Talk:Metro-Land (1973 film)

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)[reply]

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)[reply]