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E27002 wrote:

On Oct 30, 2:58*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:
E27002 wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:40 am, TimB wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:15 pm, E27002 wrote:

On Oct 29, 6:34 pm, Miles Bader wrote: Theo
Markettos writes:
A few weeks ago the best food King's Cross could offer was a
sandwich. *Not a hot meal in sight. *There's now a West
Cornwall Pasty Company stand (back near where it used to be, on
the extended concourse between plat 7 and 8) but I think that's
it as far as hot food goes.
Wait, isn't KC ... world famous and all that... the departure
point for the wilds of Scotland ... etc?
Which brings to mind the last movie remake of "The Thritynine
Steps". In which, IIRC, the train for Scotland departs from St
Pancras instead of the more accurate Kings Cross.
But the Thames-Clyde Express left from St Pancras.

IIRC part of the story is that the hero, Richard Hannay, leaves the
train whilst it is on the Forth Bridge. *An AFIK, the Thames-Clyde
Express did not cross the Forth.

I've not seen the film(s), but the Forth Bridge doesn't feature in the
book, which is set in Galloway. However an advertising poster recently on
display at my local station would suggest LNER locos and the Forth Bridge
do appear in a recent stage version of it.

It has been a while since I last saw either (I think there are only 2)
version of the movie.

At least 3, 30s, don't know who played the lead, 50s with Kenneth More and 90s(?) with Robert Powell.

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Graeme Wall

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On Oct 30, 3:09*pm, rail wrote:
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On Oct 30, 2:58*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:
E27002 wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:40 am, TimB wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:15 pm, E27002 wrote:

On Oct 29, 6:34 pm, Miles Bader wrote: Theo
Markettos writes:
A few weeks ago the best food King's Cross could offer was a
sandwich. *Not a hot meal in sight. *There's now a West
Cornwall Pasty Company stand (back near where it used to be, on
the extended concourse between plat 7 and 8) but I think that's
it as far as hot food goes.
Wait, isn't KC ... world famous and all that... the departure
point for the wilds of Scotland ... etc?
Which brings to mind the last movie remake of "The Thritynine
Steps". In which, IIRC, the train for Scotland departs from St
Pancras instead of the more accurate Kings Cross.
But the Thames-Clyde Express left from St Pancras.

IIRC part of the story is that the hero, Richard Hannay, leaves the
train whilst it is on the Forth Bridge. *An AFIK, the Thames-Clyde
Express did not cross the Forth.

I've not seen the film(s), but the Forth Bridge doesn't feature in the
book, which is set in Galloway. However an advertising poster recently on
display at my local station would suggest LNER locos and the Forth Bridge
do appear in a recent stage version of it.

It has been a while since I last saw either (I think there are only 2)
version of the movie. *

At least 3, 30s, don't know who played the lead, 50s with Kenneth More and 90s(?) with Robert Powell.

Wow, you are a film buff. I guess I can only bring the 50s and 90s
versions to mind. I will have to look for the earlier one.

On Oct 30, 10:25 pm, E27002 wrote:
On Oct 30, 3:09 pm, rail wrote:

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E27002 wrote:

On Oct 30, 2:58 pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:
E27002 wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:40 am, TimB wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:15 pm, E27002 wrote:

On Oct 29, 6:34 pm, Miles Bader wrote: Theo
Markettos writes:
A few weeks ago the best food King's Cross could offer was a
sandwich. Not a hot meal in sight. There's now a West
Cornwall Pasty Company stand (back near where it used to be, on
the extended concourse between plat 7 and 8) but I think that's
it as far as hot food goes.
Wait, isn't KC ... world famous and all that... the departure
point for the wilds of Scotland ... etc?
Which brings to mind the last movie remake of "The Thritynine
Steps". In which, IIRC, the train for Scotland departs from St
Pancras instead of the more accurate Kings Cross.
But the Thames-Clyde Express left from St Pancras.

IIRC part of the story is that the hero, Richard Hannay, leaves the
train whilst it is on the Forth Bridge. An AFIK, the Thames-Clyde
Express did not cross the Forth.

I've not seen the film(s), but the Forth Bridge doesn't feature in the
book, which is set in Galloway. However an advertising poster recently on
display at my local station would suggest LNER locos and the Forth Bridge
do appear in a recent stage version of it.

It has been a while since I last saw either (I think there are only 2)
version of the movie.

At least 3, 30s, don't know who played the lead, 50s with Kenneth More and 90s(?) with Robert Powell.

Wow, you are a film buff. I guess I can only bring the 50s and 90s
versions to mind. I will have to look for the earlier one.

For God's sake, it's a Hitchcock classic! and a railway classic.

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At least 3, 30s, don't know who played the lead, 50s with Kenneth More and
90s(?) with Robert Powell.

Robert Donat, 1935...

Paul

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"rail" wrote in message
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At least 3, 30s, don't know who played the lead, 50s with Kenneth More
and 90s(?) with Robert Powell.

Robert Donat, 1935...


Of course!

--
Graeme Wall

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