>Home town
May 9, 2011
>If you’ve ever wondered where I live, here’s a film about it. It’s astonishing how little seems to have changed. That windmill still works; I see it daily from my study window. And that church – that’s where we got married. People still come from ‘outside’ to help with the harvest and – now as then – many of them stay. This short film is achingly nostalgic, and I hope you enjoy it.
Country Town (1943) from British Council Film Archive on Vimeo.
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>I see the doctor has a housekeeper. I want one of those, please!Lovely video – the market doesn't look much different. Interesting he says now you see some 'strange faces': so similar today with the new crop of migrants.
>Plus ca change, eh Trish. And if you get a housekeeper, I want a house! Bet the schoolmaster lived above the shop seventy years ago.
>Lovely. Has made me come over all wistful for days gone by.
>Sweet. They don't make 'em like that anymore
>Nice video!Antonio
>Me too, Steve, me too.And they certainly don't Jenny… although this one is remarkably well preserved.Thanks Antonio!
>Fantastic to see how Boston looked almost 70 years ago. Shame I can't see my house though