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  1. Enjoy :-)

    With sound up.

    Work safe

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    Cheers, helen s

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  2. Look what I found on that site. Heart warming.

    wafflycat said:

    Enjoy :-)

    With sound up.

  3. "wafflycat" wrote in message

    Quoted message said:

    Enjoy :-)

    Love the bits where they're clearly on a trailer

    See also Queen's Bicyle race

  4. wafflycat said:

    Enjoy :-)

    With sound up.
    Work safe
    Shortcut to:


    Style Council

    Cheers, helen s

    Thank's for that Helen.

    I recall reading that when they made this film Paul Weller's dad went
    all over the place, claiming that the director had made his son 'look
    gay'. Shows how times have changed. When I was a lad it was a common
    insult to say that cyclists were 'puffs', but now that being gay is
    much more socially acceptable people have find other insults to
    denigrate cyclists!

    Still my favourite current cycling animation...

    http://www.247show.com/watch-videos-online.cfm/cid/24/sid/85

  5. wafflycat said:

    Enjoy :-)
    With sound up.
    Work safe
    Shortcut to:


    Style Council

    Quoted message said:

    Cheers, helen s

    Thanks for that Helen.

    I recall reading that when they made this film Paul Weller's dad went
    all over the place, claiming that the director had made his son 'look
    gay'. (I think the 'banana peeling and running away from girls' scene
    was the clincher). Perhaps the director was trying to imply something
    about the supposed sexuality of cyclists. When I was a lad it was a
    common insult to say that cyclists were 'puffs', but now that being gay
    is much more socially acceptable people have find other insults to
    denigrate cyclists!

    Still my current favourite cycling animation...

    http://www.247show.com/watch-videos-online.cfm/cid/24/sid/85

  6. wafflycat said:

    Enjoy :-)

    With sound up.

    Work safe

    Shortcut to:

    Style Council

    Cheers, helen s

    Thanks for that Helen.

    I recall reading that when they made this film Paul Weller's dad went
    all over the place, claiming that the director had made his son 'look
    gay'. (I think the 'banana peeling and running away from girls' scene
    caused most concern). Perhaps the director was trying to imply
    something about the supposed sexuality of cyclists. I recall that when
    I was a lad it was a common insult to say that cyclists were 'puffs'.
    (Yes an awful term but back in those dark days people also regarded
    shows such as 'On the buses' and Love thy neighbour' as being
    'comedy'😉. Now that being gay is, quite rightly, not stigmatised in the
    way it was, people have had find other insults to denigrate cyclists!

    Still my current favourite cycling animation...

    http://www.247show.com/watch-videos-online.cfm/cid/24/sid/85

  7. Quoted message said:


    Still my favourite current cycling animation...

    http://www.247show.com/watch-videos-online.cfm/cid/24/sid/85

    Shirley you mean Belleville Rendezvous. Nothing beats Grandma with her
    trike and whistle.

    --
    Tony

    "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
    his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
    - Leonardo da Vinci

  8. POHB said:

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    Enjoy :-)

    Love the bits where they're clearly on a trailer

    See also Queen's Bicyle race

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