659782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-52600053692712142592010-04-22T06:22:08.848-07:002010-04-22T06:22:08.848-07:00It depends on the country too. I think very few pe...It depends on the country too. I think very few people in Germany are fond of the 40s.... Same for Spain.Helen Highwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087854313840436307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596821965737554861.post-74657475270957834952010-04-22T04:54:14.684-07:002010-04-22T04:54:14.684-07:00A super blog Minn! I enjoy learning about the war ...A super blog Minn! I enjoy learning about the war and often favour the WWII working girl look, but my heart lies in 1938-1941 American fashions, so very much more glam than the equivalent period in London. We were certainly more stylish in the mid-30s. I often wonder what fashion would have looked like if the war hadn't interrupted it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157966793649104219noreply@blogger.com