Re: Dad's Army...

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:47:10 +0100, "Sophistry Made Simple"
<spamalama@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On the other hand, and bringing it right back, the only only part of the UK
where no Home guard or LDF was in Northern Ireland, for fear on the part of
the local government that arming catholics would not be a desirable
outcome...

Hmm. The Queens University Student rag mag is called PTQ. One
of the wartime covers showed a pair of Armed and uniformed Home
Guards marching smartly past a couple of scruffy specials with sticks
and a bad case of weapons envy.

So I am fairly sure the Home Guard existed here too.

David H

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