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War. What is it good for?
The Second World War was still a very fresh memory for our parents and there was an understandable reserve when it came to discussing the horrors of 1939-1945.
But it wasn't long before the sabres were rattling again and the killing machines were tuned up and turned loose, first in Korea and then in Vietnam. The brutality became the fodder of primetime news and its fury and effects reverberate still.
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Up the Khyber
Patrick Smith : India : 1971
His assistant produced a scabrous-looking tin box. He opened it, lodged his smoking durry in the lid and extracted a syringe, plus a large needle. This, we were told, would fix things. And almost certainly give me hepatitis . . . read on
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The Big Picture
Steve Morgan : London : 1940s
The banshee wail from above was not the final agonising throes of Lily giving birth but the gradual keening build-up of the air-raid siren, its wailing note a warning to all Londoners. Criss-crossing searchlights began their macabre swordfight across dark, leaden skies . . . read on
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About Boomoirs
