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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: pauliewalnuts on December 15, 2014, 02:16:44 PM

Title: The Christmas Truce
Post by: pauliewalnuts on December 15, 2014, 02:16:44 PM

(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/12/12/1418400884792/First-world-war-Christmas-001.jpg)

"fancy a German shaking your flapper as though he was trying to smash your fingers and then a few days later trying to plug you" - Herbert Smart, Aston Villa player (just the one appearance, mind)

I found it hard not to read that quoted sentence in the voice of Hugh Laurie's character in Blackadder Goes Forth

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: Jimbo on December 15, 2014, 06:45:32 PM

Fantastic. Where's the clipping from, Paulie?

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: pauliewalnuts on December 15, 2014, 11:40:30 PM

The Guardian, 4th Jan 1915.

Spotted it here:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2014/dec/15/-sp-first-world-war-christmas-truce-football-trenches

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: Jimbo on December 16, 2014, 07:55:44 AM

Ah, Cheers. I thought the headline was a bit sarky.

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: tomd2103 on December 24, 2014, 12:04:20 PM

Saw something on the news a couple of weeks ago about the truce.  A historian was saying that the football game didn't really take place as since suggested, rather some British soldiers (Warwickshire Regiment) had a kickabout while German soldiers watched on. 

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 24, 2014, 12:51:43 PM

Well Darling, it looks like a typical lefty Guardian article being unpatriotic as usual. Behrrrrrrrrr.

Title: Re: The Christmas Truce
Post by: dcdavecollett on February 28, 2015, 10:31:17 PM

Yes, why can't they just waver their union jacks and cheer while young working-class people die for the ruling class's interests?

Despicable!!