Edwardian Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, sem34090 said: They did indeed! Besides sneering remarks about Battersea, which aren't really political, the only overtly political comments I can think of are in Twenty Tons of TNT, Misalliance and a comment about Mr Flanders' Local council being "Strictly non-political - they're all conservative!". I know there are others, but I can't think of them at the moment. Clearly you are a connoisseur, Sir! As you are clearly Made of the Right Stuff, you may also enjoy Tom Lehrer. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Clearly you are a connoisseur, Sir! This past year I have managed to listen to their entire (recorded) repertoire and may very much consider myself a rather large fan of their work! 2 minutes ago, Edwardian said: As you are clearly Made of the Right Stuff, you may also enjoy Tom Lehrer. I must investigate this in the near future... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, Edwardian said: As it was, IIRC, constantly dark and raining in that film, I had always assumed that Ridley Scott was referencing Manchester. "There's a walk from Redcar into Hartlepool ... I'd cross a bridge at night, and walk above the steel works. So that's probably where the opening of Blade Runner comes from. It always seemed to be rather gloomy and raining, and I'd just think "God, this is beautiful." You can find beauty in everything, and so I think I found the beauty in that darkness." Ridley Scott 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, sem34090 said: This past year I have managed to listen to their entire (recorded) repertoire and may very much consider myself a rather large fan of their work! I must investigate this in the near future... Tom Lehrer was a Harvard Maths Professor. Then, in the mid-Sixties, he had this alternative career as a satirical singer-songwriter. He came over and performed at Oxford and Cambridge. Then he went back to being a Harvard Maths Professor. This was time when WW2 was a fresh memory, civil rights and nuclear proliferation were the cause of constant tension. Some of his repertoire was directly related to current affairs (though seem topical enough today), while others were whimsical. He ranged from the inappropriately joyful Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, to the lightness of the Periodic Table set to the tune of I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General, to topical satire with National Brotherhood Week and the darkly macabre Delilah-genre with I hold Your Hand in Mine. All great stuff. 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2019 Wilton Chemical works - formerly ICI Wilton before everything was sold off to the highest bidder. The 4 chimneys of one of the Gas fired power station units can be seen coming together in a pyramid in the centre and the second unit is rather less clear to the left. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have always thought that 'An evening wasted with Tom Lehrer' was a brilliant title for an album. Don 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Burnham Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 "I don't have to do this, you know. I could pull down, oh, $1500 a year just teaching math." And he always gleefully quoted the New York Times review: "Mr Lehrer's muse is not fettered by such considerations as taste." 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Tom Lehrer was a Harvard Maths Professor. Then, in the mid-Sixties, he had this alternative career as a satirical singer-songwriter. He came over and performed at Oxford and Cambridge. Then he went back to being a Harvard Maths Professor. Its always handy to have an alternative career if showbiz doesn't pan out... Perhaps we should have a "Castle Aching Desert Island Discs" weekend when the nights start to draw in? Each member of the Parish Council to provide a list of say 5 tracks that they would like to accompany them to their desolate sojourn. It might be quite revealing! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 "As an elapsed (?) member of the Parish Council (assuming I haven't been kicked off it for some unearthly reason! ) I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Hroth's suggestion." Missenden returned to his seat. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Argo Transacord. Discuss. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 One of my favourite songs is 'Who knows where the time goes' the title seems very appropriate for railway modelling. Don 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Argo Transacord. Discuss. Noisily? The first I got was "The Dukedogs and the City". I've several more, in both ep and lp format. Lots of hissing and clanking... 6 hours ago, Donw said: One of my favourite songs is 'Who knows where the time goes' the title seems very appropriate for railway modelling. Don So long as we don't have to meet on the ledge.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Discuss. We’ve had some strange leaps of subject matter on this thread, but field athletics is a new one! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 That reminds me of the lonely hearts ad: Male History A Level Examiner would like to meet female History A Level Examiner. Discuss. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 13 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Thirty five years in the future, I know, but worrying nevertheless. Worrying indeed. A random 'fact'* I always remember is that Southwold is only 80 miles from Belgium...... * happy to be corrected if this is absolute twaddle!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 58 minutes ago, Regularity said: We’ve had some strange leaps of subject matter on this thread, but field athletics is a new one! I always preferred the javelin. Pointy!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Hroth said: I always preferred the javelin. Pointy!!! I suspect that the male history examiner was more interested in using his javelin, too... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: That reminds me of the lonely hearts ad: Male History A Level Examiner would like to meet female History A Level Examiner. Discuss. Must have at least two good points to pass. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Regularity said: I suspect that the male history examiner was more interested in using his javelin, too... That was a cheap shot Simon (sorry to hammer the point). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edwardian Posted July 6, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2019 Thanks to Ruston of this parish, some of J H Ahern's Edwardian photographs of Castle Aching are beginning to surface...... 19 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Please excuse me, gentlemen, whilst I pick my jaw up from off of the floor... 2 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Brilliant! The Drill Hall photo is especially convincing. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2019 Superb. Jonathan 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 hours ago, sem34090 said: Please excuse me, gentlemen, whilst I pick my jaw up from off of the floor... please refrain from dribbling in the council chamber Nick 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Edwardian said: Thanks to Ruston of this parish, some of J H Ahern's Edwardian photographs of Castle Aching are beginning to surface...... Amazingly realistic, I raise my hat to you sir! 5 hours ago, sem34090 said: Please excuse me, gentlemen, whilst I pick my jaw up from off of the floor... Wondered what made the ruddy noise... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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