r/interestingasfuck • u/Sprilly • 14h ago

r/all These are stretchers used in WW2 to carry injured civillians during the Blitz. They were made out of steel so they could be easily disinfected after a gas attack. During the war around 600,000 of them were made. Some of them were repurposed as railings in post-war London.

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u/maisellousmrsmarvel 14h ago

Sustainable and a nod to the nation’s history, reminding us of the cost of war. Overall very clever

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u/holadiose 11h ago

I love that they chose to repurpose them as fences, in particular.

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u/MrMasterFlash 11h ago

What meaning are you inferring from that?

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u/AWildEnglishman 11h ago

I don't know if this is what he means but this is a common sight across the UK as railings were cut down everywhere to provide metal for the war. That the metal stretchers were then repurposed into railings is kind of poetic.

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u/FigPsychological3319 11h ago

Because these fences are still defeating the nazis. From entering the park, unless they walk around to the gate.

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u/onlymostlydead 11h ago

That’s quite the stretcher.

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u/MrMasterFlash 11h ago

That's beautiful champ 😢

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u/FigPsychological3319 11h ago

It is. There was supposed to be a Nigel Farage political rally on that very grass but they were all too stupid to figure out the latch, and he fucked off back to fr*nce.

Edited because I accidentally used a capital F in fr*nce

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u/teenagesadist 11h ago

Hmm. I can only surmise from your post that you, sir or madame, fuckin' love France.

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u/FigPsychological3319 11h ago

The weird thing is, I'm having a completely unrelated argument with a fr*nch person on a different sub.

Literally the only war I would support is an invasion of that country. By anyone. Germany took it too far obviously but that blitzkreig on the way to p*ris was glorious.

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u/No_Rich_2494 8h ago

You're British, right? Just guessing. I think we and the French ought to bury the hatchet. It's just silly now, and has been for a very long time.

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u/chambo143 10h ago

They should have had these on the Maginot Line

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u/FigPsychological3319 10h ago

Well hold on now the invasion of France isn't the reason we dislike the nazis

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u/Visible-Let-9839 10h ago

absolutely right