Blighty > Summer, 1918
(10) Page 23 - Mixed
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Summer, 1918 > (10) Page 23 - Mixed |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74463456 |
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| Description | The Scottish soldier in this cartoon, by H. Mallalieu, passes the time of day with a woman working in a canteen. The caption reads: 'Canteen Lady: "DO YOU THINK WE SHALL BEAT THE GERMANS THIS YEAR?" / Brawny Scot: "J'N' DINNA KEN PAS."' His reply is a humorous hybrid of Scots and French. Many soldiers and sailors on active service submitted cartoons, stories or poems to 'Blighty' magazine. This particular edition was devoted to such contributions. Sadly, unlike the professional cartoonists of the day, this important group of talented amateurs has largely gone unrecorded. |
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| Description | This special summer edition was a selection of some of the best poems, stories and sketches submitted. A note at the back of the magazine informed readers that many of those chosen for inclusion had been written 'in the trenches and dug-outs, whilst the Hun shells are screaming overhead'. |
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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. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.84 |
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| 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. |
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