tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post6068579286978940948..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: I know where I'm goingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30857493024579041412014-09-30T16:33:18.420-07:002014-09-30T16:33:18.420-07:00I had not been aware of this film but I have just ...I had not been aware of this film but I have just returned from a trip to Argyll. We were going to the Corryvreckan whirlpool but I was unable to manage the journey. Perhaps next year.<br /><br />I hated school, none of the teachers took the time to know me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45985895833846906192014-09-24T02:01:28.370-07:002014-09-24T02:01:28.370-07:00Why is it that often the least qualified people to...Why is it that often the least qualified people to look after the young, vulnerable and innocent get the jobs?<br /><br />There were a couple of good teachers in my school, but they were either too weak or too strong.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45692872504376856412014-09-24T01:58:44.049-07:002014-09-24T01:58:44.049-07:00We have our methods, Sir.We have our methods, Sir.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14358127632726504622014-09-24T01:28:44.072-07:002014-09-24T01:28:44.072-07:00One of my all time favourites too. The crassness...One of my all time favourites too. The crassness of some teachers - I worked with such folk for years, so I know what harm they can do. (and what good a good one can do too.)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1926426805555551662014-09-23T21:02:29.219-07:002014-09-23T21:02:29.219-07:00Oh for a compartment NOT over the wheels. Such cla...Oh for a compartment NOT over the wheels. Such class.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10663405557615408422014-09-23T15:10:48.683-07:002014-09-23T15:10:48.683-07:00Enjoy yourself in Oxford.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzEnjoy yourself in Oxford. <br />zzzzzzzzzzzzzRachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12849650654562127832014-09-23T14:13:15.040-07:002014-09-23T14:13:15.040-07:00'The Orpheus Choir' of Glasgow who sing mo...'The Orpheus Choir' of Glasgow who sing most of the music are still going strong, over 70 years after this movie was made. Blissfully wonderful to know.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5685595502913222522014-09-23T14:04:08.562-07:002014-09-23T14:04:08.562-07:00Yes, that's the one. I took my daughter on a h...Yes, that's the one. I took my daughter on a holiday to Argyle when she was about 12, and we stayed off the Sound of Jura near where that whirlpool was filmed.<br /><br />If I had arrived 2 weeks earlier, I could have met the man who was filmed spinning around in the engineless boat - for real - in the Corry Vrecken for the film, but he had died.<br /><br />The Corry Vrecken can be heard for 20 miles inland when the conditions are right - or wrong - so fierce is the whirlpool.<br /><br />Thos films are even more magical than Harry Potter, and shot during wartime!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86424925870722134172014-09-23T13:58:54.434-07:002014-09-23T13:58:54.434-07:00Every one of Powell and Pressburger's films ar...Every one of Powell and Pressburger's films are just wonderful. Have a look at one, and - if you are not a cynical film-critic - you will fall in love with them.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50910081954909117982014-09-23T13:52:18.196-07:002014-09-23T13:52:18.196-07:00I vaguely remember a whirlpool
Is that the same fi...I vaguely remember a whirlpool<br />Is that the same film?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8931163755107330342014-09-23T13:51:28.575-07:002014-09-23T13:51:28.575-07:00I don't know what this is because I cant liste...I don't know what this is because I cant listen to it now but I'm glad you posted it.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com