{"id":24265,"date":"2023-05-13T20:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T00:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=24265"},"modified":"2023-05-13T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T00:55:57","slug":"episode-819-the-dragoon-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=24265","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 819 : THE DRAGOON HELMET.."},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 819     THE  DRAGOON HELMET<\/div>\n

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 Marjorie and I noticed the Royal Dragoon Guards with special interest during the coronation<\/div>\n
of Charles III.<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, those cavalry soldiers are wearing our helmet.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOur helmet?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cyes, the tinware helmet your mom was given as  family heirloom\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThere it is sitting up near the beam in the fireplace room.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIgnored.\u201d’<\/div>\n
\u201cNot ignored but certainly Taken for Granted.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cwho wore it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cUna Dunne\u2019s father was a fireman in a place called Deal I believe<\/div>\n
\u201cIn Dorset.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where your great grandfather  lived until he died.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRemember when we visited Una?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cShe was a poet\u2026.gave us little volumes of her poetry.\u201d”<\/div>\n
\u201cShe also gave  mom the dragoon helmet that British firemen wore in the 19th century.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDid the hemet have any practical use?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI suppose it did\u2026stopped falling bricks or flaming timbers from crushing skulls.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWOULD A DRAGON HELMET STOP A BULLET?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDragoon helmets are only used for fancy occasion.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLike a coronation.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s wear it now as we watch the coronation of Charles III.”<\/div>\n

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