pferguson | July 21, 2012
From a Land so Torn and Muddy For the ones that were there, for the ones we think about. Music, soundtracks, the tonal qualities that bring resonance to the ear, that unfold in the mind and create depth, meaning and memories. Music has always reminded me of my journeys; recovering bits of forgotten time when […]
Category: Odds & Ends, Our Thoughts |
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Tags: ANZAC, Australia, Gallipoli, Gallipoli Rosemary, Lone Pine, Mick Thomas, Music, Remembrance, Soundtracks
pferguson | July 9, 2012
V Beach, Gallipoli and the SS River Clyde The SS River Clyde was built in 1905 in Glasgow, Scotland as a 4,000 ton collier. Similar to the Trojan horse used at Troy, the River Clyde, on April 25, 1915, was used to transport troops onto V Beach, Cape Helles the southernmost point of the Gallipoli […]
Category: Odds & Ends, Our Thoughts, Pipers of War |
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Tags: 25 April 1915, Cape Helles, G.M. Samson VC, Gallipoli, Peter Hart Battlefield Tours, Sedd el Bahr, SS River Clyde, V Beach Landings, Valour, Victoria Cross
pferguson | July 6, 2012
The Dawn Patrol’s Co-stars 1938 “Oh, it does look a ripping good yarn!” As we sit down to watch the 1938 Warner Brothers remake of the, The Dawn Patrol, directed by Edmund Goulding, we are near to clicking play. First though the DVD commands and of course Errol Flynn, his eyes watching slightly skyward…click…and the musical score and […]
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Tags: 1915, 1918, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Errol Flynn, Film History, Gallipoli, John E.V. Rathbone, Liverpool Scottish, Military Cross, Next of Kin, The Dawn Patrol, William Edward Graham Niven