Bravery in the Field

4/6/2026

Anyone remember Ralph McTell's song ''Streets of London''? There is something from that lyric here as an old veteran ''Tommy'' (Les Rubie) has to pawn his medals for $11 to tide him over until his pension arrives. Meantime, a trio of glue-sniffers are hassling an old lady selling poppies outside the post office. He intercedes and they flee, but now they are even more desperate as they sit in the park shivering and hungry. Next day, he has his cash and his medals back and after a small libation with his comrades in the pub he heads home. That's when he encounters these yobs again, and this time they beat him badly and steal his possessions. They don't emerge unscathed, though, and one of their number ''Lennie'' (Matt Craven) suffers a broken nose. Both end up in the hospital and that's wher