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A VERY HAPPY WINTER BREAK...

Special Thanks To All Of You I would like to thank you all for your support to my weblog. Since I launched just a few months ago I've had a very positive response So a hearty thanks goes out to each and everyone – Have A Happy And Peaceful Winter Break and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year. Patrick.

Whisky Galore...

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Whisky Galore…   Well, would you ever believe it!…  The ‘SS. Politician’ sank off the Scottish Island of Eriskay in 1941, and eight years on the Ealing movie romanced the story of how the islanders seconded some of its 24.000 cases of Scotland’s finest scotch whisky. Whisky Galore can be found at: www.thewhiskygalore.com/ The Water of Life is available in many blended and single malts from Whisky Galore… It was in the summer of 1948 when the Ealing crew arrived on the beautiful Island of Barra in the Western Isles of Scotland. Michael Balcon, head of Ealing Studios had not been happy about the production, saying as he looked at the story board, he just did not understand it!  “It holds few laughs” he was heard to comment. Based on a Compton Mackenzie novel, shooting almost entirely on location presented huge problems, everything, including cast and crew, and a huge amount of camera equipment, had to be shipped from mainland Scotland. Actors were billited with a number

Interesting People From The Past...

Walter R. Hammond.   Played for Gloucestershire as an amateur cricketer in 1920, and when he turned professional in 1923 scored over a thousand runs in his first season for that county. Afterwards, he played for England against Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the West Indies. John Berry Hobbs.   Starting on the ground staff of Surrey County Cricket Club, he was eventually made a playing member and excelled as a batsman. By 1935, when he retired, he had made the  then unsurpassed record of 197 centuries, including twelve in Tests against Australia. During his career he played many times for England.

Interesting Movies From The Past...

Isle of the Dead… 1945 Vorvolaka… This nightmare vampire was very much on the minds of the people in the time when Greece fought her war of 1912… A classy screenplay from RKO which features Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Helen Thimig, and Jason Robards. It was written by Ardel Wray and Josef Mischel, with masterly direction from Mark Robson. Not a run of the mill - ’ blood and guts’ vampire movie… but a creative story with strong and convincing acting from the whole cast!