"Blitz" Humour
When news got round that a cinema was bombed, a very perturbed mother ran all the way from home to find her two children who had gone there. They were missing. Later they walked in quite unconcerned, "Oh," they explained, "we were bombed out of the Royal so we went to the Majestic." * a * Many London shops that have been bombed display the notice "Open as usual," or " More open than usual," or "Business as usual during alterations to Europe," and sometimes " Special Bomb Bargains." Even when a shop is totally wrecked the shopkeeper is defiant, and one notice stated " Good-bye; but carry on, London."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 2
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109"Blitz" Humour New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 2
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