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@slimfern posted:

I don't understand ...why is the pitch to blame?

It seems that something had happened to the pitch so that batters were getting injured by balls bowled by fast bowlers.
If the pitch is uneven then balls can go anywhere.

The first test in 1998 in the West Indies where England were the opponents was abandoned during the first session of play due to the state of the pitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPbRW247oao

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Talking to my brother this morning on the phone. I hadn't realised that he lives not far from that block of flats in Dagenham where the fire was a few days ago, He wasn't affected other than being woken up in the early hours by the sound of helicopters,

I can't believe that building still has that dodgy cladding on, it's been several years since the Grenfell Towers disaster and the ruling thereafter that all tower blocks were to be made safe

Glad your brother is okay El

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

I can't believe that building still has that dodgy cladding on, it's been several years since the Grenfell Towers disaster and the ruling thereafter that all tower blocks were to be made safe

Glad your brother is okay El

Thanks Slim My brother lives in a small semi-detached house by the way which he owns.

I agree with you that it;s appalling that there are still tower blocks with that cladding

The building in Dagenham was originally a part 5/part 6 storey office building used by DuPont, the industrial chemical company. It became empty for a number of years and the local council realised that it had no future as an employment building. So permission was granted by the council for the building to be partially converted into flats with the bottom and upper ground floors being retained for commercial use. At the same time tow extra storeys were built at the top and classing was added to the upper storeys.

El Loro

Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Tomorrow morning very early at 3.05 am is a 1948 film called "The Spiritualist". Very odd film occult noir film about a widow who thinks she can hear her late husband calling her from the surf on the beach by her house. Very  different from "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" made the previous year.

There's a 1943 film called "First Comes Courage" being shown today and repeated on Thursday. Unlikely to appeal to you as it's a WW2 war film about Norwegian resistance. Only reason for mentioning it is because it was the last film directed by Dorothy Arzner who was the only American woman film director in Hollywood during the 1920s, 30s and early 40s.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week. Tomorrow morning very early at 3.05 am is a 1948 film called "The Spiritualist". Very odd film occult noir film about a widow who thinks she can hear her late husband calling her from the surf on the beach by her house. Very  different from "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" made the previous year.

There's a 1943 film called "First Comes Courage" being shown today and repeated on Thursday. Unlikely to appeal to you as it's a WW2 war film about Norwegian resistance. Only reason for mentioning it is because it was the last film directed by Dorothy Arzner who was the only American woman film director in Hollywood during the 1920s, 30s and early 40s.

Thank you for looking El

slimfern

Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo

They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is  also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo

They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is  also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.

Old photos are a window into history...I find them fascinating...thanks El

slimfern
@El Loro posted:

Collection of old photos taken in Tiree in the Hebrides on the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80pyxpplo

They reminded me of Michael Powell's first notable film "The Edge of the World" (1937). Although the film was shot on Foula in the Shetlands, it was based on the demise of Hirta which is in the Outer Hebrides,
The article is  also about the annual festival of films made by women which is held in Tiree so obviously Michael Powell's film couldn't have been included in past festivals.

fantastic -lovely photos  - reminds me of my gran /mum thank you EL

Rocking Ros Rose