Sod That for a Game of Soldiers: A Personal Account of the Falklands War and 3 Para’s Bloody Battle for Mount Longdon

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The conflict in Northern Ireland referred to as The Troubles started in the late 1960s and ended with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, although British Soldiers were still deployed until 2007. The conflict was primarily ethnic and sectarian, but also had its roots set in the historical discrimination of the indigenous Irish. Generally, the Unionists (mainly Protestants) wanted to remain within the United Kingdom and the Nationalists (who were mainly Catholic) wanted to leave the United Kingdom and form a united Ireland (north and south). The 9th of August is the anniversary of a now-suspended British policy of internment for suspected Republicans, which could have been why the disturbance was bigger and more violent. Suddenly, a shot rang out. I didn’t hear it over the noise, but it resulted in the death of Thomas “Kidso” Reilly, a road manager for the girl band Bananarama. I heard someone shout that there was a gun, but I cannot recall if that was before or after Reilly was killed, nor did I see Reilly or any other rioters with a weapon – that’s not to say that a gun wasn’t present but if it was I didn’t see it. Blow" in the sense of "damn" or "curse" was fairly common in the UK up until about 50 years ago - I remember my mother when surprised or irritated using "oh blow" undoubtedly as a euphemism for some swearword exclamation. I imagine it originally comes from a wish for the offending issue to be blown away - possibly to Hell - though I have no evidence of such. "Blow this for a lark (or laugh)" would still be understood here, though we'd be more likely these days to use "screw" rather than "blow". We might even say "screw this for a game of soldiers". From Terms of Reference (London: Hutchinson, 1966), by the British novelist Stanley Middleton (1919-2009): The training for Op Banner, as it became known, was long and comprehensive. It involved shooting ranges, fitness, and presentations from colleagues who had been on previous tours, information and training on terrorists and why things go wrong, as well as a lot of time in a shooting range that resembled the streets of Ireland, complete with targets that popped up from windows and doorways.

A cold gust of wind fans your face, you shiver slightly, you have been standing still, “get moving,” you say to yourself, only another hour to do, the rifle is heavy, brrrr, blow this for a game of soldiers, they have no consideration at all. Rita Jones, Castle Galleries, Exeter’s gallery manager, said: “Bob Barker’s work is mesmerising and we are so pleased to have his work on display at the gallery. I have found several sources suggesting that "game of soldiers" is somehow referring to the unpleasantness of war, which would suggest the meaning "---- this, the current situation has become an unpleasant one." But this seems highly unlikely to me as the related phrase cannot possibly be construed that way: a "lark" is never an unpleasant situation. Thanks for the response. I did see search the archives before I posted, but the explanation wasn't awfully clear.What I had given them was information that they could interrogate, therefore it was meaningful to them. I received a commendation for my work. I did often wonder how the army in Northern Ireland brought all of the information together from all of the tactical and intelligence functions, not a lot seemed to be passed down our way. I have done Google searches and haven't found any authoritative source. Most sources seem to agree that there is a meaning of "this activity is not worth the trouble" or possibly "this activity is no longer worth the trouble".

It was as a result of the recent death of Thomas Reilly that lots of pot-shots were taken at use over the coming weeks. Thousands attended Thomas Reilly’s funeral, including members of Bananarama, with whom he had been working shortly before his death. Flowers and cards were also sent from several other pop stars, including Paul Weller and Spandau Ballet. Sara Dallin of Bananarama has insisted 111 Belfast: The Troubles (1983) that the band’s decision to attend Reilly’s funeral was not political, asserting that she knew him before his death. About 800 people attended the funeral, with Gerry Adams appealing for calm, which would have helped keep any violence to a minimum. “Thomas was a friend,” Dallin explained. “He was the brother of Jim Reilly from Stiff Little Fingers, who Siobhan was dating at the time of the tragedy”. We went to the funeral, but we have nothing to do with anything else. “We aren’t on any side, we just went to a friend’s funeral.” (Belfast Telegraph 1983) Bananarama’s next single was called It’s a Cruel Summer – very apt given the circumstances of the summer of 1983. Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B.He brought Christmas Eve 1914 to life for me, he removed all the glory and set my imagination racing, making me see in my mind’s eye what things were like, from the bomb- pitted no man’s land to the freezing cold with men who were starved not just of food, but of humanity,” said Bob.

This phrase occurs, for example, in A new start after 60: I found love after a painful divorce—and we moved to an uninhabited island, by Emma Beddington, published in The Guardian (London and Manchester, England) of Monday 3 rd April 2023:That is what death is like. It doesn’t matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn’t matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”