It was brilliant. Best place to do it was outside the pub, always got loads of money from merry drinkers. Then came the tidal wave of Trick or Treat from Hollywood and it quickly died out, like so many English traditions. Shame, because for all the light hearted fun it taught children a valuable lesson; that Royalty and government are there on sufferance. Guy Fawkes; 'The last man to enter parliament with honest intentions.'
The once a month Wednesday open day from my very hazy memory. Used to go there from Bristol in the early 60’s on a regular basis. Can remember queuing outside with hundreds of other spotters and when the gates open hurrying through the tunnel under the mainlines into the works. Happy days.
Having worked on this ship, and its sister, for several years, I am so pleased that these are still very much in service with Moby! The TB is a fantastic and incredibly fast ship!
A fascinating but strange mix of shots/locations. Classic 1950s Wallace Arnold coaches which were to be seen all over the UK and Western Europe at that time. Good to see "The Hop Grove" again after all these years, which was a regular, and very busy, stopover for coaches en-route from Leeds to Scarborough, Filey or Bridlington.
And Duke de cambridge ozone pk and I can be down to earth and sort of eggish and or egg landish or I see you as a god doing girls or pussy and can be a little bi curious or the borgias and need a ride to get souls from souls searched on funnel and Im not a girl but a feminine person who needs to sing opera!
I've just finished a short account by Alan Villiers, who shot the film with Ronald Walker (who perished en route), of the journey. This resultant film makes it far more intelligible to a non-sailor like myself. Villiers had great difficulty getting the negatives into print and then into a film. His comments about the movie industry at the time make the saga well worth reading. ❤Thank you for publishing the film.❤ The story appears as 'The Windjammer film' in an Odhams compilation of adventure stories 'Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Stories' (c.1933).
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company went out of business many years ago for some unknown reason to me I miss seeing Raleigh Belair and Viceroy Cigarettes I wish they would bring them back again
A bit before my time, my first visit was in 1973 and I've had holidays there almost every year since early 90s. Most recognisable is Oddicombe beach 1:50
Me and my mates used to go to Brum every Saturday afternoon in the 70s from Tipton, Reddington rare records was our main place and oasis, but i wouldn't go now if you paid me, 1 it is so expensive, and 2 it is spot the Brummie.
From someone who does not speculate, but actually remembers the Belle Vue Zoo and Park (I actually played piano in Kings Hall many times), the animals were lovingly cared for by keepers. Obviously a lot more research into animal stress and behaviour since back then, but for the age they were really beautifully looked after. I'd suggest anyone randomly posting about animal rights go visit a slaughterhouse to see real suffering.
