Friday, 29 July 2022

1926 Interlude- neunundneunzig rote husaren

 Lilli goes over to the gramophone and puts on a record. 



As usual she chooses her favourite “Neunundneunzig Rote Husaren” by Nena and her band. 

As the music plays Lilli flicks through Herr Schneider’s catalogue and finds the figure she is looking for- 

She will get her father and brother to go with her on Saturday to the shop where she will buy the mould and the all important red paint. Meanwhile she looks across and sees the book her uncle sent from England-


Essential reading before Saturday and the coming game next week. Lilli closes her eyes listens to the music and dreams of horsemen riding through the cobbled streets…


 

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7 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag29 July 2022 at 00:38

    Lilli is a thoroughly, modern woman.

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    1. Anonymous29 July 2022 at 07:28

      She is indeed .
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. nundanket29 July 2022 at 01:57

    Is that Lilli Marleen by any chance?

    Taking your lied, either way, it seems like a cue a popular German song:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO5lfJ9dhs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjXC4N1HXf0

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  3. Anonymous29 July 2022 at 07:31

    Sadly not but merely an imaginary young woman in an imaginary place casting bleisoldaten with her family for fun. This is the more the sound of Nena and her orchestra-
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8N5FDUgpE
    Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Mark Man Of TIN29 July 2022 at 09:35

    Go Lilli.
    Not uncommon for the wives and daughters to do outwork painting from home of tin figures in Germany, but casting them was less usual. Same for Britain’s Ltd painting by women in the factory and out workers.

    Surprised ... I was expecting a 1920s German Weimar era recording of Ninety Nine Red Balloons / Hussars in this Postmodern Jukebox style https://youtu.be/5CPbg9ljE4M

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  5. Rob Young29 July 2022 at 09:46

    A shop where you can just go and buy the mould you want...

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  6. rross30 July 2022 at 10:22

    Lilli sounds like a keeper :) Is Lilli in fact Nena - I suspect so!

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