Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Jan - is it a wartime tin hat? he is holding.
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yes, that's an ARP, i.e. Air Raid Warden's helmet.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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It would be WW2 then.
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I wondered if it was a miner's helmet the man was holding and the birds in the cages were Canaries. I believe the Mowll's had a connection with coal?
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Hmmm...I'd still go for the Air Raid Warden. See what I mean?
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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'Canaries' was also the name given to women, munitions workers. Could these women be being ironic?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Did you mean Iconic Mark ??
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Jan Higgins
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Mark, they were given that name because the chemicals tinted their skin yellow, funnily enough I have just finished a book that had a character that worked in a munitions factory.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I didn't know that
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Mr Mowll is holding a white ARP helmet with stripes, that made him a Chief Warden of his district, just like Mr Hodges in Dad's Army. The black helmets with a white 'W' were for basic Wardens.
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