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This week in the War, 24–30 June 1940: ‘A policeman’s lot is not a happy one’

Posted on June 25, 2012 by secondbysecond

Were Gilbert & Sullivan right? In a show-stopping number in their comic musical The Pirates of Penzance, the policemen’s chorus declares ‘A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.’ The action takes place near the English seaside town of Penzance … Continue reading →

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