Deviation – The Odd Things You Find on Amazon – Tasteless Fascist Jigsaws

A wee bit of a deviation – but a weird bit of historical ephemera, or rather random computer generation, I came across. Browsing around on Amazon the other day I was looking for a book on the British Union of Fascists (BUF), Mosley’s old repugnant mob of would be Hitlers. I’m trying to get some background information on a particularly nasty character I want to use in a book who was sympathetic to Mosley. I bought a copy of Martin Pugh’s apparently excellent book on the subject.

Anyway, I was fascinated, appalled, amazed, stupified to find that Amazon can sell me the following (for the very reasonable sum of 19 British Pounds)

Jigsaw Puzzle of British Politics – Fascists – BUF – London – 1936

This from a company called Media Storehouse. I worked out that they have some sort of automatic system whereby any picture in their archive, and they have access to thousands of old pictures from the old PA Archive, can be ordered as a jigsaw. Phew…it seems that nobody did market research and found that many parents would love a jigsaw of Oswald Mosley for their children!! The system also automatically creates the text for Amazon which is a funny, if not a little sick:

• Bespoke 300 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle 17×12 (43x30cm). The jigsaw is delivered bagged and on a back board making a superb gift. Also supplied are a re-sealable bag, a photo example of the image and a self assemble flat packed box for storage
• Image Description: Female members of the British Union of Fascists give the fascist salute for the camera outside their London headquarters

Strangely there were no customer reviews!!

Should you want one as the perfect Christmas present for that veteran of Cable Street or Mitford sister in your life then click here to order

Obviously I have to show you the worst taste jigsaw yet to cross my path!!

To be honest, given all the grey skirts and black shirts I’m not even sure it would be a very challenging jigsaw…keep you busy while you were interned on the Isle of Man though I suppose on those long winter nights