Machines and engines

The film I'm all.right Jack has some brilliant fictitious production line macinery in it.

And rhe starting credits of the film Mousehunt is beautiful in the photography of the string production macinery.

For anyone interested in spinning and weaving mavhinery, a visit to Styal Mill in Cheshire is fascinating, the sight of those weaving machines in action is a real.thing of beauty if a little loud.

One of my fascinations for steam locomotives is the action of the rods.and pistons and the rhythmic sound of the steam.combined with that wonderful smell.  So much better than a diesel.or electric machine!

Thank you Trainspotter some really great suggestions and observations about the joy of machinery. I agree that they are often really beautiful and, as you say, it's a multi-sensory experience.

Tangential thinking took me back to that breakfast scene in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (link below). I've always liked crazy inventions, loved playing 'Mousetrap' as a child (not bothered about the game, just wanted to set it up and set off the mechanism!) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc9h6FC6QgU

Must watch I'm All Right Jack again. Classic! 

Wow I To was fascinated watching chitty  bang bang movie, the old guy was an eccentric with a pith helmet in, to build a wreck of a car out of bits and pieces to create a magical breathing vehicle, didn’t he consider using a long ladder for the chassis, they were easy going films and had fun and joy in the story line, takes me right back when ever I hear about  the film,

my all time favourite memory was watching the London to Brighton classic, was it called Geneviève? The story and mostly the harmonica took hold of me and I was so mesmerised by the sounds, He was the master player of harmonicas, my memory as usual stops my ability to have an ordinary conversation as I cannot remember his name, I know it, I live the mans playing yet it eludes me, this isn’t age related either, all my life words u know just suddenly vanish as I go to use them or they are hidden and it takes me too long to remember them, just googled it, Larry Adler, that was easy. But prior to google I often got left not daring to start a conversation as I knew I would fail to remember key things, 

https://youtu.be/YROu0LR5ZS4

Enjoy I did, 

That is really fascinating! I've never known anything about Larry Adler's campaigning work.. must have slipped past me somehow. I've got a vague recollection of the Gershwin album - will follow up both of these leads - thank you! 

Larry Adler had music written for him and his mouth organ (I think he always liked to refer to it as a mouth organ) by, among others Vaughan Williams and Rodrigo (one of the last pieces of music Rodrigo wrote.)  And one of the last LPs he recorded was an album of Gershwin so,ngs with the likes of Elton John, Meatloaf and Peter Gabriel.

Besides his musical interests he was very much a campaigner and letter writer for many issues, writing frequently to the broadsheet press and Private Eye.  Although American by birth, he lived in Britain for much of his life due to being blacklisted by McCarthy.

Lonewarrior if you've ever stuck for info on a film try "Name That Move" website they help you find the name of a movie from descriptions if you're stuck

namethatmovie.org/.../name-that-movie

that's another classic film ive got i love the old ealing comedies the boulting bros et al can't beat a rainy sunday watching old films

that's another classic film ive got i love the old ealing comedies the boulting bros et al can't beat a rainy sunday watching old films