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(8) Page 16 - It’s all right now, Bill
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74462769
Description	With explosions in the background, this cartoon (by Dr. E. S. J. Hall) shows an overturned car that has been hit by a shell, with its two dazed occupants. The caption reads: 'IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW, BILL! YOU CAN COME OUT - THERE AIN'T ANY MORE COMING!' This cartoon is most likely a joke on the theme of displaying 'coolness under fire', a quality often rewarded with medals. The humour centres on the fact that, even if he wanted to, the man trapped underneath the wrecked car is not going anywhere without help.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations
Subject / content:	Automobiles Soldiers War casualties Shells (ammunition) Explosions
Person / organisation:	Hall, E. S. J. [Illustrator]
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Christmas, 1917
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Dates / events:	1917 [Date published]
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Blighty
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Description	A humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public.
Shelfmark	6.84

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Periodicals
Dates / events:	1916-1920 [Date published] World War, 1914-1918 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Humor
Person / organisation:	Walbrook & Co. [Printer] Walbrook & Co. [Publisher] Committee of Blighty [Publisher]
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Blighty and Sea Pie
Description	Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families.