Stan 386 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 You are all too young to remember,I`m sure, but TWO brilliant films are about to be re-released on DVD in Feb 2007. They are 1. The Ragman`s Daughter 2. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. If you have not seen them I strongly suggest you do. Simon Rouse (who plays the Chief Inspector in the `Bill") stars in No.1. They can be ordered from: CD Universe(www.cduniverse.com) People of Nottingham,don`t miss this chance! Alan Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the second son of an illiterate tannery laborer. His father, Christopher Sillitoe, became one of the long-term unemployed during the 1930s Depression. On different occasions he worked as a house painter. Once he was imprisoned for "running up bills for food that he had no hope of paying." Sillitoe's mother, Silvina (Burton) worked in a lace factory. "We lived in a room on Talbot Street whose four wall smelled of leaking gas, stale fat, and layers of mouldering wall-paper," Sillitoe has recalled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Hmm, I don't recall the Ragmans Daughter, BUT Saturday Night, Sunday Morning was a classic. My cousin Howard, who now resides in Victoria, Australia not too far from Caz, worked at the Raliegh when that was being made, so remembers a lot of the actors who were there at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 IMO, Ragman's Daughter is a better tale than SN&SM... IIRC, an earlier version of the film featured shots taken at Whittier Road, Highbury Vale and Weekday Cross. For those who have yet to see it, the big 'surprise' with SN&SM is that it's running time is only just over an hour! Cheers Robt P. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I thought that SN&SM had been issued on DVD before now? The air rifle pellet in the Old Gals ar** is a classic Alan S./SN&SM is mentioned elswhere here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Alan S./SN&SM is mentioned elswhere here the said tread http://www.nottstalgia.com/forums/index.ph...wtopic=228&st=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted December 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Thanks for that `Red, I just wanted to share with everyone the fact that I had found (newly soon to be re-released) 2 brilliant films from my very mis-spent youth. Also I had little idea of what a brilliant and prolific writer Sillitoe was, and from such an awful beginning. Apparently he is still putting in 12 hour days,writing! Further works: Selected works: WITHOUT BEER OR BREAD, 1957 THE LONELINESS OF LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER, 1958 - (film 1962, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Peter Madden, Julia Foster) SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, 1958 - (film 1960, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts) - Lauantai-illasta sunnuntai aamuun (suom. Erkki Haglund) THE RATS, AND OTHER POEMS, 1960 THE GENERAL, 1960 KEY TO THE DOOR, 1961 THE RAGMAN'S DAUGHTER, 1963 - (film 1963, dir. by Harold Becker, starring Simon Rouse, Victoria Tennant, Ptrick O'Connell, Leslie Sands) A FALLING OUT OF LOVE, AND OTHER POEMS, 1964 ROAD TO VOLGOGRAD, 1965 THE DEATH OF WILLIAN POSTER, 1965 A TREE ON FIRE, 1967 THE CITY ADVENTURES OF MARMALADE JIM, 1967 LOVE IN THE ENVIROS OF VORONEZH, 1968 GUZMAN, GO HOME, 1968 SHAMAN AND OTHER POEMS, 1968 ALAN SILLITOE SELECTION, 1968 Lope de Vega: All Citizens are Soldiers, 1969 (translation) A START IN LIFE, 1970 THIS FOREIGN FIELD, 1970 TRAVELS IN NIHILON, 1971 POEMS, 1971 THE RAGMAN'S DAUGHTER, 1972 (play from his story) RAW MATERIAL, 1972 SHAMAN AND OTHER POEMS, 1973 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, 1973 BARBARIANS, 1974 STORM, 1974 THE FLAME OF LIFE, 1974 RAW MATERIAL, 1974 MOUNTAINS AND CAVERNS, 1975 (essays, among others of D.H.Lawrence) THE SAXON SHORE WAY, 1975 (with F. Godwin) THE WIDOWER'S SON, 1976 PIT STRIKE, 1977 BIG JOHN AND THE STARS, 1977 3 PLAYS, 1978 THE INCREDIBLE FENCING FLEAS, 1978 THE STORYTELLER, 1979 SNOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LUCIFER, 1979 MARMALADE JIM AT THE FARM, 1980 THE