Does Anyone Recognize this Mug ? - Collecting Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 4:30 PM On 2004-10-13 21:44, filslash wrote: aloha, "Kilroy was here." was a big part of WWII grafitti..." It probably appealed to returning GI's who'd scrawled it all over europe... Ah, that's interesting. I never knew that. It was a big thing to grafitti 'Kilroy was here' in the UK during the 60's. For obvious reasons GI's didn't scrawl it in England, but anyone from Britain venturing into Europe in post war years would have seen it and brought the idea back with them. So, it all makes sense. Vic obviously kept an eye on the GI's culture throughout his years and learned from them. The connection suddenly becomes obvious. Good call! Trader Woody

On 2004-10-13 21:44, filslash wrote:
aloha,

"Kilroy was here." was a big part of WWII grafitti..."

It probably appealed to returning GI's who'd scrawled it all over europe...

Ah, that's interesting. I never knew that. It was a big thing to grafitti 'Kilroy was here' in the UK during the 60's. For obvious reasons GI's didn't scrawl it in England, but anyone from Britain venturing into Europe in post war years would have seen it and brought the idea back with them.

So, it all makes sense. Vic obviously kept an eye on the GI's culture throughout his years and learned from them. The connection suddenly becomes obvious. Good call!

Trader Woody

Post #122081 by Trader Woody on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 4:30 PM