Originally Posted by Sir C
Chaps selling matches or even a single shoelace, with a sign saying, 'Waterloo Veteran'. Obviously they ran the risk of being picked up for vagrancy by the beadle and thrown into the work 'us, but they were brave fellows and unfazed.
It’s true, though, isn’t it? You just used to see more old chaps without limbs - for obvious reasons.
They were dignified about it, though. They wouldn’t have dreamt of waving their stumps about and frightening kiddies.
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