Re: after Great Northern


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Posted by Robert Hill on June 02, 1998 at 15:05:34:

In Reply to: Re: after Great Northern posted by Kathryn Lawrence on June 02, 1998 at 01:33:59:

John and, during the latter part of the war, Roger would have been
in the Navy themselves - North Atlantic or Russian convoys - and might
not have come back. Dick might have been in the Navy or RAF or might
have had a research job on radar or something, or might have been a
cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park. I rather imagine Dot might have
been there too - her knack of seeing into other people's minds
would be helpful - though very few women had their skills recognised
to the point of getting cryptanalyst jobs, so she would probably have
been in a lower-grade job there.

Of course, Ransome couldn't have written about BP, since it was not
known about until the 1970s.

The other female characters would have contributed to the war effort
too - one can't imagine Nancy settling for a quiet country life in the
circumstances.


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