@El Loro posted:Match at Gloucestershire's cricket ground abandoned yesterday due to pitch safety:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cr...rticles/c4gepn7jem2o
Likely to be serious ramifications for Gloucestershire,
I don't understand ...why is the pitch to blame?
@slimfern posted:I don't understand ...why is the pitch to blame?
It seems that something had happened to the pitch so that batters were getting injured by balls bowled by fast bowlers.
If the pitch is uneven then balls can go anywhere.
The first test in 1998 in the West Indies where England were the opponents was abandoned during the first session of play due to the state of the pitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPbRW247oao
@El Loro posted:Talking to my brother this morning on the phone. I hadn't realised that he lives not far from that block of flats in Dagenham where the fire was a few days ago, He wasn't affected other than being woken up in the early hours by the sound of helicopters,
I can't believe that building still has that dodgy cladding on, it's been several years since the Grenfell Towers disaster and the ruling thereafter that all tower blocks were to be made safe 
Glad your brother is okay El 
@slimfern posted:I can't believe that building still has that dodgy cladding on, it's been several years since the Grenfell Towers disaster and the ruling thereafter that all tower blocks were to be made safe
Glad your brother is okay El
Thanks Slim My brother lives in a small semi-detached house by the way which he owns.
I agree with you that it;s appalling that there are still tower blocks with that cladding 
The building in Dagenham was originally a part 5/part 6 storey office building used by DuPont, the industrial chemical company. It became empty for a number of years and the local council realised that it had no future as an employment building. So permission was granted by the council for the building to be partially converted into flats with the bottom and upper ground floors being retained for commercial use. At the same time tow extra storeys were built at the top and classing was added to the upper storeys.
night EL glad your brother is ok and brilliant news about Joe Root slim
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:night EL glad your brother is ok
Thanks Ros
We were always told to hide under the bed
Hope you're busy El 
No reply required
Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Tomorrow morning very early at 3.05 am is a 1948 film called "The Spiritualist". Very odd film occult noir film about a widow who thinks she can hear her late husband calling her from the surf on the beach by her house. Very different from "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" made the previous year.
There's a 1943 film called "First Comes Courage" being shown today and repeated on Thursday. Unlikely to appeal to you as it's a WW2 war film about Norwegian resistance. Only reason for mentioning it is because it was the last film directed by Dorothy Arzner who was the only American woman film director in Hollywood during the 1920s, 30s and early 40s.
The telly's abysmal.
@El Loro posted:Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Tomorrow morning very early at 3.05 am is a 1948 film called "The Spiritualist". Very odd film occult noir film about a widow who thinks she can hear her late husband calling her from the surf on the beach by her house. Very different from "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" made the previous year.
There's a 1943 film called "First Comes Courage" being shown today and repeated on Thursday. Unlikely to appeal to you as it's a WW2 war film about Norwegian resistance. Only reason for mentioning it is because it was the last film directed by Dorothy Arzner who was the only American woman film director in Hollywood during the 1920s, 30s and early 40s.
Thank you for looking El
@velvet donkey posted:The telly's abysmal.
There's a lot of repeated stuff nowadays
night EL slim velvet
Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo
They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.
@El Loro posted:Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo
They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.
Old photos are a window into history...I find them fascinating...thanks El
Hope you are well El.
The Scottish islands are definitely interesting - lost people 
Madness...
Take it easy Guv
@El Loro posted:Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo
They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.
fantastic -lovely photos - reminds me of my gran /mum thank you EL
night EL slim velvet
I hope El's okay
@velvet donkey posted:Hope you are well El.
The Scottish islands are definitely interesting - lost people
Madness...
Take it easy Guv
Thanks Velvet
@velvet donkey posted:I hope El's okay
I'm fine, for some reason I hadn't noticed your earlier post
night EL slim velvet
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Rather cloudy here. Although there's a Met Office warning for rain for today and tomorrow, the weather maps are indicating that it's tomorrow when it's more likely to get heavy rain.
I hope everyone has a good day
I think we may have the same warning in place El....though I don't see any signs of rain atm, tis sunny here 
Take care
Morning folks 
@slimfern posted:I think we may have the same warning in place El....though I don't see any signs of rain atm, tis sunny here
Take care
Morning folks
Slim, we now have two sets warnings for rain. The first starts at 21.00 this evening and continues through to 23.45 tomorrow. Then the second warning covers a slightly different area which starts 15 minutes later for the whole of Friday. The two warnings only affect Gloucestershire southwards.
I see that "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1931) was recertified on 27th August by the BBFC for home release.
I see that "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1941) was recertified today by the BBFC for home release.
The 1931 version is the one with Fredric March which is considered to be superior to the 1941 one with Spencer Tracy.
@El Loro posted:I see that "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1931) was recertified on 27th August by the BBFC for home release.
I see that "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1941) was recertified today by the BBFC for home release.
The 1931 version is the one with Fredric March which is considered to be superior to the 1941 one with Spencer Tracy.
Home Release....does that mean on DVD?
Night El slim ðĪðĪðĪâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļ
Very short BBC clip of a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire about some old words which she says are some of the old Glostonian slang:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgedv0w4lwvo
My pick is wompered - tired 
Although flittermouse is an old word for bat, it's not a local word though. For instance the German for bat is fledermaus
@El Loro posted:Very short BBC clip of a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire about some old words which she says are some of the old Glostonian slang:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgedv0w4lwvo
My pick is wompered - tired
Although flittermouse is an old word for bat, it's not a local word though. For instance the German for bat is fledermaus
Well done her 
It's interesting to find out where our words come from....Susie Dent (Countdown) is a very good source of the origin of words.
