> > Peter,
> I knew what you meant, anyway. What I really want to know
> is this: when watching "The Dam Busters", do you make goggle
> shapes with your hands, hold them up to your face and hum the
> movie's them song?
Yes.. Fred, but only when I am riding my 1948 RRA. Now that takes some doing.
The Dam Busters theme is also useful when Simichroming Hinduminium brake calipers, Conloy Asp rims and Sturmey Archer alloy hubs. Most likely all made from melted down Lancasters and Spitfires.
Classic content: most British films of the 50s-60s are loaded with cycle shots. Of course the most famous British cycling film of the era is "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" starring an absurdly young Albert Finney. This was shot (and beautifully) on location in Nottingham including Raleigh's works in Lenton where Finney's character plays an angry young man who turns out bottom bracket axles. And who cycles to and from work. Of course... he doesn't ride a Raleigh, but a very swank Holdsworth or something!!
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA