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Author Archives: Patrick
Remembering “The Darling Buds of May”
Pop Larkin’s Rolls Royce, the picture was taken at the Darling Buds of May Classic Car Rally held each year in Kent – The Garden of England! The famous TV series was set in 1953 in Kent, and portrays a … Continue reading
From My September 2012 Blog…
The Leighton Buzzard Railway… It was a great ‘day out’ when the family visited the Leighton Buzzard narrow-gauge railway in Bedfordshire UK recently. Built back in 1919, from materials surplus from the First World War battlefields railways, to carry sand … Continue reading
Maryon Park, Woolwich, London…
Maryon Park was the main setting for the 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult movie ‘Blow-Up’ featuring David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave. David Hemmings played Thomas, a top London fashion photographer captivated by his photographs of a murder, whilst Vanessa Redgrave is the woman at … Continue reading
Forgotten British Films…
THE CARD 1952 A really delightful comedy romp with Alec Guinness in the lead character as the son of a washerwoman and set in The English Potteries of 1890. He is a young man who lives on his wits and … Continue reading
Forgotten British Films…
A Kid For Two Farthings 1955 Beautifully shot in London’s Petticoat Lane Market of the 50s, it’s a well crafted film by the famous director Carol Reed and based on the novel by Wolf Mankowitz who also scripted the movie. … Continue reading
The Calthorpe Project…
Once more Adrian and myself spent a relaxing hour at The Calthorpe Project just before making our routine visit to the Eastman Dental Hospital built by George Eastman of the Kodak Company for the research and treatment of dental health. … Continue reading
Dunstable’s Kite Gala…
We made a flying visit, excuse the pun! to Dunstable’s Kite Flying Gala in Bedfordshire UK held on the Chiltern Hills on Sunday, and sampled some quite respectable sausages and burgers, aside from the dozens of spectacular Kites there were … Continue reading
Forgotten British Films…
Thunder Rock 1942 A very unusual and thought provoking film set upon the The Great Lakes of North America. It tells the story of a Lighthouse Keeper played by Michael Redgrave who mantains the light on the isolated Thunder Rock. … Continue reading
The Shriving of Miss Esme Stamp…
Episode 11…Charles Faces Constance Charles returned to the house by early evening with the single minded edict that only haunts those driven by passion. He demanded to be admitted. He insisted he speak to Esme; to make his position in … Continue reading
Forgotten British Films…
Pimpernel Smith 1941 (US Mister V) Based on the theme of The Scarlet Pimpernel, an absent-minded university professor played by Leslie Howard helps certain people escape the Gestapo during the second world war and flee to the UK. An enjoyable … Continue reading