algy Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have just uploaded a clip to You Tube from the 1979 movie 'Yanks' starring Richard Gere & Lisa Eichhorn. The clip shows the couple by the side of the Manchester Ship canal in Moss Lane Moore in between Warrington and Runcorn, there is a view of Moore Lane swing bridge with another view of Fiddlers Ferry Power Station in the distance, unfortunate really as the film is set in the mid 1940's whereas the power station was built in 1971. The countryside across the canal is now a Nature reserve. Sorry I didn't cut the 'sloppy' bits out but left them in for Dizz and Co. :grin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgItqLaYnWs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I think there was another view of the power station looking through the windows of a train in the same film. I seem to remember watching it on a website about film bloopers many years ago, along with the jumbo jet in the background of a film about cavemen, I think it was 1 million years BC or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Do such things spoil your enjoyment of a film - like watching a sword and sandals epic and seeing vapour trails in the sky?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 No 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 No obs, I am probably being a bit too critical, perhaps because I know the area so well, incidentally Duponts depot can be seen to the right of the swing bridge, roughly where the new 'Port Warrington' will be, if it ever happens!. I believe the flock of sheep belonged to Percy Lear and I seem to remember someone on here mentioned in the past that they thought he never did get paid for providing them, knowing Percy I can't believe that!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock off nigel from moore Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 my dad went to see it being flimed he says they had to do the seen about 20 times because the the ship was going to fast and the oranges keep on landing in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKnowledge71 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 No obs, I am probably being a bit too critical, perhaps because I know the area so well, incidentally Duponts depot can be seen to the right of the swing bridge, roughly where the new 'Port Warrington' will be, if it ever happens!. I believe the flock of sheep belonged to Percy Lear and I seem to remember someone on here mentioned in the past that they thought he never did get paid for providing them, knowing Percy I can't believe that!. My dad was the Valveman that (the guy who swings the bridge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKnowledge71 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 No obs, I am probably being a bit too critical, perhaps because I know the area so well, incidentally Duponts depot can be seen to the right of the swing bridge, roughly where the new 'Port Warrington' will be, if it ever happens!. I believe the flock of sheep belonged to Percy Lear and I seem to remember someone on here mentioned in the past that they thought he never did get paid for providing them, knowing Percy I can't believe that!. I also meant to say that the chap stood on the bridge whilst it swang was John Davenport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 swang :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 swang :unsure: Nowt' wrong with using the term 'swang' Wolfie as it's a way of defining the verb 'swing' in it's past tense!, anyway TK71 thanks for the info'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 It's an irregular verb and IMO the correct term would be 'swung' as in Base Form: Swing Past Simple: Swung Past Participle: Swung 3rd Person Singular: Swings Present Participle: Swinging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Here endeth the lesson for today. Now then everybody go out and play in the rain and get your feet wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 As the ancient Chinese philosopher Swing Swang Swung used to say “ It make no breeding difference “ Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 You all seem very knowleagable about swinging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Can't be bad when you can get FREE English lessons on this Forum. Anyway, I agree with Wolfie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 The Oxford English Dictionary gives swang as the past tense of swing but with the note "rarely", preferring swung. I didn't say it was popular, I intimated that the word is 'usable' in the English language if one so wishes to use it! :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 You all seem very knowleagable about swinging I know nothing about swinging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Swang is a perfectly acceptable alternative to swung and is derived from scottish/northern england dialects. A word that I was dragged up with and one that seems perfectly fine to me. e.g. the swinger swang on the swing sounds less clumsy to me than the swinger swung on the swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well at least it has got people thanking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well at least it has got people thanking. Or, should that be thunking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 I've thunked enough for one weekend so I thinks I'll leave you all to it..... thankx PS has anyone ever heard... errrr no forget that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Swang is a perfectly acceptable alternative to swung and is derived from scottish/northern england dialects. A word that I was dragged up with and one that seems perfectly fine to me. e.g. the swinger swang on the swing sounds less clumsy to me than the swinger swung on the swing. hadn't sussed that you were a swinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 I am a great advocate of swinging, usually by the neck until dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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