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== Gnomes == |
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What's the connection between the Gnomes of Neasden discussion (and image) and the film? It seems a pretty random aside to me. --[[User:82.45.163.4|82.45.163.4]] 08:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC) |
What's the connection between the Gnomes of Neasden discussion (and image) and the film? It seems a pretty random aside to me. --[[User:82.45.163.4|82.45.163.4]] 08:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC) |
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Betjeman, who was a columnist for "Private Eye" at the time, used a patent ref to the long-running characterisation of Neasden by the "Eye" as the architypal suburb and a "Private Eye" record as backing. The ref to "the gnome" is a fairly unmistakable allusion to the "Eye". [[User:IXIA|IXIA]] 12:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC) |
Betjeman, who was a columnist for "Private Eye" at the time, used a patent ref to the long-running characterisation of Neasden by the "Eye" as the architypal suburb and a "Private Eye" record as backing. The ref to "the gnome" is a fairly unmistakable allusion to the "Eye". [[User:IXIA|IXIA]] 12:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC) |
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== Closing Scene == |
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It may be hair splitting but we cannot say of Verney Junction that |
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“Betjeman closed the programme here with the words, ‘Grass triumphs ...” |
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He delivered that eulogy at |
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[http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Clarke/Pics/Bucks/ShiptonLee/index.html Shipton Lee ], |
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five miles to the south. Mattered to me. |
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[[User:RAClarke|RAClarke]] 21:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 21:31, 16 May 2007
Gnomes
What's the connection between the Gnomes of Neasden discussion (and image) and the film? It seems a pretty random aside to me. --82.45.163.4 08:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Betjeman, who was a columnist for "Private Eye" at the time, used a patent ref to the long-running characterisation of Neasden by the "Eye" as the architypal suburb and a "Private Eye" record as backing. The ref to "the gnome" is a fairly unmistakable allusion to the "Eye". IXIA 12:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Closing Scene
It may be hair splitting but we cannot say of Verney Junction that “Betjeman closed the programme here with the words, ‘Grass triumphs ...” He delivered that eulogy at Shipton Lee , five miles to the south. Mattered to me.