OT Metroland

Now available on UKRM-Nova

"Presented by Sir John Betjeman, this is a nostalgic tribute to the
people and places around the Metropolitan Line of the 1920's, and the
change from the idyllic world of Betjeman’s youth into the sprawl of
suburbia.

Betjeman originally evoked the spirit of Metro-land in three poems -
‘Harrow-on-the-Hill’ (‘When melancholy autumn comes to Wembley/And
electric trains are lighted after tea’) ‘Middlesex’ (‘Gaily into Rusilip
Gardens/Runs the red electric train’) ‘The Metropolitan Railway’ (‘Early
Electric! With what radiant hope/Men formed this many-branched
electrolier’).

In 1973 Betjeman reached a wide audience with this celebrated documentary
for BBC Television documenting an unusual and memorable journey through
Metro-Land"

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, sweller typed:

Highly recommended, too.

 

Excellent, it's years since I've seen it.

 

Many thanks.
In case anyone is interested, the very first Jonathan Meades Abroad
episode is on UKNova right now. This is the one about the river severn
shacks. Features a couple of Severn Valley railway clips.

Don't you just love Meades' use of language?
Paraphrasing - "The days of the elsan and primus are over, when aertex
ruled."
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