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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2009 19:54:53 GMT
Are these gentlemen looking for books to check out?  Oh, those phlegmatic Brits! |
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Post by patricklondon on May 10, 2009 10:17:36 GMT
Well, they had to have something to do in those long hours down in the shelters...
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2009 11:27:02 GMT
What a haunting and surreal photo. I would probably have joined those gents. That certain comfort in being around books,perhaps it calmed them.
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Post by patricklondon on May 13, 2009 12:28:21 GMT
There is a reason why - for all the shortage of paper to print on - very long books were popular in Britain during World War 2 (War and Peace, Gone With The Wind).
[When I typed that, I was agreeing with casimira; but as soon as I mentioned the paper shortage, another thought entirely came to mind, but we won't go there...]
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Post by bixaorellana on May 13, 2009 13:41:09 GMT
Surely not!
But perhaps Britain didn't have Montgomery Ward?
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Post by Jazz on May 13, 2009 14:19:15 GMT
Destruction and possibility. Perhaps a moment to pretend that it was all 'out there'. A moment 'out of time, out of place 'to be in a familiar way of life that is now so tenuous and may never be again. Perhaps a rare book section that they never could access before? I very much have a feeling of stolen calmness and a respite from a fearful present. Like Casi, I would go there.
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Post by patricklondon on May 13, 2009 18:08:06 GMT
And don't forget, nothing stops a librarian when they're stocktaking...
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