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Olympics Opening Ceremony
Jul. 27th, 2012 10:05 pmSo. There's an obscure link between the flying Mary Poppins and J.M Barrie.
Foy Flying Equipment was invented for the flying illusions in "Peter Pan."
I noticed how no one mentioned that Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital had to fight to extend the copyright into perpetuity in the 1980s. While I disapprove of most copyright extensions, this one I wholeheartedly supported.
I'll admit I cried when I saw the Chelsea Pensioners. I used to go to church with Mom and Dad when I visited them in London at the chapel designed by Christopher Wren for the Chelsea Pensioners. Most of them had three or four medals, but as my Dad said, the British don't give them for just showing up.
I also admit I teared up when the Welsh choir went into harmony. I'd just been saying to myself, "how could they have the Welsh singing in unison?" when it happened.
Is it just me, or is this opening a huge thumb in the eye to the Conservative government? With the belching smoke and the workers stripping the bucolic landscape and the NHS tribute, that's certainly what it seems like.
ETA: I just found out that many of the women playing suffragettes were invited as descendants of the original suffragettes. The lump in my throat just got bigger (and I'm pretty sure it's not the strep).
Foy Flying Equipment was invented for the flying illusions in "Peter Pan."
I noticed how no one mentioned that Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital had to fight to extend the copyright into perpetuity in the 1980s. While I disapprove of most copyright extensions, this one I wholeheartedly supported.
I'll admit I cried when I saw the Chelsea Pensioners. I used to go to church with Mom and Dad when I visited them in London at the chapel designed by Christopher Wren for the Chelsea Pensioners. Most of them had three or four medals, but as my Dad said, the British don't give them for just showing up.
I also admit I teared up when the Welsh choir went into harmony. I'd just been saying to myself, "how could they have the Welsh singing in unison?" when it happened.
Is it just me, or is this opening a huge thumb in the eye to the Conservative government? With the belching smoke and the workers stripping the bucolic landscape and the NHS tribute, that's certainly what it seems like.
ETA: I just found out that many of the women playing suffragettes were invited as descendants of the original suffragettes. The lump in my throat just got bigger (and I'm pretty sure it's not the strep).
