We have come far in many ways. We should always remember this.
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And they got to fight in the first world war. Shitty time to be alive.
When they were conscripted, many were fed properly for the first time, and put on considerable weight, muscle, and if youn enough, height.
This makes me so sad… poor babies☹️ sometimes we really don’t realise how good we have it while they suffered
our kids have no idea i watched SAS Rouge heroes with my son 19 and had him to tears and myself what them men done behind the lines (sorry had nothing to do with them poor lads ) but times can be hard and we should all remember that
This should be posted in one of of the daily threads on reddit where people moan about how hard their generation has it, while posting from a smart phone in their centrally heated room
This photo was taken when the UK was at the height of its power and had the largest and most powerful empire the world has ever seen. I think this photo demonstrates not everyone benefitted from the day’s of empire. This country was full of slums and hungry people suffering from disease. Perhaps this generation of ours isn’t so badly off afterall. Those boys, if they survived until adulthood would probably be fighting for us in a few years after the photograph was taken. Lest We Forget.
How bad everyone’s parents claimed they had it when you complained about having to walk to school in the rain.
sooty and sweep was better then
Ah but it was okay because the baby Jesus would save them, at any street corner chapel or meeting house. Salvation would be better than any food, for nourishing the soul was its own reward. You didn’t need for anything if you had the Lord at your side.
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What an emotionally moving photo.
We have come far in many ways. We should always remember this.
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And they got to fight in the first world war. Shitty time to be alive.
When they were conscripted, many were fed properly for the first time, and put on considerable weight, muscle, and if youn enough, height.
This makes me so sad… poor babies☹️ sometimes we really don’t realise how good we have it while they suffered
our kids have no idea i watched SAS Rouge heroes with my son 19 and had him to tears and myself what them men done behind the lines (sorry had nothing to do with them poor lads ) but times can be hard and we should all remember that
This should be posted in one of of the daily threads on reddit where people moan about how hard their generation has it, while posting from a smart phone in their centrally heated room
This photo was taken when the UK was at the height of its power and had the largest and most powerful empire the world has ever seen. I think this photo demonstrates not everyone benefitted from the day’s of empire. This country was full of slums and hungry people suffering from disease. Perhaps this generation of ours isn’t so badly off afterall. Those boys, if they survived until adulthood would probably be fighting for us in a few years after the photograph was taken. Lest We Forget.
How bad everyone’s parents claimed they had it when you complained about having to walk to school in the rain.
sooty and sweep was better then
Ah but it was okay because the baby Jesus would save them, at any street corner chapel or meeting house. Salvation would be better than any food, for nourishing the soul was its own reward. You didn’t need for anything if you had the Lord at your side.
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