http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/03/19/great-war-and-all-they-could-do-was-to-think-of-football-and-villa/ Comments and Debate on Aston Villa Sun, 27 May 2012 19:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/03/19/great-war-and-all-they-could-do-was-to-think-of-football-and-villa/comment-page-1/#comment-78084 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:07:49 +0000 http://astonvilla-views.com/?p=2858#comment-78084 My grandad was in the Warwickshire Regiment ,over 680 left to fight the Great War , 6 returned 2 of them including my grandad lived in Doidge Rd Stockland Green . Big Villa fan who was treated by Doug to a trip to VP on his 90th birthday . He was the original Thomas the tommie . My Dad also Tom is 84 tomorrow Happy Birthday Dad .

]]> http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/03/19/great-war-and-all-they-could-do-was-to-think-of-football-and-villa/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:38:52 +0000 http://astonvilla-views.com/?p=2858#comment-1683 the same villa/pillar rhyme is used by adam and joe in ‘the footy song’:

]]> http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/03/19/great-war-and-all-they-could-do-was-to-think-of-football-and-villa/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:46:18 +0000 http://astonvilla-views.com/?p=2858#comment-1682 [...] influence in the great war Posted on March 23, 2010 by ianrobo Following on from this blog piece I published on Friday here is another poem this time MCMXIV by Philip Larkin. This was written many [...]

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