Not sure if you had your tongue firmly in your cheek here Rob but I remember working in the Five Towns area during the aftermath of Miner's Strike and men with flat caps and whippets were a frequent sight on the housing estates ... and that was 10 years after the first episode of Red Ridings.
That said, I understand your thoughts on David Peace's writing style. Having worked my way through the first two books of the Red Ridings series and Damned United, I wasn't sure if he was just extracting the urine Brian -----Original Message----- From: Robert Heath Sent: 11/05/2010 17:59:52 To: VF-Group (bmcwill); LEEDS LIST Subject: [LU] Damned united Haven't seen the film...............got half way through the book then threw it across the room and never picked it up (except to throw it away.) David Peace is a charlatan of the highest order. That book is so shoddily written, and as for that much-vaunted Red Riding, well that was just pure sensationalist drivel designed to titillate Home Counties Tory voters with a tale of those uncivilised and uncouth Northerners. And if you don't believe me, take a look at the dvd...............about 20 mins in to the 1st episode there is a scene of a bleak grey windswept mining town landscape as one of the characters emerges from a house...........whilst a man in a flat cap walks by with a greyhound!!! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
