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Three more seasonal do's:-
(1) The Jorvik Viking Festival at York 14 - 18 February.
Will you go?
(2) Shrove Tuesday 20 February. Shrove = Shrive = Confess.
What will you confess?
(3) March 11 the Centenary of someone to whom I am closely connected. I saw much of her 1932 - 1939, but WWII intervened. The National Film Theatre is showing many of her films 1 - 10 March.
Will you be going?
(1) The Jorvik Viking Festival at York 14 - 18 February.
Will you go?
(2) Shrove Tuesday 20 February. Shrove = Shrive = Confess.
What will you confess?
(3) March 11 the Centenary of someone to whom I am closely connected. I saw much of her 1932 - 1939, but WWII intervened. The National Film Theatre is showing many of her films 1 - 10 March.
Will you be going?
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1) No, too far although I have always be attracted to the Viking sagas since I saw Tony Curtis in the `The Vikings' in the cinema on Waterloo Station when I was a child.
2) I shall probably confess that I have forgotten the lemon yet again.
3) Again no, but I do remember her as Mrs. Dale. Are you related or did you know her in some way?
2) I shall probably confess that I have forgotten the lemon yet again.
3) Again no, but I do remember her as Mrs. Dale. Are you related or did you know her in some way?
Hello, carrot.
(1) I might do a Dick Turpin from London to York on Friday for the weekend to see the sights, but not if this dull rainy weather persists.
(2) I might confess that sometimes I wish that I was 18 again knowing what I know now!
(3) Related. I remember and can hazily see as I type a very fun sort of person. But by '39 I was in college, then into the services and then most of my life was in another country, so after the war I never saw her again. When I returned to UK I found that she had been buried in an unmarked grave - later I read that following a BBC Documentary the BBC rectified this. But what did they do? I've never discovered. I had great difficulty in getting a ticket for any of her films, let alone the one that I wanted to see. Amazingly they were virtually sold out within a week of release it seems.
(1) I might do a Dick Turpin from London to York on Friday for the weekend to see the sights, but not if this dull rainy weather persists.
(2) I might confess that sometimes I wish that I was 18 again knowing what I know now!
(3) Related. I remember and can hazily see as I type a very fun sort of person. But by '39 I was in college, then into the services and then most of my life was in another country, so after the war I never saw her again. When I returned to UK I found that she had been buried in an unmarked grave - later I read that following a BBC Documentary the BBC rectified this. But what did they do? I've never discovered. I had great difficulty in getting a ticket for any of her films, let alone the one that I wanted to see. Amazingly they were virtually sold out within a week of release it seems.
Evening, Mustapha,
1) I hope the weather improves for the weekend, don't forget to take the sugar cubes for Black Bess if you do decide to make the trip.
2) If you were 18 again you wouldn't be here reminding us all of the forthcoming seasonal do's and what would we have to look forward to then!
3) I was surprised when you wrote of the unmarked grave and I have not found any further details on the web. You would have thought that after such a career, her estate would have provided a marked resting place. I did read that a plaque has been put up on her childhood home in Soho which is not far from The National Film Theatre. If you have not seen the plaque yet, maybe you could visit it before your trip to The National?
1) I hope the weather improves for the weekend, don't forget to take the sugar cubes for Black Bess if you do decide to make the trip.
2) If you were 18 again you wouldn't be here reminding us all of the forthcoming seasonal do's and what would we have to look forward to then!
3) I was surprised when you wrote of the unmarked grave and I have not found any further details on the web. You would have thought that after such a career, her estate would have provided a marked resting place. I did read that a plaque has been put up on her childhood home in Soho which is not far from The National Film Theatre. If you have not seen the plaque yet, maybe you could visit it before your trip to The National?
Sorry, can't do (1), have other arrangements I can't cancel. Pancakes as usual for (2) and I try to do something for Lent (when I was a boy I managed abstaining from sweets reasonably successfully, but our priest always said we should try to do something extra, rather than give something up (think positively!)
I saw several of her films either on TV or at the NFT back in the 1970s, and have three or four of her songs (on the original Decca 78s). Thought It's Love again was much the best of her films, though it's not the best known.
I saw several of her films either on TV or at the NFT back in the 1970s, and have three or four of her songs (on the original Decca 78s). Thought It's Love again was much the best of her films, though it's not the best known.
Evening, carrot.
(1) Black Bess. Ah yes. That brings back memories. Dear old Black Bess.. But it will take more than a couple of lumps of sugar these days to get her cantering up the A1 to York with me a-piggyback, I'm afraid.
(3) I know of the plaque on the wall of the Blue Posts pub. She was born near-by at 94 Berwick Street if I remember correctly. When she came into money she bought a place at Hampton, Middlesex, which was a bolt hole when she was younger and her home later on. I assume that she is buried somewhere around there and that the BBC have erected something there, but I have been unable to verify.
Hello reinganum.
(2) Don't give up anything whatsoever. In fact, crowd more in. When you get to near the end of it you will find that lifes been much too short for all that "giving up" rubbish. Pull up a chair and open another bottle of scotch.
(3) I'm going to see "Evergreen". "Over my shoulder" is a favourite. I have read somewhere that MGM may shortly release her films on DVD.
(1) Black Bess. Ah yes. That brings back memories. Dear old Black Bess.. But it will take more than a couple of lumps of sugar these days to get her cantering up the A1 to York with me a-piggyback, I'm afraid.
(3) I know of the plaque on the wall of the Blue Posts pub. She was born near-by at 94 Berwick Street if I remember correctly. When she came into money she bought a place at Hampton, Middlesex, which was a bolt hole when she was younger and her home later on. I assume that she is buried somewhere around there and that the BBC have erected something there, but I have been unable to verify.
Hello reinganum.
(2) Don't give up anything whatsoever. In fact, crowd more in. When you get to near the end of it you will find that lifes been much too short for all that "giving up" rubbish. Pull up a chair and open another bottle of scotch.
(3) I'm going to see "Evergreen". "Over my shoulder" is a favourite. I have read somewhere that MGM may shortly release her films on DVD.
Well, I don't know, carrott. I just entered a few events in the hope that others might be encouraged to tell us of seasonal things that were happening in their area, which would be interesting. But looking at the other entries in this section it is obviously a forlorn hope. So, I will end by taking my dog "Spring" for a walk up the spiral stairway and then a swift kick followed by a loud solo of "Spring is in the air".
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