English girl, whose house was destroyed in a German air raid, being lead away down  the street. 


Bombed out

The Town Crier and Saltbearer of the City of London, with other Civic officers, proclaims King George's Declaration of War on Germany, 4 September, 1939.  Moral - never judge a nation by its funny headgear ... Best regards, JR.

Oyez !  Oyez !

18 January, 1919 - 94 years ago today - delegates gather in the Salle de Horloge, French Foreign Ministry, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, for the commencement of the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles, perceptively described by the 1920s comic historians of England, Sellar and Yeatman, as the "Peace to end Peace".  At least some people saw where this would lead ... JR.