Does anyone recall this from the 1940's?

[detective]

Who or what was Windy who spent a lot of time in the air in the early 1940's?

[sandyRoe]

A barrage balloon or blimp?

[Sqad]

Do you mean "Wimpey?"

[maggi]

Isn't this a GBQ question?

[heathfield]

'Windy' was the cat owned by Wing Commander Guy Gibson of Dambuster fame. The cat accompanied his owner on many bombing missions over Germany.

[lslowry]

guy gibson had a dog named ***, try calling your dog that these days

[lslowry]

you can't change history ed

[Canary42]

Joseph Conrad wrote a book called The *** of the "Narcissus"

[lslowry]

not on this site he didn't, Canary

[DrFilth]

Film censorship
**igger was portrayed in the 1955 film The Dam Busters. He was mentioned by name frequently in the film. The word **gger, which was in general use as a name at the time, has since become unacceptable for media use. In 1999, British television network ITV broadcast a censored version of the film, with all instances of the name removed. ITV blamed regional broadcaster London Weekend Television, which in turn alleged that a junior staff member had been responsible for the unauthorised cuts. When ITV again showed a censored version in June 2001, it was criticised by Index on Censorship as "unnecessary and ridiculous" and that the edits introduced continuity errors.

The edited American version of the film uses dubbing to change ***'s name to Trigger.[2] The dog may be called "Nigsy" in the upcoming remake.[

[Canary42]

Snigger snigger !

[lslowry]

i apologise for hijacking the thread, detective. i agree that the word is not acceptable, but it was history and you can't change that. Two people on our estate had dogs with that name in the fifties

[DrFilth]

in the new history books , the reason the titanic sinks is because the captain smokes a pipe. lol

[webbo3]

Sorry Dr, they have airbrushed his pipe out due to health reasons, they did this along with brunels big cigar, cant endorse smoking can we....?


Dave.