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(4) Page 5 - Give us another Woodbine, Bill, or I'll leave you to it
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74462285
Description	This cartoon, by Gunner O.L. Bullock, shows a soldier in a wheelchair with his helper, speaking with three elderly and very respectable-looking women. The caption reads: 'GIVE US ANOTHER WOODBINE, BILL, OR I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT!' The humour in this cartoon centres on the temporary imbalance of power between the soldier in the wheelchair and his helper. Clearly, the wheelchair-bound soldier cannot go anywhere without the help of his assistant. In turn, this means that unless the helper receives an acceptable quota of Woodbines, he will leave the wounded solider to converse with the ladies. Interestingly, the artist who drew this cartoon, Gunner O.L. Bullock, names a hospital as his place of residence rather than a regiment. Perhaps Gunner Bullock was drawing on his own experiences for this cartoon?

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations
Subject / content:	Bandages Capes (outerwear) Dress (culture-related concept) Elderly Hats Overcoats Soldiers Women Wheelchairs
Person / organisation:	Bullock, O. L. [Artist]
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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.