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| Description | When the pie was opened' by Lieutenant C.W. Thomas. This cartoon depicts German soldiers scrambling out of the hatch of a sinking U-boat. Their arms are raised in surrender as they look towrs the silhouetted British battleship that has presumably just torpedoed their submarine. The caption beneath the cartoon reads: 'When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing.' The caption of this cartoon would have been recognised immediately by all Britons familiar with the popular nursery rhyme 'Sing a song of sixpence'. In this context, 'singing' probably refers to confessing, and thus the cartoon implies that these German submariners will immediately tell their captors the secrets of their nation's submarine technology. |
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| 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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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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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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