We wish all our Orthodox friends and visitors a very happy Easter! Sorry to be late with these good wishes, but I only realised yesterday evening.
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How the troops entertained themselves in Macedonia, 1917-1918.
Ribbit! Ribbit!
When I discovered that today is World Frog Day, I doubted that I could find any frogs with a Salonika connection. Then a memory stirred of a story read in The Mosquito – the journal of the Salonika Reunion Association – but would I find it again … ?
Continue reading “Ribbit! Ribbit!”Handbags At Dawn!
Continue reading “Handbags At Dawn!”“What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?”
“Well, when I wasn’t fighting Johnny Bulgar I dressed up as a lady … it was a tough job, but someone ‘ad to do it!”
Oh! Oh! Oh! it’s a lovely war …
Continue reading “Oh! Oh! Oh! it’s a lovely war …”… What do we want with eggs and ham, when we’ve got plum and apple jam? Form fours! Right turn! How shall we spend the money we earn? Oh! Oh! Oh! it’s a lovely war.
J. P. Long & Maurice Scott, © 1917 B. Feldman & Co. Ltd, London
Happy New Year!
We wish all our members, friends, their families and loved ones all the very best for a happy and healthy 2023. And we send special Hogmanay greetings to our Scottish members and friends.
Continue reading “Happy New Year!”It’s Panto time again … Oh! yes it is!
This year I have been to a pantomime for the first time in about 25 years. We bought tickets last year but Covid meant that we didn’t get to use them. This year’s offering was Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood by the Littleport Players. Not one of the more common productions – and not one I’ve come across in Salonika – but I do recall going to see it with my grandfather when I was a nipper. For many years he and I went to East Barnet Royal British Legion Hall to see the show put on by – I think – the Warren Players and Concert Party. You don’t hear of concert parties these days, so that makes me feel very old.
Continue reading “It’s Panto time again … Oh! yes it is!”On International Dance Day …
… these photos from the IWM’s incomparable online collections immediately sprang to mind to share with you:
Continue reading “On International Dance Day …”World Piano Day
I know what you’re thinking, “how can he possibly link ‘World Piano Day’ with the Salonika campaign?”, well …
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For the first time in many years I am supposed to be going to a pantomime this Christmas but, as I write this on the 20th, it’s not looking especially hopeful for ‘Dick Whittington and His Cat’ at Norwich Theatre Royal. A pity as I was looking forward to it, particularly as ‘Dick Whittington’ was the first of the pantos put on for 28th Division by 85th Field Ambulance in 1915. The whole show was put together in just a fortnight, which was quite an achievement. However, 28th Division wasn’t the only BSF division to have multiple talented men in its ranks.
Continue reading ““It’s Panto time again” “Oh no it isn’t!””Grand International Charity Football Match, Boxing Day 1918
One of the amazing survivals from the collection of Herbert Price (ASC) – which has been donated to the Society – is this football programme from a ‘Grand International Charity Football Match’ played on Boxing Day, 1918.
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