I was talking to Granny on the phone last weekend and we realised we didn’t have much to talk about. Her art groups were all cancelled and I was just working everyday, and there is only so much farming economics an individual can take. That is when I proposed an idea. I asked her to look at her TV pages and pick out a film for us to both go away and watch. After assuring her I didn’t mind how old the film was and that I just wanted to watch a film I hadn’t seen before, she settled on the Titfield Thunderbolt, a film I had never heard of. At the time of writing, I don’t even know if she stuck to her end of the bargain and watched it (I’m not spoiling it, she doesn’t have internet). However, I did my duty and what I found was a charming comedy film with everything you love about yesteryear.
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The Film Ramble 