Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Bad Beat]

 That scene in The Untouchables is a reference to the famous Odessa Steps sequence in Eisenstein's great 1925 work Battleship Potemkin.

 The scene is often cited as a major influence on the late great figurative painter Francis Bacon, who often uses the image of a screaming face, said to be taken from the face of the nurse in that very scene.

[tikay]

This may not be Penn St, but it's not a bad effort for a rural town in Yorkshire.

Grade 1 Listed, no less, & none other than Betjeman & Pevsner raved over it, as possibly the most splendid railway station in Great Britain.

In Huddersfield, of all places.

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It is indeed Harold Wilson.

If you look right from where that shot was taken you would see the George Hotel, birthplace of Rugby League, 1895.

It was built in 1851, sadly closed its doors 2-1-13.

There's some great architecture around the square there, worth a hop off a train definitely.

You are not wrong, it looks very distinguished, as do so many Yorkshire Towns.

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[kinboshi]

Here's another old Digger:

Just worked that out. Thank goodness.

I do hope that's a reference to Dallas and not some kind of rhyming slang.

No reference to Dallas.

Digger was John Barnes' nickname at Liverpool because of his initials.

[tikay]

I can scarcely believe that Huddersfield has such wonderful buildings, I must have driven through Huddersfield a thousand times, but never once stopped to look around, it was always rush rush rush, hurry hurry hurry.

I did a lot of business in the North West, so heading north on the M1 from Derbyshire, I'd cut the corner to the newly-opened M62 by coming off at J38, & wibble-wobbling through the stunning countryside in Denby Dale (stopping off at the local sticky bun shop) & Flockton, which took me into Huddersfield, & from there up to the M62.

There was a most confusing sign as I exited Huddersfield, which always confused me, I took it literally, it simply said "Outlane".  It was only 30 years later that I realised it was a real place, a town, not a traffic lane sign.  

All of which is flimsy excuse to reveal some trivia that will have even Tighty jealous - Outlane had the UK's highest (as in, height above sea level) Trolleybus Terminal. Ha, the kids will be all over this Diary soon, this is quality stuff.

The top photo is in Outlane, the other two are in Huddersfield, the colour one, it seems, in George Square.  

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[bobAlike]

Here's another old Digger:

Just worked that out. Thank goodness.

I do hope that's a reference to Dallas and not some kind of rhyming slang.

No reference to Dallas.

Digger was John Barnes' nickname at Liverpool because of his initials.

Ah, after that famous digger maker JCBB.

[tikay]

Here's another old Digger:

Just worked that out. Thank goodness.

I do hope that's a reference to Dallas and not some kind of rhyming slang.

No reference to Dallas.

Digger was John Barnes' nickname at Liverpool because of his initials.

Ahh, got it at last.

JCB, right?

Tap in to upload a photo, too.

[tikay]

Don't be shy, lads, I know you are aching to comment on those amazing trolleybus photos.

[Ant040689]

.... And did you know Tikay, the city's football club is pulling out all the stops to lay host to the greatest team in South London on Saturday?

If ever there was a reason to rush into the town.

[tikay]

That scene in The Untouchables is a reference to the famous Odessa Steps sequence in Eisenstein's great 1925 work Battleship Potemkin.

 The scene is often cited as a major influence on the late great figurative painter Francis Bacon, who often uses the image of a screaming face, said to be taken from the face of the nurse in that very scene.

Eh?

Never knew you were in to all that arty nonsense, Neil?

I wish I could reply authoratively, or even with a smidgeon of knowledge on the subject, but I shall have to delegate it to Tal, Tighty, AndrewT, & Goulden Alex, aka the blonde Clever Bugger Collective.

Oh, & Gascoigne. (The clever one).

[TightEnd]

The Battleship Potemkin was named in some surveys the greatest film of all time. Not bad for essentially a propaganda film

It's significance was it was first film to use a lot of editing and Eisenstein succerssfuly edited it to evoke the biggest emotional response possible, and thus took film out of the normal confines of the silent era




tikay I know you are not a cinema fan but are a Tarantino fan iirc?

Django unchained on currently is a fine example in Tarantino's oeuvre, should you want to switch the phone off and escape for two and a half hours....

[tikay]

The Battleship Potemkin was named in some surveys the greatest film of all time. Not bad for essentially a propaganda film

It's significance was it was first film to use a lot of editing and Eisenstein succerssfuly edited it to evoke the biggest emotional response possible, and thus took film out of the normal confines of the silent era




tikay I know you are not a cinema fan but are a Tarantino fan iirc?

Django unchained on currently is a fine example in Tarantino's oeuvre, should you want to switch the phone off and escape for two and a half hours....

Battleship Potemkin is a film? I assumed it was a book, sorry. I'll ask Hartigan, he's a full on film bore. (He commentated on last night's EPT Monte Carlo footage on Ch4 with Stapes - very good).

Believe me, I turn the phone AND the internet off, every evening, for a few hours, the peace is blessed, & I read copiously.

Tarantino fan?

Well I really enjoyed Pulp Fiction, though I had to watch it 5 or 6 times before I worked out what was happening. Why they mixed up the timeline I shall never know, made it too confusing for me, it would have been better if shown in time sequence, but yes, I enjoyed it a lot. 

Thewy gave me Reservoir Dogs for Christmas some years ago, I tried several times to watch it, but I could not bear to watch that bit where the copper is tied up in the chair & they slice his ear off. I just can't watch violence when it is shown so graphically. I'd rather read about Mad Frankie Fraser, Freddie Foreman, Joey Pyle, or Pretty Boy Shaw. Their violence was much more classy, & I could not actually see it.

I have not seen any other Tarantino films. I think I caught a bit of him on one of those oh-so-bland "talk to me, I have a new single/book/film" LE shows last week, with Graham Norton or J Ross.

He (Tarantino) looked a bit weird to me. Is he right in the head? Looks a bit like a serial killer to me. Bet he parks in Disabled Bays, too. You can tell the sort by the eyebrows.


 

[smashedagain]

A good knowledge of Pulp Fiction will help you to answer one of Ed Gascoigne's quiz questions. Quite an educational film

[Tal]

Sorry to disappoint, but I knew nothing whatsoever about Battleship Potemkin. A wikipedia later and I'm catching up.

Learn something new every day. Thanks, BadBeat.

[TightEnd]

http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2013/01/23/after-fire-chicago-warehouse-covered-in-ice/

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love this one

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[Geo the Sarge]

http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2013/01/23/after-fire-chicago-warehouse-covered-in-ice/

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love this one

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Awesome, nice find Rich

Geo