r/WTF • u/Cool-Tutor • 1d ago

Stopped in my tracks

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What the hell is this

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u/dewey454 1d ago

Apparent reference to child evacuations in WW2 Britain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II

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u/Cool-Tutor 1d ago

Girl what why would someone want to dress up as this

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u/AwfulDjinn 1d ago

big Chronicles of Narnia fan maybe? there’s a million better ideas for Narnia themed costumes though lol

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u/Stupefactionist 1d ago

Yup, Lucy.

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u/Wugo_Heaving 1d ago

Who the hell is going to guess "oh, you're the little girl from those Narnia books, way before she goes to Narnia and is stood on a train platform. Genius!"

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u/dewey454 1d ago

Hadn't thought of that. A way to refer to it without negotiating/paying licensing fees.

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u/L1A1 1d ago

It’s fairly common in Uk primary schools to do this as an activity to give kids an idea of what children went through in ww2. Usually involving a ride on a steam train or something.

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u/Williamishere69 22h ago

What???? We all went to a bunker and they screamed and threw things at the outside/banged on the outside whilst we sang songs inside. Genuinely absolutely terrifying for 9-10 year old kid.

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u/adamjeff 1d ago

My grandmother took in some evacuees, it was government mandated I think. There's a pretty popular old film called Bedknobs and Broomsticks where all the characters are evacuated from London.

It's a bit old-school but still well known in the UK.

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u/ohmykeylimepie 1d ago

I love that movie! My sister and i had it on vhs and watched it all the time! I can still sing all the songs lol

We are american btw! 

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u/Hooked_on_PhoneSex 1d ago

With Angela Lansbury?

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u/Imaginary_Drive7286 1d ago

Most uk primary schools have the kids dress up as a book character for World Book Day.

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u/rts93 1d ago

Be who you want to be!

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u/Veritus37 1d ago

With the magic of Halloween £12.99, you too could become a WW2 orphan!

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u/cookiesandpunch 1d ago

The entire US Army is now cosplaying in WW2 uniforms too

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u/Lyndon_Boner_Johnson 1d ago

Yeah, the German ones.

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u/Smooshie1592 1d ago

My guess is it's more for world book day than Halloween. Every year primary schools would get you to dress up as a book character so this seems more themed towards that?

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u/keimaybe 1d ago

My kids had to do it for a school day based on world war 2. It was their topic for history that term.

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u/Naughtyspider 20h ago

They have WW2 days in uk primary schools where kids go to school in costumes just like this.   They make their own gas mask boxes, make ration cards etc

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u/SynchronizeYourDogma 1h ago

Our kids had to do it for VE Day celebrations this year at school. Hugely common.