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Oh, Mr Porter

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i.m Bernard Cribbins

 

That birthday scene

in The Railway Children

that always makes me cry. 

Pride, dignity, modesty,

and a certain pig-headedness,

too. Cribbins embodied those

values in his portrayal of everyman

porter Perks. We should have

feared the worst news was coming

 

when he didn’t turn up in the sequel.

Other working-class traits?

The Hole in the Ground

and Right, Said Fred.

Experience, good sense,

knowing when to call it a day.

The Hole in the Ground

was one of Noel Coward’s

Desert Island Discs, they say.

 

 

 

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Greg Freeman

Thu 28th Jul 2022 23:49

Thanks for your comment, Steve. I don't believe I ever saw that Fawlty episode. One other thought: Perks would have been on strike yesterday. And quite right, too! Thanks for the Likes, Frederick, JC, Stephen, Holden and Russell

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 28th Jul 2022 21:50

A fine tribute, Greg. Interesting snippet about Noel Coward. I can never forget Bernard Cribbins as Mr Hutchinson in Fawlty Towers. ('I'm not a violent man, Mr Fawlty'. 'Yes, you are'.).

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