You are reading a single comment by @pascalo and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
pascalo
In the 1990s I had a German flatmate. All the English guys she met in London would quote “don’t mention the war” at her. Usually with the finger mustache and goose stepping.
Likewise she couldn’t believe the amount of WW2 progs on the telly. Looked at from her point of view it was embarrassing. When she came back with her husband in 2010, there was freeview and WW2 was on 24/7. That was even more embarrassing.
There’s no doubt that the UK suffers from a WW2 fixation.