Friday 30 June 2017

Captain Swing

Just to mark the end of flaming June, we'll have one more fiery Whasp View – this time of the rick-burning and machine-smashing celebrations of 1830 that went under the name of Captain Swing (nothing whatsoever to do with Glenn Miller) – then I think we'll give the slightly overworked wasp theme a rest.

1830

And, yes, I've borrowed the Ag Lab and stooks at bottom right from my man Samuel Palmer, but I've checked and he says he doesn't mind in the least.

2 comments:

Martin said...

Who says we learn little from social media? Captain Swing was new to me. Now I know. Thanks. More whasps later, I hope?

Mike C. said...

M\artin,

Like the BBC, I aim to re-educate, misinform, and entertain. Sometimes, some real stuff slips through...

As I say, I'm resting the wasps for now (almost time for their annual holiday rampage, anyway) but I like the Whasp idea, and will pick it up again, I'm sure.

Mike