tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2429322143978256228..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Test Card 1 : Coastal BatteryAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9941127412295710402009-08-29T11:16:59.360+01:002009-08-29T11:16:59.360+01:00Love the outfits! Yes, I imagine it was posed ... ...Love the outfits! Yes, I imagine it was posed ... good picture though.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-85140260690244109852009-08-29T01:15:42.926+01:002009-08-29T01:15:42.926+01:00My dad was in the British Army, R.E.M.E. division ...My dad was in the British Army, R.E.M.E. division (towards the end of the war) for 11 years, but never saw active duty. He too, would have enjoyed your blog, but alas, Parkinson's took hold long before blogging was available and he passed away last year.<br /><br />I'll have to enjoy it for him!<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-75334271135772765582009-08-28T22:46:20.899+01:002009-08-28T22:46:20.899+01:00Definitely seems posed, but then again, stranger t...Definitely seems posed, but then again, stranger things have happened.JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-88928931211978487502009-08-28T21:46:28.761+01:002009-08-28T21:46:28.761+01:00What an amazing photo, whether posed or not.What an amazing photo, whether posed or not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-76141940542618972402009-08-28T17:43:06.888+01:002009-08-28T17:43:06.888+01:00It's a great find, what ever the mystique behi...It's a great find, what ever the mystique behind it! -JayneHarnett-Hargrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486168670308150669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-55632545314339357292009-08-28T16:51:44.328+01:002009-08-28T16:51:44.328+01:00Alan, could be after the fact. Kinda like when the...Alan, could be after the fact. Kinda like when they shelve a movie for later release, and then end up not using it( okay, 'tis a stretch but...) And do enjoy your week-end sir :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-10142854380496522512009-08-28T16:07:56.892+01:002009-08-28T16:07:56.892+01:00I would be tempted to agree with you Subby about i...I would be tempted to agree with you Subby about it being a posed propaganda shot. But it was censored and banned until after the war and therefore it is a propaganda shot that didn't work.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-21963448347430882062009-08-28T13:46:27.785+01:002009-08-28T13:46:27.785+01:00whata cool capture and interesting story...whata cool capture and interesting story...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-34381966397632154242009-08-28T13:41:24.918+01:002009-08-28T13:41:24.918+01:00Alan , I'm one to agree with you in that this ...Alan , I'm one to agree with you in that this does seem posed. Perhaps a propaganda pose for "being at the ready", as it were, wot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-41862978751949459022009-08-28T13:12:28.945+01:002009-08-28T13:12:28.945+01:00Oh my....they all have different hats, too...one s...Oh my....they all have different hats, too...one still with her big bonnet! It would be interesting to know if it really was posed!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-38237543496493904652009-08-28T11:21:10.324+01:002009-08-28T11:21:10.324+01:00Thank you Baino. it's a fine compliment I'...Thank you Baino. it's a fine compliment I'm sure.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9410421960824127502009-08-28T11:17:16.854+01:002009-08-28T11:17:16.854+01:00You are so much like my Dad. He'd have loved y...You are so much like my Dad. He'd have loved your blog if he had the skills to look at it. He was 18 when the war ended and joined Army Intelligence and I think felt a little ripped off that he never got to serve. So much so that his battalion had a photo taken at a Lancashire station with a "Hindustan" sign behind them. It took me years to realise that it was a fake!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-58986366323670257962009-08-28T10:25:08.232+01:002009-08-28T10:25:08.232+01:00John : I have to confess that I suspect the pictur...John : I have to confess that I suspect the picture might have been posed. It looks a little too good to be true to me.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-5422167057187652382009-08-28T10:18:05.277+01:002009-08-28T10:18:05.277+01:00Puts me in mind of the TV series, 'It ain'...Puts me in mind of the TV series, 'It ain't half hot, Mum'.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697994929567403766noreply@blogger.com