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This cartoon is one of a group which praises people who simply ignore the risk of becoming a victim of an air raid. This was unwise.
However, I do remember that as a 13 year old schoolboy I would not take shelter during air raids on the way home from school. Instead I would collect warm pieces of shrapnel. I didn’t tell my mother that. That was not the only time that I was very lucky. I didn’t tell my mother that.
If this scenario is to be thought authentic is must have occurred far away from London or any big towns. The residents of those conurbations would learn the difference very quickly.
This cartoon was literally true. Some buildings in the vicinity of St Paul’s Cathedral had indeed been wiped out affording a better view. As this is a cartoon I wonder whether we are meant to see this as a gross exaggeration. It wasn’t.
This cartoon was literally true. Some buildings in the vicinity of St Paul’s Cathedral had indeed been wiped out affording a better view. As this is a cartoon I wonder whether we are meant to see this as a gross exaggeration. It wasn’t.
Amazing that St Paul's was left standing, it must have become a prime target.