tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post116716897884645222..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Ted Milligan and Jon England: a response through art to life in the prisoner of war camps: by Sue PurkissMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61087272166445776322012-01-21T23:10:10.287+00:002012-01-21T23:10:10.287+00:00I saw this exhibition when it came to Shepton Mont...I saw this exhibition when it came to Shepton Montague and found it very moving. My father in law was also on the Long March, and so it really struck a vivid connection.S Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22536789572271860622011-12-31T10:02:55.806+00:002011-12-31T10:02:55.806+00:00Thanks, Penny and Cliff. I think one of the things...Thanks, Penny and Cliff. I think one of the things about the exhibition is that when you're in the 'hut', surrounded by all Ted's drawings of the POWs, you see young men, all vividly individual, and it feels as if you're there, not just looking back.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48369211830953893582011-12-31T09:23:33.595+00:002011-12-31T09:23:33.595+00:00Found a quiet time to watch this video at last - t...Found a quiet time to watch this video at last - the sound is so gentle and soft when there are other noises in the house - but really worthwhile and moving, especially Ted Milligan's description of his drawings as a kind of escape.<br /><br />I think there are all sorts of silences about that time that are only just being explored - although very little time to catch the memories. Thanks for this post.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76355193552523361822011-12-31T00:08:16.464+00:002011-12-31T00:08:16.464+00:00Very moving collection of P.O.W. imagery.Very moving collection of P.O.W. imagery.Cliff St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05416054179259221796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58330726144775439062011-12-28T20:20:42.126+00:002011-12-28T20:20:42.126+00:00Fascinating. I think we've seen so many films ...Fascinating. I think we've seen so many films set in WWII that we tend to think of it in those terms - slick black and white heroics. It comes as a shock - at least to me - when we're made to realise that, in its different way, it was just as horrific as WWI, and not just in the death camps.<br />And can anyone count the number of wars we've had since?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57290578073523000532011-12-28T16:49:32.887+00:002011-12-28T16:49:32.887+00:00Thanks, Leslie - the drawings were amazing.Thanks, Leslie - the drawings were amazing.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65716739611504699252011-12-28T15:32:19.628+00:002011-12-28T15:32:19.628+00:00Fascinating, Sue - and very interesting to see the...Fascinating, Sue - and very interesting to see the ways in which people deal, creatively, with dreadful experiences - or just suppress them and live on - and that takes courage, too...Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.com