tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post4149429169813229863..comments2024-03-22T05:09:57.169+00:00Comments on Cloud 109: I Say Chaps - Time For Chums!Peter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-41042756570805647922011-03-28T07:24:23.482+01:002011-03-28T07:24:23.482+01:00And someone who was one of Ron Embleton's illu...And someone who was one of Ron Embleton's illustration heroes along with his better known brother Charles Edward.<br /><br />In fact all four brothers were illustrators and shared a studio full of props, costumes and antique bric a brac in Cambridge.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-78349924894240769652011-03-27T18:39:25.777+01:002011-03-27T18:39:25.777+01:00Yes I noticed the H.M.Brock: another great artist ...Yes I noticed the H.M.Brock: another great artist who made a successful transition to comic strips - and one who probably deserves a post all to himself one of these days!Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-84984262448955764232011-03-27T17:19:26.486+01:002011-03-27T17:19:26.486+01:00"His starting eyes...fixed on the ...oncoming..."His starting eyes...fixed on the ...oncoming lights"??? I think at that range he might also be worried about the hooded guy with a scythe that only <b>he</b> can see! Great stuff - nice illos and even one by the famous H. M. Brock, I believe!Norman Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-42533290218748182692011-03-25T16:02:00.549+00:002011-03-25T16:02:00.549+00:00Brings a tear to the eye Phil.Brings a tear to the eye Phil.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-73439427342623804932011-03-25T11:32:08.597+00:002011-03-25T11:32:08.597+00:00...Ah for the good old days when chaps could be ch......Ah for the good old days when chaps could be chaps, without any girls to get in the way and no suggestion of any funny business! <br /><br />As Chums' resident poet Cyril Horley put it in this magnificent verse from 1930-31:<br /><br /><br />"Whatever the future holds for you,<br />What luck; good or bad, may come,<br />Just mark my words, for you'll find them true,<br />There's nothing like having a Chum!<br /><br />When fortune smiles and the skies are blue,<br />And you march with a rolling drum,<br />The pleasure is doubled, and trebled too,<br />If you share it all with a Chum!<br /><br />And when things go wrong and the outlook's grey,<br />And you're feeling depressed and glum,<br />It's surprising how troubles just fade away,<br />At the sight of a dear old Chum!<br /><br />You may tramp for miles without saying much,<br />(Some folks might think you were dumb),<br />But you keep in step, and you keep in touch,<br />You don't need words with a Chum!<br /><br />But, whether the going be good or bad,<br />Keep smiling! - Never repine!<br />And the best I can wish you, dear old lad -<br />May you find a Chum like mine!"<br /><br /><br />...They really don't write them like that anymore. <br /><br />(In fact they probably couldn't if they wanted to as there aren't any words left that rhyme with 'Chum'!!!) :-)Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.com