tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post2021283919538532314..comments2023-11-05T00:44:33.436-07:00Comments on War Diaries of a Little Englander: The bells...AlFronthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-41137792025456533872013-06-07T15:14:08.579-07:002013-06-07T15:14:08.579-07:00It's Hobbit-like, with rattling goods trains, ...It's Hobbit-like, with rattling goods trains, kids playing football on a bit of nearby open ground, and people going about their slow, relaxed evening business - mostly making their way to pubs on the other side of the railway. The road the allotments is next to has been the way to and from Birmingham for aeons.AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-53633429989564882882013-06-07T15:11:42.812-07:002013-06-07T15:11:42.812-07:00I'm not sure it derailed - it was, however, fu...I'm not sure it derailed - it was, however, full of very dead refugees... <br /><br />Did you read the book? Masters wrote some reasonable stuff.AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-27823428077289188452013-06-05T22:10:10.931-07:002013-06-05T22:10:10.931-07:00Glad you have been enjoying the allotment- a verit...Glad you have been enjoying the allotment- a veritable idyll it sounds.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-6190430687901089692013-06-05T18:17:57.383-07:002013-06-05T18:17:57.383-07:00I remember watching that film on the TV at Edie...I remember watching that film on the TV at Edie's house in the Wirral, and then reading the book at home in Edinburgh some time later. All I can remember now is the scene of the train derailing, and the sand-coloured hardback without its dust jacket.The Workerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548315123275465797noreply@blogger.com