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(14) Page 32 - How far is it to the sugar factory, mate?
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DescriptionBy Lieutenant-Corporal R. Birrell. This cartoon shows a strapping young soldier talking to an undernourished comrade positioned at a guard post. The difference in stature is marked. The accompanying caption reads: '"HOW FAR IS IT TO THE SUGAR FACTORY, MATE?" / "ABOUT FIVE MILES; BUT A BIG FELLOW LIKE YOU SHOULD DO IT IN THREE."' Lieutenant-Corporal R. Birrell of the Highland Light Infantry was one of many men stationed at the Front who contributed material to 'Blighty'. Whilst this particular edition was devoted to contributions from those on active service, each weekly issue contained pages direct 'From the Fleet and the Trenches'. The humorous situations depicted in cartoons such as this one would have struck a chord with most men at the Front.
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Summer, 1918
DescriptionThis 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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DescriptionA 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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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.