tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post3853960605261495039..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Derailed by A Canterbury TaleJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-58649370577626400132022-08-23T00:12:49.024+01:002022-08-23T00:12:49.024+01:00Thanks Anon. - that's very kind.Thanks Anon. - that's very kind.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-11700145765816072382022-08-22T13:17:13.129+01:002022-08-22T13:17:13.129+01:00A very late comment! I really enjoy reading your ...A very late comment! I really enjoy reading your blog especially all the local history relating to Market Harborough, as I am a local history enthusiast myself. A Canterbury Tale is also one of my favourite films along with A Matter of Life and Death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-90902293512571858482020-09-29T20:27:57.145+01:002020-09-29T20:27:57.145+01:00Thanks! I originally had that quote in the post, b...Thanks! I originally had that quote in the post, but then I found the video.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-52991715252509614822020-09-28T10:00:32.779+01:002020-09-28T10:00:32.779+01:00That's quite an adventure you had! I too love ...That's quite an adventure you had! I too love the film and this part of Colpeper's lecture is extraordinary and beautiful:<br />"Well, there are more ways than one of getting close to your ancestors. Follow the old road, and as you walk, think of them and of the old England. They climbed Chillingbourne Hill, just as you. They sweated and paused for breath just as you did today. And when you see the bluebells in the spring and the wild thyme, and the broom and the heather, you're only seeing what their eyes saw. You ford the same rivers. The same birds are singing. When you lie flat on your back and rest, and watch the clouds sailing, as I often do, you're so close to those other people, that you can hear the thrumming of the hoofs of their horses, and the sound of the wheels on the road, and their laughter and talk, and the music of the instruments they carried. And when I turn the bend in the road, where they too saw the towers of Canterbury, I feel I've only to turn my head to see them on the road behind me."brandnewguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456753615182570235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-75347722703384160592020-09-27T19:44:54.553+01:002020-09-27T19:44:54.553+01:00Thank you both for your comments. It's a wonde...Thank you both for your comments. It's a wonderful film, but in recommending it I always feel I am revealing something very personal about myself. I loved Canterbury too and it is moving to see shots of it in wartime.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-55289627832641472442020-09-27T13:28:00.988+01:002020-09-27T13:28:00.988+01:00This sounds like a thoughtful and wonderful movie....This sounds like a thoughtful and wonderful movie. I'll be watching it the first chance I get.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your memories of visiting Canterbury, although it is unfortunate about the train – and the cows. I was in Canterbury some years ago, and your post brought back lovely memories. Thanks!Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86180505659856652212020-09-26T22:38:16.427+01:002020-09-26T22:38:16.427+01:00Never will I take the ethereal nature of magic for...Never will I take the ethereal nature of magic for fragility, and may all pilgrims know their blessings when they see them.<br /><br />Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com