Vin's Screen Grabs (Update 30/12/16) - Akenfield (Suffolk, 1974)

[Guest Breadvan72]

V good film, and even more now a bit of a social history document.

[11001010]

Interestingly, XAU 1 is still on a Mercedes hearse, albeit a 2008 model.

[Spottedlaurel]

Excellent stuff! I suspect I'd find a lot to like in that, with all those locally-registered vehicles and it being the era I grew up in living in rural Suffolk. The cottages look like how I remember them back then.

 

Ronald Blythe is the cause of what I believe to be my one and only TV appearance. In 1983 he came to talk to my English class about the book and it was filmed for a documentary about him. I did survive the editing process, though after 30+ years I can't recall how long I was on screen for (but it wasn't much of a dent in my allotted 15 minutes of fame).

[trigger]

I'll have to have a look for this on Kodi!

[MarinaJosh]

What a wonderful selection of Suffolk reg shite. Doubt I'll need the subtitles, will be like when I get together with my dad and grandad....!

[mercrocker]

Wonderful stuff, I actually remember this screening for the first time....Particularly like the black Connie on non-reflective plates.  My mum drove an identical taxi in 1974/5 for our local fleet - all "L" models in black.   Can't imagine better Xmas viewing, personally.