VILLAMARV Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Great thread idea mike btw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 12 Moderator Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, VILLAMARV said: Technically down the road a bit now, but the much heard of 'I used to run a pub' pub was in Rhayader. Fun times. Which one? Given that there really aren’t many, it’s highly likely I’ve been in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Fun fact!! That building on the left just after the steps was Bob Crachit’s house in A Christmas Carol (1984). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LakotaDakota Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, Paddywhack said: Fun fact!! That building on the left just after the steps was Bob Crachit’s house in A Christmas Carol (1984). Yup and a couple of minutes walk away you can still see the Ebenezer Scrooge gravestone at St Chad's. Edited May 12 by LakotaDakota 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 8 hours ago, mjmooney said: Any moment now, they'll drag a headless corpse from the water, and a dysfunctional male/female detective duo will arrive on the scene. One thing I have learned from watching so much British crime drama is that the headless corpse will be found by a dog that breaks away from its owner while on a walk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 This is a stealth photography thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 12 VT Supporter Share Posted May 12 35 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: One thing I have learned from watching so much British crime drama is that the headless corpse will be found by a dog that breaks away from its owner while on a walk I rarely watch the British ones, I'm addicted to Scandi-noir (although they do tend to become a bit formulaic - hence my comment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, bickster said: Which one? Given that there really aren’t many, it’s highly likely I’ve been in 20+ years ago now, luckily before the age of onine feedback 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I rarely watch the British ones, I'm addicted to Scandi-noir (although they do tend to become a bit formulaic - hence my comment). Have only watched a few but we like them a lot as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 12 Moderator Share Posted May 12 25 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: 20+ years ago now, luckily before the age of onine feedback More than once, on the blind crossroads on the road to Llanidloes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VILLAMARV Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 39 minutes ago, bickster said: More than once, on the blind crossroads on the road to Llanidloes. damn you, all these years of not doxxing myself (shakes fist) but yeah, close enough to spend many an hour indulging in the local sport of watching the truck drivers beach their arctics on the clocktower, handily placed in the middle of said blind crossroads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeMcKenna Posted May 12 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Yup and a couple of minutes walk away you can still see the Ebenezer Scrooge gravestone at St Chad's. Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor to Brum and was very fond of the city. I wonder if got the name for his character in The Christmas Carol from this gravestone. In 1869 Dickens supposedly said: Well, ladies and gentlemen, my heart has all been in my subject, and I bear an old love towards Birmingham and Birmingham men. I have said that I bear an old love towards Birmingham and Birmingham men; let me amend a small omission, and add “and Birmingham women.” This ring I wear on my finger now is an old Birmingham gift, and if by rubbing it I could raise the spirit that was obedient to Aladdin’s ring, I heartily assure you that my first instruction to that genius on the spot should be to place himself at Birmingham’s disposal in the best of causes.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 8 hours ago, GarethRDR said: we used to walk by this bad boy most lunchtimes just to give it a stroke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 4 minutes ago, MikeMcKenna said: Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor to Brum and was very fond of the city. I wonder if got the name for his character in The Christmas Carol from this gravestone. In 1869 Dickens supposedly said: Well, ladies and gentlemen, my heart has all been in my subject, and I bear an old love towards Birmingham and Birmingham men. I have said that I bear an old love towards Birmingham and Birmingham men; let me amend a small omission, and add “and Birmingham women.” This ring I wear on my finger now is an old Birmingham gift, and if by rubbing it I could raise the spirit that was obedient to Aladdin’s ring, I heartily assure you that my first instruction to that genius on the spot should be to place himself at Birmingham’s disposal in the best of causes.” Unless my childhood memory is incorrect, that is Shrewsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted May 12 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 12 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Unless my childhood memory is incorrect, that is Shrewsbury. Ok thanks I now understand. My bad I got the wrong end of the stick, I thought it was St Chads, Birmingham. A classic case of 2+2 = 5 Edited May 12 by MikeMcKenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, MikeMcKenna said: What is Shrewsbury? The grave is in Shrewsbury and is actually a prop from the movie that is still there 40 years later. Was actually a real stone that had pretty much completely weathered away and the film company somehow got permission to engrave Ebenezer Scrooge over the top of it as seemingly nobody knew whose grave it actually was. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 12 VT Supporter Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, LakotaDakota said: The grave is in Shrewsbury and is actually a prop from the movie that is still there 40 years later. Was actually a real stone that had pretty much completely weathered away and the film company somehow got permission to engrave Ebenezer Scrooge over the top of it as seemingly nobody knew whose grave it actually was. Haha. There would be outrage today. Online petitions galore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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