Category Archives: Patrick’s Words

Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 19/10/2011 by

Buggleskelly Today… Buggleskelly Today… The year of 1937 began the birth of Buggleskelly, the mythical Irish railway station set on a stretch of disused line near Basingstoke in Hampshire England. The setting was for the film Oh, Mr. Porter starring … Continue reading →

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Enid… A Rare Moment… This very rare snapshot is thought to be taken on Hampstead Heath, North London soon after actress Enid Stamp Taylor’s marriage to diamond merchant Sidney Colton. Left is Enid’s mother Agnes Stamp Taylor, Enid and Sidney. The car is a … Continue reading →

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Posted on 07/10/2011 by

The Aldwych Ghost Station… The Aldwych Subway Station is a ghost station, built in 1907 as The Strand, it closed its doors to passengers for the last time in 1994… Standing now, on its deserted platform deep below London’s busy streets, I … Continue reading →

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Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 03/10/2011 by

Hobson’s Choice 1953. Hobson’s Choice has got to be one of the most beautiful movies ever made by Director David Lean. Set in Salford Lancashire… I’ve never tired of watching the masterly acting of Charles Laughton. It was written by … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 29/09/2011 by

PORTAL of Hungerford, Marshal of the R.A.F. Viscount; Charles Frederick Portal. He served for a time in the Army in the First World War, and before it ended was a Colonel in the Royal Flying Corps. He commanded the British … Continue reading →

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Home Thoughts of Enid Stamp Taylor… I stood outside The People’s Palace on The Mile End road, one hot July afternoon in 1980. Somehow standing there I could feel her presence on that wintry evening all those years ago. She would … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 21/09/2011 by

Charles Spencer Chaplin – Dear Charlie Chaplin! Dear Charlie became Sir Charles Chaplin, receiving his knighthood from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1979. His film career had spanned 54 years, and in that time Charlie made a total of … Continue reading →

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Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 19/09/2011 by

Carnival of Souls… Made in 1962 ‘Carnival of Souls’ was shot as a ‘B’ picture in three weeks, and since has become a huge cult film! After a fatal car accident a young woman played by Candace Hilligoss finds herself trapped between … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 15/09/2011 by

Thomas Henry Cotton was a Golf champion. He became a professional at Langley Park in 1927. He won the Kent Professional Championship 1926-30; British Open, 1934, 1937; also Italian, German and Czechoslovak Open. He also represented Great Britain v. America … Continue reading →

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Mitchell and Kenyon…

Posted on 11/09/2011 by

Found in the basement cellar of a shop in Blackburn Lancashire England were over 800 short films of Edwardian life in the North of England. They were made by the partnership of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon and the films they … Continue reading →

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