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Post by Col on May 30, 2019 1:14:01 GMT 12
Interesting article about eight items used by Air Raid Wardens. For fun I've listen them in order but only in anagram form to see if you can guess what they are. I've shortened the last one on the list from the original long answer. Article link is below the anagram list. 1: SELL E.T THEME 2: ASK MAGS 3: SAVE ROLL 4: LIKING PIECE 5: STAG ALERT 6: FORMER PORTS 7: RITA FITS KID 8: RIPS UP TRUMP WARDENS |
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Post by Alan Hayes on May 30, 2019 9:12:59 GMT 12
I'm terrible at anagrams and only see them after I've seen the answers, so I'll leave this one to others. No lice, cone!
(Nice one, Col.)
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Post by Col on May 30, 2019 9:50:03 GMT 12
Thanks for the compliment - I worked it out! Thought at first it was my full name.
Clan reveal - and nothing to do with Highlanders!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 30, 2019 13:33:26 GMT 12
2: Gas Mask
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 30, 2019 13:34:53 GMT 12
5: Gas Rattle
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Post by petere on May 31, 2019 17:05:21 GMT 12
4 Ceiling pike?
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Post by jonboy on Jun 1, 2019 1:34:10 GMT 12
7 - first aid kit - 8 - stirrup pump - 1 steel helmet
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Post by Col on Jun 1, 2019 10:13:31 GMT 12
Correct - though I never knew such an implement existed. Maybe that should've been used by Hodges and his Wardens in the Captain's Car episode rather than hefty stirrup pumps and hoses. A ceiling pike would've been easier to carry and we might even have heard Hodges pinching Jones' catchphrase 'the cold steel - they don't like it up 'em.' |
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Post by Col on Jun 1, 2019 10:17:52 GMT 12
Only two of the eight answers to go - and all answers are available by clicking the link. I was surprised by number three as I don't think we see these on any Warden in the series.
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Post by petere on Jun 1, 2019 15:34:22 GMT 12
3: overalls?
No, I am not sure either if they appear at any point in the series. I have faint memory of seeing Hodges in one but I can’t remember where or when, maybe it is just my imagination.
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Post by petere on Jun 1, 2019 15:56:59 GMT 12
Very interesting article from IWM, many thanks Col!
Reading about the overalls, it takes me back to my youth when I did my military national service in my country. (Feels now like in a galaxy far far away...) I remember we also wore uniforms of heavy cotton and the explanation for this was that they were designed to withstand different burning material for about 1 minute. (I don’t know if this had been actually tested or if it was just something the officers told us just to make us feel better...)
Anyhow, in battle, if you were unlucky and got ”a spot” of napalm on you, the good cotton fabric was supposed to buy you some time in order to scrape it off with a bayonet or something! Blimey (as Walker would have said)!
But, to make a short story a bit longer, I think this also was the case with the Wardens’ uniforms - the fabric was to protect from fire and heat also.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 1, 2019 16:35:15 GMT 12
ARP overalls do indeed appear in the series. Rose Hill wears them in Uninvited Guests.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 1, 2019 16:39:43 GMT 12
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Post by petere on Jun 1, 2019 17:14:17 GMT 12
There it is!!!! Leave it to the experts!😊
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Post by petere on Jun 1, 2019 17:22:20 GMT 12
And Rose Hill is of course also Madame Fanny la Fan from Allo Allo!
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