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I don't know whether this has been mentioned before. Why do the Channel Islands not appear in the opening titles map in later episodes?
Nice subtle change to represent what was going on in the world.Just a wild guess -- because of their having become occupied by German forces in early summer 1940 (occupation lasting until the end of the war in Europe)?
You stupid boy.Don't tell him Pike!
That’s brilliant!There was a celebrity Mastermind which had amongst it's guests Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender, when Ian went up and was asked his name Rick being the comedian naturally shouted out "Don't tell him Pike".
Probably the funniest line ever in the history of funny lines.Don't tell him Pike!
Anyhow, back to the Channel Islands, were all the railways there operational before WW2 and did the Germans use them during occupation?
Thanks!Yes to the former question - The Jersey Railway closed in 1936, the Jersey Eastern in 1929 and the electrified Guernsey Railway in 1934. As to the latter, the Germans rebuilt almost the entire route of the Jersey Railway from St Helier to La Corbière but to metre guage during the occupation.
And I found a map somewhere which suggested they built a branch which would have been very useful to serve the airport, had the railway been retained post-war!As to the latter, the Germans rebuilt almost the entire route of the Jersey Railway from St Helier to La Corbière but to metre guage during the occupation.
Galton/Simpson's immortal line spoken by Tony Hancock to Patricia Hayes gets my vote, namely ''I wouldn't say my mother was a good cook, but at least her gravy moved around a bit''. perhaps because it had special resonance in my parental home!Probably the funniest line ever in the history of funny lines.
Goes alongside dear old Humphrey's "Awesome comedy" after a very poor gag in I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He then corrected himself..
"Sorry, I've missed a line, it would be nice to have some music or some comedy".
Anyhow, back to the Channel Islands, were all the railways there operational before WW2 and did the Germans use them during occupation?
Thanks!
And I found a map somewhere which suggested they built a branch which would have been very useful to serve the airport, had the railway been retained post-war!
There are horse-drawn trams on the Isle of Man I think - aren't they on the Douglas prom using rails? Anyway I know the IOM trains are an attraction to me, and I'm sure similar narrow-gauge trains would be a tourist attraction on jersey and Guernsey too.No problem
It is a shame none of the system survives, as a light-rail system it could be quite popular, but the original railways were overtaken by the greater flexibility of motorbuses, indeed the Jersey Railway even operated it's own competing bus services when it still ran trains!
There are horse-drawn trams on the Isle of Man I think - aren't they on the Douglas prom using rails? Anyway I know the IOM trains are an attraction to me, and I'm sure similar narrow-gauge trains would be a tourist attraction on jersey and Guernsey too.
Now if only there was some old tube stock bobbing around Alderney
At the back of the grounds of Sausmarez Manor in St Martin, nestled amongst the trees, is the only permanent railway line currently in Guernsey.
Though only small it features its own petrol driven locomotive Remus along with two carriages to carry people along its quarter mile length.
Manor owner Peter De Sausmarez said: "It was an idea put out by Terry Leigh who was a very enthusiastic train man."
He said that the train rides remained popular with visiting children.
That little green engine has a whiff of class 24 about it...I've found this (minature railway on Guernsey)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8849000/8849444.stm
Getting back to the question, where the title animations, remade with the switch from Black and White to colour?I don't know whether this has been mentioned before. Why do the Channel Islands not appear in the opening titles map in later episodes?
It is a shame none of the system survives, as a light-rail system it could be quite popular, but the original railways were overtaken by the greater flexibility of motorbuses, indeed the Jersey Railway even operated it's own competing bus services when it still ran trains!
A brilliant line, but not likely to have been completely off the cuff. I liked the time that Michael Palin was on Today on R4, following on from the sport report, which had itself followed a very heated political interrogation (bear with me...) When Palin came on and before he could be asked about his latest book (or whatever) he credited the sports reporter with the joke while they were waiting together outside the studio "Is this the room for an argument?"There was a celebrity Mastermind which had amongst its guests Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender, when Ian went up and was asked his name Rick being the comedian naturally shouted out "Don't tell him Pike".
Surely he was talking to Hattie Jaques (Griselda Pugh) with that line? I do remember it though.Galton/Simpson's immortal line spoken by Tony Hancock to Patricia Hayes gets my vote, namely ''I wouldn't say my mother was a good cook, but at least her gravy moved around a bit''. perhaps because it had special resonance in my parental home!
Yes, it was Miss Pugh.Surely he was talking to Hattie Jaques (Griselda Pugh) with that line? I do remember it though.
A brilliant line, but not likely to have been completely off the cuff. I liked the time that Michael Palin was on Today on R4, following on from the sport report, which had itself followed a very heated political interrogation (bear with me...) When Palin came on and before he could be asked about his latest book (or whatever) he credited the sports reporter with the joke while they were waiting together outside the studio "Is this the room for an argument?"
Surely he was talking to Hattie Jaques (Griselda Pugh) with that line? I do remember it though.
Galton/Simpson's immortal line spoken by Tony Hancock to Patricia Hayes gets my vote, namely ''I wouldn't say my mother was a good cook, but at least her gravy moved around a bit''. perhaps because it had special resonance in my parental home!
I think it was 'Christmas East Cheam style', where the vicar brought two orphans round to enjoy (ha!) a meal.Tony Hancock: 'Sunday Afternoon' (or very similar). I think the next line, was "but this gravy just lies there and sets"
Just a wild guess -- because of their having become occupied by German forces in early summer 1940 (occupation lasting until the end of the war in Europe)?
Unlikely. The Home Guard was formed only a few weeks before the invasion of the Channel Islands (the invasion would have happened within the timeframe of the first few episodes of Series 1). The titles don’t change until much later series - about series 4?