The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Training Manual
As Used by Dad's Army
$31.23
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2013
Summary
A facsimile of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Training Manual recently discovered in the attic of a house in the town. Found in a trunk amongst a pile of Hotspur comics, it belonged to Private Pike and features his handwritten marginal notes on the text plus his personal jottings on matters of rather less importance than the defence of the realm, such as films he has seen, girls he has dated and the progress of Aston Villa FC. The book bears the official crest and stamp of the Queen’s Own R…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409128212 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409128210 |
| Author: | George Mainwaring, Captain George Mainwaring |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 187g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 124mm x 8mm |
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Arguably wittier than the original series, it is carefully designed to give that shabby, wartime look and contains the martial thoughts of Captain Mainwaring and his lads, with sarky comments in red ink by the sardonic Sergeant Wilson. The essential guide to turning signposts round, removing manhole covers and communicating with deaf Home Guard members at a distance (try semaphore - but not if its’s dark). * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *DAD’S ARMY remains timelessly popular; it was Perry and Croft’s great genius to create a vision of the English as they like to see themselves * THE ULTIMATE TV GUIDE *
About The Author
George Mainwaring
Captain George Mainwaring served as a platoon commander in the army of occupation in France in 1919, was platoon commander of the Home Guard 1939-45, manager of Swallow Bank, as well as a magistrate, alderman and secretary of the Rotary Club, Walmington-on-Sea. With the help of Guy Adams, he wrote the two editions of RULES OF MODERN POLICING, under the guidance of David Croft and Jimmy Perry, the creators and writers of DAD’S ARMY.
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