"Spike Milligan - toy soldier enthusiast!" Topic
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| MacrossMartin | 25 Sep 2016 3:41 a.m. PST |
This came as a complete surprise: YouTube link Spike Milligan – once artilleryman in the North Africa campaign, victim of shell shock, and lifetime pacifist – was also a collector of toy soldiers. Milligan seems to have appreciated that toy soldiers are not the glorification of conflict, but (for he at least) a connection to childhood, that doesn't deserve to be broken by the demands of cynical, rational adulthood. I grew up listening to my Dad's tapes of the Goon Show. It seems Milligan's influence on me continues to this day! |
| Timbo W | 25 Sep 2016 7:30 a.m. PST |
Well I never, good old Spike! |
| ashill2 | 25 Sep 2016 10:31 a.m. PST |
Very interesting – thanks for the link. |
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