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Author Archives: Patrick
Interesting Movies From The Past…
Patrick by Marilyn Bailey The Night Caller… 1965 ‘The Night Caller’… Armitage Films. Still, after all this time, has some very scary moments! The title shot of The Thames is evocative! It features John Saxon (later to work in the US),Maurice Denham, and … Continue reading
Interesting Movies From The Past…
Smokescreen 1964 A very tight absorbing little screenplay from British second feature movie maker Butcher Films, set in and around Brighton, Sussex, England. It features Peter Vaughan and John Carson as two Insurance men on the trail of a very clever deception… also includes some wonderful moments from … Continue reading
A Well Attended Carnival…
The Leighton Buzzard Carnival, Bedfordshire, England It was a very enjoyable day recently when Marilyn and I, made a visit to Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire for their annual carnival. The Carnival Procession left Cedars Upper School at 12 noon passing through … Continue reading
On the West Coast of Scotland…
The Electric Brae in Ayrshire, Scotland… I remember being taken over The Electric Brae in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1970. It’s a gravity hill where automobiles appear to be drawn uphill whilst travelling down in some strange phenomenon! Known locally as Croy … Continue reading
Interesting Movies From The Past…
Night of the Demon… “It has been written since the beginning of time, ever unto these ancient stones, that evil supernatural creatures exist in a world of darkness, and it is also said; man using the magical power of the ancient … Continue reading
Interesting People From The Past…
Lord Edward Mauger Iliffe entered his father’s publishing business and during the First World War was appointed Controller of the Machine Tool Department at the Ministry of Munitions. In 1923 he became he became the Unionist member for Tamworth, he … Continue reading
The Grand Union at Leighton Buzzard…
Cruising The Victorian Waterways… Canal Holidays can be great fun, as Marilyn and I, found out recently. Narrowboats, like this one at Leighton Buzzard, Linslade, in Bedfordshire England, provide an insight into the pleasures of canal boating through the wonderful English countryside. … Continue reading
The Ghost and Mrs Muir…
Marilyn and I, really did enjoy Dunstable’s Grove Theatre offering of The Ghost and Mrs Muir on Saturday. Amongst the cast was Emmerdale’s Anna Brecon, Brookside’s Marcus Hutton, George Telfer as the crusty sea captain, with Julia Binns and Ben … Continue reading
Interesting Quotations from The Past…
My idea of Heaven is, eating pate’ de foie gras to the sound of trumpets. Sydney Smith 1771-1845 English essayist. Every hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 American writer. Have nothing in your house that you … Continue reading
Interesting People from The Past…
Sir Richard Acland was a wealthy landowner who in 1943 gave his 16,000-acre English Devonshire estate, valued at the time to be worth 250,000 to the nation. He was a Liberal MP for Barnstaple in 1935, then later became an … Continue reading