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Some memories of the Home Guard. My Dad's not mine.

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 27 Aug 16

I was reading @jabo about her father's experiences in the war and it brought to mind one or two of the memories my Dad shared with me about his time in the Home Guard. The Home Guard in our town never got issued with guns. One day...

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Traffic control

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20156) • India 15 Apr 12

Today being Sunday, after a long gap I hired a car early morning and visited some temples with my wife; I was surprised to observe the following, in some traffic post there were no traffic police posted nor the automatic signal...

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I was watching Dads Army the other day and wondering if it really WAS like that

dorypanda @dorypanda (1601) 9 Jun 09

I know what my Grandad used to tell us, he told us that they (the Home Guard) used guns with rusty bayonettes and no bullets, apparently the idea was to stab the enemy with the rusty bayonette and hope that they got tetanus. ;P...

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