Greetings to all future visitors and members. This club is devoted to "Kes", the film made by Ken Loach in the summer of 1968 at Barnsley in South Yorkshire....
After that serious beginning, it might be well to point out that "Kes", as well as being a moving, inspiring, angry and beautiful film is also bloody ...
Are there any locals from the Barnsley area who can help with the question of locations for Kes ? According to the IMDb, the school scenes were filmed at two ...
Hi, freycinette. How is the sound quality on your video of Kes ? Mine is a bit dodgy, but ne'er mind, eh lass ?<br><br>The blurb on the cover is also a bit ...
I've added a link to Ay Up!'s page dedicated to Brian Glover and the Football scene in Kes. It has a sequence of photies and and captions from that scene....
i have been enjoying very much reading all the articles and so from your links page. too bad that we don't see mr bradley nowedays on the tv or in the cinema,...
As a brand new member I just want to say and wow what an honour it is to be invited to join other Kes devotee's, particularly Down Under !<br>What on earth ...
Hello, BillyCasper. It's an honour to have you in our little club, especially seeing as how you're a Real Live Barnsley Lad In Person.<br><br>What is the ...
P.S. I forgot to say, I'm looking forward to your lessons in Barnsley Speak ! And maybe I'll give you a lesson in Taswegian, although it's not so colourful,...
Ay up, BillyCasper! I second everything casper_billy has said. I'd also like to add that I've got some Ancient Yorkshire ancestry (going back to the 13th ...
Hi everybody, I was born and still live in Barnsley. I went to Longcar Central School it was there that I was taught English by Barry Hines who was researching...
Wh'd a thowt a couple er young lasses in Tas ed be spaykin like the wer from Barnsley.<br>Hope tha cun get thi heards rand that.<br>Translations available if...
I am fairly certain that the school where Billy was taught was St. Helens school at Athersley. I lived at Athersley at the time that I was at Longcar school...
You're very welcome, duckweed_e, and it's a great thrill, I must say, to have another genuine Barnsley person in the club. <br><br>Thanks for the map of St ...
No worries, mate, as they say in Australia (that's the little island to the north of us). We've grown up with lots of television shows from Yorkshire (All...
We once (only once) played football - Aussie Rules and soccer - at school, and that one day I will never forget, because of it's uncanny resemblance to the...
Well that's enough about me Freycinette, love the name. As far as I know the School is still there and still a school. Don't know Hoyland too well so can't ...
Hello, Julie and welcome to the club! casper_billy and I have sent invites first of all to people from Barnsley, who might be expected to have a particular...
Thanks for the link - I'll enjoy having an explore.<br><br>I'm glad to hear things are looking up in Barnsley. I believe things economy-wise are improving here...
Hello Terry (or, Mr Thornton if you prefer) !<br><br>Thanks for joining us and sharing your memories of your schooldays. We had some characters at our school,...
Hi casper_billy, David bradley was not at Longcar, but Barry Hines only taught there for a couple of years, so he may have moved on to David's school. He was ...
I'd forgotten until thinking about Mr Glover recently that we had a very colourful Yorkshire chaplain at school, a big, tall, ginger-headed Victorian sort of...
Here in Hobart we are never far from the bush, although it's the capital city, and there is lots of birdlife in our area - yellow wattle birds (which begin the...
Good to see those stills, they are good quality. I have to tell you that I grew up on a council estate full of Billy Caspers, not the name but the character. I...
Good day, Terry.<br><br>The grey-breasted silver eye (Zosterops lateralis) is a small wren-like beastie, greyish-green above and light grey below with a white...
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