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Post by redintheface on Jun 14, 2023 12:04:56 GMT
RIP John Hollins - former Chelsea, Arsenal and QPR midfield man. Good player.
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Post by Thor on Jun 14, 2023 12:29:16 GMT
Ronnie Knight gangster and ex husband of Barbara Windsor dies aged 89.
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Post by orientsc on Jun 14, 2023 15:32:32 GMT
This one is likely just for me but hopefully not. Cormac McCarthy, author of the Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, the Sunset Limited, The Road, All the Pretty Horses, and other books died today in Santa Fe, New Mexico aged 89. I hope people will read his books. They are honest. Here is a quote of his that I like. “Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.” Never read any of his books. I have watched the movie of No Country for Old Men. It was a great film but it’s a violent story. The ending still confuses me !! Might read the book just to see if the book is any clearer than the movie. Good points. You should read the book I humbly suggest. It’s a page turner. The book provides more context and backstory which may help. The Coen brothers are gifted and they align the film and the book pretty closely, and the ending is taken word for word from the book. FWIW, I think the book was intended as a modern western, and I think Sheriff Ed Tom Bell is a beaten man who believes in a boogeyman that he never sees but who terrifies him. He’s the opposite of Marshall Will Kane in High Noon who knows his enemies and goes out to confront them even when he has been abandoned by the town. There is a lot of gnostic kind of thinking in McCarthy’s work, and he thinks the good human needs to be at least as strong as the evil natural world and our sympathetic Sheriff is no longer up to the task. I think the ending juxtaposed with his meeting with his Uncle Ellis tells us where he is mentally and spiritually. |
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Post by billk53 on Jun 14, 2023 18:05:38 GMT
Just heard that John Hollins has died, aged 76. Surely an old-school, gentleman footballer.
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Post by redintheface on Jun 15, 2023 10:59:22 GMT
RIP Glenda Jackson aged 87. Oscar winning actress and former Labour MP.
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Post by eca on Jun 15, 2023 12:15:12 GMT
Re naming people I want to see on the other side
My Grandparents- some I never met
My Parents
My Son - who is alive now -but I only ever met once after he was a toddler
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Post by theydonorient on Jun 15, 2023 12:33:04 GMT
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Post by billk53 on Jun 15, 2023 12:46:13 GMT
RIP Glenda Jackson aged 87. Oscar winning actress and former Labour MP. Her performance in "The music lovers" was something of a revelation as I recall |
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Post by Thor on Jun 21, 2023 8:35:24 GMT
Happy birthday to Jordan Brown who is 22 today
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Post by redshank on Jun 21, 2023 9:59:21 GMT
Never read any of his books. I have watched the movie of No Country for Old Men. It was a great film but it’s a violent story. The ending still confuses me !! Might read the book just to see if the book is any clearer than the movie. Good points. You should read the book I humbly suggest. It’s a page turner. The book provides more context and backstory which may help. The Coen brothers are gifted and they align the film and the book pretty closely, and the ending is taken word for word from the book. FWIW, I think the book was intended as a modern western, and I think Sheriff Ed Tom Bell is a beaten man who believes in a boogeyman that he never sees but who terrifies him. He’s the opposite of Marshall Will Kane in High Noon who knows his enemies and goes out to confront them even when he has been abandoned by the town. There is a lot of gnostic kind of thinking in McCarthy’s work, and he thinks the good human needs to be at least as strong as the evil natural world and our sympathetic Sheriff is no longer up to the task. I think the ending juxtaposed with his meeting with his Uncle Ellis tells us where he is mentally and spiritually. I saw the film again two days ago,always watch it,the villain is a real psychopath.Such an unusual weapon. |
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Post by BasOfromthatLondon on Jun 24, 2023 21:22:06 GMT
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Post by Thor on Jul 5, 2023 5:45:37 GMT
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Post by redintheface on Jul 9, 2023 21:12:47 GMT
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Post by Fisch on Jul 9, 2023 22:11:54 GMT
I seem to recall Surez breaking the previous record for the size of transfer fee, probably when he moved to lnter
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Post by redintheface on Jul 10, 2023 6:17:24 GMT
I seem to recall Surez breaking the previous record for the size of transfer fee, probably when he moved to lnter I remember the sports shop in Forest Road, Walthamstow- Sedgwick’s - had a very large photo of the Inter Milan team from that era in their window advertising Addidas boots. How I wanted a pair of them!😄👍 |
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Post by orientsc on Jul 15, 2023 12:26:09 GMT
Happy Birthday to Martin Ling.
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Post by redintheface on Jul 23, 2023 17:56:20 GMT
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Post by billericayo on Jul 23, 2023 19:41:59 GMT
Re naming people I want to see on the other side My Grandparents- some I never met My Parents My Son - who is alive now -but I only ever met once after he was a toddler Just seen this post. The last bit to see your son, so sorry for you, hopefully may be able to make contact soon. I feel for you? |
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Post by brentwoodo on Jul 23, 2023 22:26:47 GMT
Singer, Vince Hill 89. Was huge in the 60s and 70s.
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Post by redshank on Jul 24, 2023 9:33:38 GMT
I saw Graham play at Leyton when he was a young man.When he was out he went to the ice cream van and devoured a large cone of ice cream with childish relish. |
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