tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1872125254722264598..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Anthem for Doomed Youth - Celia ReesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20938890374388541392022-11-05T11:24:40.976+00:002022-11-05T11:24:40.976+00:00Thank you, Celia for a post that so fits this time...Thank you, Celia for a post that so fits this time of year, and for reminding us of "other ranks", who rarely spoke about their experiences yet saw the same flowers and fields and casualties.<br /><br />I was haunted by Owen's powerful words when the teachers introduced his lines to us at my school, and as you describe, that younger generation were more than ready to receive their message.<br /><br />I often remember the influential trio of unmarried teachers who taught English, History and Latin in my grammar school convent, They entered the classrooms with their degree gowns floating behind the but they and their families had experienced the effects of those two wars. How on earth did they feel while teaching these poems to the girls before them? Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44909524040501511312022-11-04T17:58:57.560+00:002022-11-04T17:58:57.560+00:00Wonderful, Celia. Thank you. I didn't know ...Wonderful, Celia. Thank you. I didn't know 'Exposure' and what a poem! I'm surprised it isn't as well known as 'Dulce est Decorum...'<br />On my Grandmother's wall hung a framed, sepia photograph of a handsome young man in uniform. Its frame was completely covered by poppies, some bright and new, some faded. He was, I was told, her youngest and favourite brother, William, killed in World War I.<br />We're probably the last generation to have that almost personal contact with 'those who died like cattle.' In that war, at least.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com