Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Shot on the eve of WWII, this chilling film warns of the need to prepare for attack, featuring scenes shot in Nottingham 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 There's got to be a one liner here somewhere. I just can't think of one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 dont panic mr manwaring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Can you imagine today's fire brigade doing all of their risk assessments? Nothing would get done and no hose would be turned on. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Elf and safety, today would ban shelters like that, on the grounds they are unsafe in an air raid, because a sand bag might fall on someone.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 The person narrating this , definitely had a plum in one's mouth. A real BBC voice, which you don't hear nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. I learnt last night that this comes from a WW11 government poster that would have been issued if we had been invaded. Rediscovered a few years back by a book shop keeper in Northumberland in the bottom of a box full of old books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,091 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Listening to the voice-over, it reminded me of Harry Enfield's characters, Mr. Cholmondley-Warner and Mr Grayson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gou1cspUfdY&list=PLD46ED9033441F767&index=10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Is the opening still of the fine old toilets that used to be in the Market Square? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 The last place you want to go to keep safe from bombs in WW2 was the men's toilet in market square the smell would kill you not the bombs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Don`t know if this is the right place,but worth a look. 3 Ladies - This was in 1944. NOW ... THE SINGING IS VERY GOOD ... BUT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE DANCING THEY DO FOLLOWING THE SONG. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR "GYMNASTS" AND THEIR FLEXABILITY, BUT THESE THREE WOULD PUT THEM TO SHAME. INCREDIBLE. WATCH AND ENJOY ... AND THEN TRY AND IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO DO ANY OF THESE "EXERCISES." Amazing 3 Ladies This was in 1944! During the first 50 seconds, they are singing, but next, what they do, is amazing... Click on below. THE ROSS SISTERS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Brilliant. I bet there's not many people around today who could kiss their own ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Those girls are good, very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 It's amazing how many multi-sided brick guardhouses there are still knocking about in the Notts countryside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Following the deaths of Notts people in an`air-raid shelter' ,where we lived the people (mostly young wives and children), realised how pointless they were,so would meet on Blue Bell Hill in Cotterell`s milk shop , (when the siren sounded) where the feeling seemed to be we will all go together when we go.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 The film makes an interesting contrast with today. Nottingham's civil defence arrangements were easily the most advanced in the country and were entirely due to the foresight and energy of Captain Popkess (yes, him again) and the city council. The powers-that-be came to the city and adopted many of the ideas for use in the rest of Britain. Compare and contrast with the the storm that has battered the coastal regions of Britain for the past couple of days, and the news footage of people staring into the tv cameras bemoaning the government failure to provide sand bags. Maybe we all need a bit more of the gumption Nottingham displayed in 1939 and less of the sitting around waiting for the men from the ministry to sort things out. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 My brother was a member of the local Civil Defence Corps in the 1950's and his forte was being able to cook up hot meals for survivors of an attack utilising good old fashioned metal dust bins as ovens, so unfortunately if anything were to befall us today we would presumably all starve as trying to make a barbecue oven from a Wheelie bin would be less than successful ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 In my humble opinion, the English people have an in- built part of their character that is the same as our parents and grand parents.Nottingham folks have a history of doing this,at the eleventh hour. Don't sell yourselves short, plenty of others are in line to do just that. Raise the flag and man the barricades,I'll come back to defend the 'rights and freedom' of any Englishman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 My Grandma and mum were in a house on Muskham Street (Opposite Portland baths) and refused to go to the shelters. A bomb fell in the back garden but failed to detonate. I've seen the recovery efforts in a book somewhere, so I know it's not just a story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 God bless you Mudgie. I'm with you all the way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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