SECOND CHANCE AND OTHER STORIES, 1981 HER VICTORY, 1982 SUN BEFORE DEPARTURE, 1982 THE LOST FLYING BOAT, 1983 DOWN FROM THE HILL, 1984 MARMALADE JIM AND THE FOX, 1984 LIFE GOES ON, 1985 TIDES AND STONE WALLS, 1986 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, 1987 THREE POEMS, 1988 OUT OF THE WHIRLPOOL, 198 THE OPEN DOOR, 1989 LOST LOVES, 1990 LEONARD'S WAR, 1991 COLLECTED POEMS, 1993 SNOWSTOP, 1993 COLLECTED STORIES, 1995 LEADING THE BLIND, 1995 LIFE WITHOUT ARMOUR, 1995 ALLIGATOR PLAYGROUND, 1997 THE BROKEN CHARIOT, 1998 LEADING THE BLIND: A CENTURY OF GUIDE BOOK TRAVEL 1815-1914, 1999 BIRTHDAY, 2002 NEW AND COLLECTED STORIES, 2003 B) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2003 B) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 His mam served in a cafe near Raleigh, had many a bacon cob there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 I can recommend the film "The Ragman's Daughter". I was living in Lenton when it was being made. A couple of chaps from our local pub were extras in the film adn an ex-girlfriend's mother appeared briefly in one scene. I finally tracked down a copy on DVD a few years ago and oddly - it came from Rep of Ireland. Turned out to be a home copy of the film but it was cheap and decent quality so all was well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Compo I have to agree with you on The Ragmans Daughter a great film with many scenes taken in Bulwell I still have it on an original VHS video which I still watch. As for Alan Sillitoe as an author I find I am unable to put down his books once started and when the mood takes me I search out copies of his works to read. So thanks to Stan in 2006 for providing the list of his works. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 screenshots from the Dvd of the film The Ragmans Daughter where its filmed in bulwell on Facebook - Bulwell Bygones - https://www.facebook.com/pg/BulwellBygones/photos/?tab=album&album_id=552948318237873 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 As to Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, there isn't even a close approximation of a Nottingham accent from anyone in the cast. Lancashire, Yorkshire, Liverpool and Welsh (Rachel Roberts) can be clearly heard. Arthur's mum is a cockney! Still, it's better than Dean Stockwell in Sons and Lovers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 In the mid to late 60’s I read a great book by Alan Sillitoe but I can't remember the title. I don’t believe it was Saturday Night, Long Distance Runner or the Ragman’s Daughter. It had a description of Radford Pit and New Bridge and of a grandfather raising and stickling (slaughtering) pigs and converting the entire carcass to food. Can anyone remember the name of the book Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I have always loved Sillitoe. I think his writings encapsulated Nottingham specifically, but also the everyday life of the 1950s and 60s when it became trendy to do so, although he never considered himself to be trendy at all. At a loose end between jobs, I tried to write poetry. He was at the Waterstones (Bridlesmith Gate?) and did a book signing and read some of my poetry. He said, "Its good" Never knew if he meant it, but he did read it with intent and slowly, before he spoke. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Martyn said: In the mid to late 60’s I read a great book by Alan Sillitoe but I can't remember the title. I don’t believe it was Saturday Night, Long Distance Runner or the Ragman’s Daughter. It had a description of Radford Pit and New Bridge and of a grandfather raising and stickling (slaughtering) pigs and converting the entire carcass to food. Can anyone remember the name of the book Might it have been “Moggerhanger” the novel that was published sometime after his death? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks for the info, but I don’t think this is it. I read the book in the mid to late 60’s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Thanks for the info - I just bought a copy from Amazon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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