Nancy Astor A Nazi

[webbo3]

Next in line for some vandalism............. Nancy Astor.
Are they just vandalising anything they dont like, this will backfire massively on BLM.

So they are lauding over a man who stuck a gun in a pregnant womans stomach, next hey vandalise a statues of the first woman MP.

Perhaps its women they dont like.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-53161535

[naomi24]

The lyrics aren't the issue, Jim. The quote from maggiebee is ... but you know that.

[jim360]

The quote from Maggiebee is the title. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Mamyalynne]

Jim, I know you don't need my advice but unless you want to be still spinning in circles on this thread in 3 days time I'd drop it.

We all saw and knew what the post meant, it's been discussed many times on AB.

Someone knee jerked for some odd reason.

[naomi24]

Not 'all' mamyalynne. If I've knee-jerked I'm not alone. I'll leave it there.

[jim360]

Could you expand on that, mamya?

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry, I wasn't clear - this will become a circular discussion that could run for days without resolution.

You may like those, so I'm sure you'll ignore me and quite right too.

Knee-jerk referred to whoever removed the post.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry, that much going on here - the knee jerks I referred to were the removed posts - people choosing to misunderstand.

Apologies.

[Barmaid]

My grandfather fought in Italy. He was at Anzio (a lot of people do not realise that there were trenches in WW2, it being a Great War thing). There were vile trenches at Anzio and the battle was a particularly nasty one. He then moved up and fought at Cassino. He then pressed on to Rome.

I had the huge honour to accompany him back there in 2013. I watched his tears as we walked round the many cemeteries. I saw the humility when he was presented with a scroll of thanks by the people of Anzio.

I couldn't give a *** about the words in a song or what people think. That's their issue . I'm just proud.

[jim360]

I didn't pick the name 360 by accident :P

(Actually I did but that's a whole other story.)

It's a shame that people decided to see offence where there was none to be had.

[retrocop]

//(b) Did Lady Astor use the term "D-Day Dodgers"?

The following article about "The Ballad of the D-Day Dodgers" appeared in the 'Sunday Post' newspaper for 16 April 2006. It might be of interest to those with an interest in the Second World War, and especially those who served with the British Army in Italy in 1944.

A reader sent in the following question to 'The Queries Man': "Is there any proof that Lady Astor referred to the British troops in Italy as 'D-Day Dodgers', or was this purely German propaganda?"

Answer: "Yes, she did use the expression. She received a letter in 1944 from a disillusioned British soldier in Italy who was among those who felt the efforts of servicemen not involved in the Normandy campaign were being ignored. He signed it sarcastically, but she apparently failed to appreciate this. It became the subject of a song set to the tune of 'Lili Marlene'."//

FRIDAY, 22 JULY, 2011

https://2ndww.blogspot.com/2006/04/did-lady-astor-use-term-d-day-dodgers.html

[Barmaid]

It's not as if they had a choice tho!

[ABerrant]

'Tis a pity maggiebee failed to use quotation marks; 'twould have saved naomi24 a bee in her bonnet.

e.g. This is part of the song "The D Day Dodgers" [sic] sung to the tune of "Lily Marlene" [sic]

[jno]

you have to get your attributions spot-on these days, ABerrant, or no PhD for you.

[woofgang]

BM it sounds like your Grandad and my Dad were in the same places at the same time. For many years he had a piece of wallpaper from the Vatican. It was very fine woven silk in a bright peacock blue on a paper backing. Sadly this was some 60 years ago when we knew nothing about conservation and it fell to dust. Apparently the Germans had trashed and looted parts of it including ripping the paper off the walls and several of the British troops took souvenirs.