Where the hell has the British blitz spirit gone
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Corcaigh_the_Cat
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It would have been the same back then if they had supermarkets and no rationing
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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They were shagging Americans for fags, nylons and chocolate.
Borobarmy
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Exactly . Blitz spirit
Borobuddah
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Two entirely different circumstances
SmallTown
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Same principle though.
We lost the blitz spirit a long time ago. Sad little isolated nation now.
bear66
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Conversations with my parents suggested there wasn't a lot of blitz spirit. The country was under effective martial law dictating what you did and where you went. Self preservation at a family level was the order of the day. Troops moved around the UK had mixed experiences in the houses they were billeted in. Doncaster was apparently a good, friendly place to be sent to. The south coast not so.
Thanks
the_holgate_roof
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blitz spirit went long ago, when discipline stopped and the liberal snowflakes took over.......
Absolutely disagree THR. It was the early 80’s Greed is Good and No Such Thing As Society that broke this country’s post war consensus. Right wing ideologues pushing those messages have continued for over 30 years and have destroyed much of what was good, kind and open about Britain.
HarryVegas
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Are you referring to the 'blitz spirit' that saw the people of Middlesbrough smash the windows of Italian ice cream families? I'd warrant there is still plenty of that around.
UndercoverElephant
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Was there ever a blitz spirit? Or do people who weren’t there just assume that things were better in the old days? During the propaganda machine of wartime Britain, it would have been important for the country’s morale to not mention the looting, murders and rapes taking place under the cover of the blackout.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/when-london-s-difficulty-became-criminals-opportunity-1.648493
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/when-london-s-difficulty-became-criminals-opportunity-1.648493
SmallTown
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Probably similar to people not eating Chinese or drinking Corona at the moment. People are stupid
jeff_potato
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My great grandfather was in the National Fire Service and once told me that wherever he was sent in the country, there were looters in and out of burning buildings while they were hosing down flames. Blitz spirit is alive and well for some, it seems, from panic buying and selfish attitudes this past week.
Anton_Berg
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My thoughts same as o/p when I went to the supermarket last week. The 'blitz spirit' however could not have been all is made out to be. There was a juvenile crime wave, ration-book fraud. At least there would be streetcorner spivs to make sure you could still buy stuff.
