tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4110289924124585462..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Watching the History Train by Penny DolanMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26995776780017598922011-12-04T06:05:48.966+00:002011-12-04T06:05:48.966+00:00Your Blog is Fabulous. Good article rather. Very i...Your Blog is Fabulous. Good article rather. Very interesting.<br />I admire the valuable information you offered in your article. Excellent submission very good post.<br /><a href="http://titanwatches.in/titan-watches-for-girls.html" rel="nofollow">Titan watches for girls</a>Jigneshhttp://jigneshbapna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3205745206194392232011-09-19T21:47:02.040+01:002011-09-19T21:47:02.040+01:00Penny et al.
I just saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Sp...Penny et al. <br /><br />I just saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the director – Tomas (Let the Right One In) Alfredson – and cinematographer – Hoyte Van Hoytema – have made 1973 feel like history. In a recent interview, Gary Oldman said this: "The look of the movie is just gorgeous... those brown, orange, smoke-filled rooms. It's dandruff & Brylcream & damp tweed suits. They've captured the period perfectly..." <br /><br />History is catching up with us!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33277104342235174982011-09-19T09:54:57.812+01:002011-09-19T09:54:57.812+01:00Mesmerising post Penny. Had to fwd it to train mad...Mesmerising post Penny. Had to fwd it to train mad husband who 'recognised' various items. I loved and will treasure your phrase "...the past is so roomy and attractive to write about"<br />TheresaTheresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13851745317925666652011-09-18T11:55:03.536+01:002011-09-18T11:55:03.536+01:00Thanks, everyone. Jtwebster, at one point I did th...Thanks, everyone. Jtwebster, at one point I did think about asking HG readers to watch the film and tick every time they saw something that is "different" now. :-)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56837111798753939252011-09-18T10:24:37.609+01:002011-09-18T10:24:37.609+01:00Loved the links from one section of the film to th...Loved the links from one section of the film to the next - and the cat in the signal box! Thanks!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60131605298699059912011-09-18T05:30:53.643+01:002011-09-18T05:30:53.643+01:00it's amazing how much has changed in a relativ...it's amazing how much has changed in a relatively short time span. Technology has come along in leaps and bounds and our dress has become so casual. <br />Thanks for the clips, they are fascinating.J.T. Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18042422842347246547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2709844680854288842011-09-17T21:36:41.177+01:002011-09-17T21:36:41.177+01:00The big difference is that there are no wheelie su...The big difference is that there are no wheelie suitcases. I HATE wheelie suitcases... roll on 1961Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63183477624009581152011-09-17T21:27:20.631+01:002011-09-17T21:27:20.631+01:00Adele, I hate to say this.... but 1961 is SO histo...Adele, I hate to say this.... but 1961 is SO history that it is little after the mid-point of the GCSE history syllabus Small Bint did: 1914-1990. History ends with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Which, of course, was built in 1961.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10315320411008734732011-09-17T13:36:52.529+01:002011-09-17T13:36:52.529+01:00This is brilliant, Penny! LOVED the clips. 1961 is...This is brilliant, Penny! LOVED the clips. 1961 is history, eh? Gosh that makes me feel so old! But I know it is. I was quite startled to realize that 1991, which seems like YESTERDAY is actually 20 years ago...I am going to lie down in a darkened room, I think.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20506510598930080192011-09-17T12:14:47.334+01:002011-09-17T12:14:47.334+01:00Penny I LOVED this post and the clips! I'm goi...Penny I LOVED this post and the clips! I'm going to watch it first chance I get. And yes, doesn't 1961 feel like <i>ancient history</i>?<br /><br />P.S. Would love to hear more about your experiences on the steam train, too!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59014821156993190192011-09-17T11:18:49.782+01:002011-09-17T11:18:49.782+01:00Waterloo has been my link to London and all that t...Waterloo has been my link to London and all that the city represents for 30 years, so I found these clips mesmerising. Yes, it mostly certainly IS history, and all the more precious for evoking a time before our every step is captured digitally. My most powerful impression was how certain elements have died and others have lived on. The trains still serve the same towns, I've a photograph of my husband looking like the little boy in the film, my father, in his eighties, polishes shoes so you can see your face in them. It's why history is so compelling; it helps bind us to our present. Thanks, Penny.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.com