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(5) Page 74 - And when the enemy start firing, I suppose you all go down into the dugouts
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DescriptionGirl (to naval officer)' by Tom Cottrell. This cartoon depicts an attractive young woman sitting on an ottoman, speaking to a naval officer in uniform. The caption reads: 'THE GIRL (to Naval Officer): "AND WHEN THE ENEMY START FIRING, I SUPPOSE YOU ALL GO DOWN TO INTO THE DUGOUTS?" ' The joke here appears to be that the young woman pictured is ignorant of the differences between the army and the navy. The implication that glamorous women are vacuous and only serve a purpose as playthings for men, recurs quite frequently in cartoons from this period. The fact that women provided the economic backbone of Britain during the war, as well as serving in overseas regiment, did not affect some chauvanistic attitudes.
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July 1919
Sea-Pie
Description'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme.
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Blighty and Sea Pie
DescriptionEditions 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.