Category Archives: Patrick’s Words

Vintage Movies… Pool of London 1950

Posted on 26/03/2011 by

A wonderfully evocative film drama of London and The London Docklands in 1950. Shot almost entirely with locations on The Thames and around Central London– it’s a look into a times past world! There are so many dramatic and nostalgic locations in the production- that … Continue reading →

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The Olde Water Mill at Barton-Le-Clay…

Posted on 22/03/2011 by

  This lovely old bus sits outside the Dickensian village and olde water mill at Barton-Le-Clay in Bedfordshire, England. Adrian and I made a visit to this Bedfordshire community recently and found there an excellent eating house with an even more excellent menu. … Continue reading →

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Cruising The Victorian Waterways…

Posted on 18/03/2011 by

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. Operating the many water gates … Continue reading →

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Looking Back…

Posted on 13/03/2011 by

I’m pictured here setting the lights at the John Rose Studio in 1966. John Rose was a well known and well respected photographer of young persons and children. A John Rose portrait was produced entirely on site, from the camera … Continue reading →

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Looking Back…

Posted on 11/03/2011 by

Looking Back… On Board RHMS Ellinis The Greek Lady as the Ship’s Photographer way back in 1970. Elinis, a Greek owned Chandris liner, ran ten pound emigrants from London’s Tilbury Dock to Melbourne and Sidney, and those who did not find fame … Continue reading →

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Vintage Movies… Amos ‘n’ Andy

Posted on 09/03/2011 by

   This 1930 RKO offering would raise a few eyebrows these days! Based on a popular radio show, it soon ran into problems in bringing it to the screen. It features the exploits of two black guys, well enough on … Continue reading →

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Home Thoughts of Enid Stamp Taylor…

Posted on 05/03/2011 by

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 have been hesitant, afraid, and yet … Continue reading →

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Deleted Scene…

Posted on 02/03/2011 by

She sat within the glow of the coals… their red heat penetrated the pores of her skin and warmed the white of her bones. She stared long and hard into the glass of whisky as if it were full of … Continue reading →

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The Aerated Bread Company…

Posted on 27/02/2011 by

The Aerated Bread Company started life in 1862 as an Islington Bakers of fine healthy, additive-free bread in England, and within two years opened the first of 250 ABC self-service Tea Shops. In the late Victorian period – an ABC tea … Continue reading →

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Scotch… The Water of Life

Posted on 23/02/2011 by

The Glenlivet… Glenfarclas…. Glenfiddich… Cragganmore… Macallan…. Lagavulin… Taliskar… Aberlour… Tomintoul…. Dispite Tartan and an over abundance of Sainsbury’s obsession with Haggis and Shortbread… Scotland’s best outgoing product, aside from wandering Scots… Is Scotch Whisky! Thought to have been introduced into The Highlands … Continue reading →

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