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They were fed at the kitchen door and "made night hideous till a late hour", dancing with the station blacks. The Hennings were untroubled but some of their staff feared they had only hours to live. She continued:

The next morning when they were peacefully eating their breakfasts up rode Mr Uhr the officer of the native police in this district. he rode straight into the camp. "Bail you run away"* he said but there was not a chance for the mounted troopers had surrounded them on all sides before they found it out. They took it very philosophically but I was quite sorry for the poor creatures some of them were very lame and footsore & three of them were gins. they must have walked nearly 1000 miles from Rockingham bay here. Mr Uhr said he only heard of it 2 days before. the whole police force of Rockingham bay had absconded leaving the settlers there in a great plight, surrounded by wild blacks.

*Don't run away.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

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Colin Firth, filming Lockerbie and embodying Dr Jim Swire, 88, in Glasgow as he sported Jim's famous 'Lockerbie: The Truth Must Be Known' badge. 📸 © Wattie Cheung

Sky drama and Peacock “Lockerbie”.

It's not the one original series "Lockerbie," about the 1988 flight disaster. Sky and Peacock began filming in Scotland in February and BBC, Netflix and MGM started programming in March.

The cast members in Lockerbie Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase) join Catherine McCormack (Slow Horses, Temple, Lucan) to play Jane Swire opposite Firth’s Dr Jim Swire.

Known as the Lockerbie bombing and the Lockerbie air disaster in the UK, it was described by Scotland's Lord Advocate as the UK's largest criminal inquiry led by the smallest police force in Britain, Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary.

The five-part series, featuring Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth, is based on the tragic Lockerbie terror attack on 21st December 1988 when Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York exploded over the Dumfries and Galloway town, killing all 259 on board and 11 residents.

Colin Firth, will play Dr Jim Swire, a doctor who lost his daughter, Flora, in the 1988 tragedy. Writers also took inspiration from Jim's book, The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father's Search for Justice.

In the wake of the disaster, Dr Jim Swire (Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the UK victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice. Travelling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his view of the world is left forever sullied.

Colin dyed his hair a whitish shade of grey to match Jim's and wore a tartan tie. 📸 © Wattie Cheung

Firth was seen on the set of the new drama in Linlithgow, which will close several roads in the east end and city centre during the filming. Colin was spotted in character and has taken on the role of Jim, 88, the father of one of the 270 victims of the 21st December 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

At the back of Colin's briefcase was a drawing of Jim's daughter, Flora Swire, who was on her way to the US to spend Christmas with her boyfriend when Libyan terrorists blew up the plane.

The real Jim (pictured in 2015) became famous after the bombing for his relentless lobbying towards a solution for the difficulties in bringing suspects in the original bombing to trial 📸 © PA

The series is based on the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph – as well as other sources.

Lockerbie bombing, The new drama, Flight 103: Film crew in Linlithgow to work on, have been spotted in Glasgow as filming begins in the city. Road closures are in place as filming kick starts.

A film crew is currently filming in Linlithgow working on a new TV series based on the Lockerbie disaster.

Linlithgow is situated between Edinburgh and Glasgow, to the south of the Firth of Forth and on the edge of Linlithgow Loch. Linlithgow Palace, Stewart residence, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots, and rest stop between Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle.

It had been noticed for its similarity to the original Pan Am Flight 103 which exploded over the town of Dumfries and Galloway, 40 minutes into its flight from London to New York.

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Scottish playwright David Harrower (Blackbird, Knives in Hens) is the lead writer. Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode. Additional writing comes from Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan.

BAFTA Award-winning Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, The Winter King) is lead director. Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode. Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant are Executive Producers for Carnival Films. Sam Hoyle is Executive Producer for Sky Studios. Additional Executive Producers include David Harrower, Otto Bathurst, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Oskar Slingerland.

A true story with an Academy Award®-winning actor Colin Firth not to be missed 📍

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A release date for the series hasn't yet been set.

Posted 6th March 2024

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“Scrawny hill farms and stone walls and scaly legged old hens are a deep part of my nature. Brown Edge, Smallthorne, Nettlebank, Lask Edge, Biddulph Moor, this is the country that calls to me. Thin soiled places where men worked in the pits and kept a stirk or two, a Primitive Methodist landscape where clogs struck what sparks there were and winter is perishing and all the – folks keep their money under their beds” Arthur Berry.

Walking from Turnhurst Wood through Knypersley, I climbed higher to reach Biddulph Moor (please see here for my earlier visits) where a well dressing is practised each year, an old moorland custom also found at Endon but which was interrupted by COVID 19 in the great blank years of 2020 and 2021.

(Mostly June 2022; 1 from the striking nearby Wickenstones in July 2015, 10 from June 2013)

Now it’s back, as usual held at the same time as Father’s Day, so I went there with my father and grandfather. This is a tradition which added colour to lived ruled by farming, mining, chapel (sometimes church) and the weather, which was surprisingly good today, the heatwave of early June 2022 having dissipated after a rain shower which thankfully fell short of the heavy rain of June 2019.

One of the highest places in the area, Biddulph Moor is the source of the River Trent which follows down to my home city, Stoke on Trent, then down to Rugeley, Lichfield, through Derbyshire, and into Nottinghamshire, then flows into the North Sea in Lincolnshire.

This is a threshold; here, the red brick and industry I’m used to starts giving way to the stone farms of the Pennines, of which Biddulph and Leek are the two gateways from the south.

Because this is high ground, it is also near a watershed; two drops of rain can sit in the same cloud, but one can fall a few feet to the west and end up at Biddulph Grange Country Park (very nearby; please see here) and thus the Dane, then the Mersey and the Atlantic Ocean.

This is complicated even further by the fact that the rivers haven’t fully flowed naturally since the Trent and Mersey Canal was laid down by James Brindley (who, btw, lived in Turnhurst, where I started the morning walk) in 1766.

This water, which I’m pleased to say mostly stayed in the clouds when I was there, has thus shaped the village and is rightfully remembered here in 2022.

“ This is the country of ma’ heart” Arthur Berry.

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Vandaag is 't mijn beurt voor mijn #recensie voor de #blogtour Rob Biddulph - Pien Vermeer en de getekende stad - Pinda Jager en de stad der illustraties - Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City @rbiddulph #robbiddulph #peanutjones #pienvermeerendegetekendestad #pienvermeer Bedankt voor het #recensieexemplaar #leesexemplaar @uitgeverijbillybones #billybones ............ Mijn mening: Sommige helden worden geboren; andere worden getekend… Toen Uitg Billy Bones me vroeg of ik mee wilde doen met de blogtour. Zei ik uiteraard: 'Ja, graag.' Want moet je deze HC cover eens. Zo mooi. De kleuren spatten er van af. Wat goed bij het verhaal past, daar het gaat over een getekende stad die min of meer zijn kleur kwijt is. Pien (Peanut in het Engels) is een kleurrijk creatief en dapper meisje. Ze beleefd samen met haar kleine zusje en een schoolvriendje (study buddy eigenlijk) en een schattig hondje, een mooi avontuur. Pien vindt een potlood tussen de spullen van haar verdwenen vader. Wat ze tekent hiermee komt tot leven. Ze tekent een deur waarmee ze in de geïllustreerde stad terecht komt. Daar gaat ze, gewapend met haar art supplies, op zoek naar Meneer M en haar vader. Wat is er met hen gebeurt? Of ze hen vindt, verklap ik nog niet. De schrijfstijl van Rob is erg prettig en zijn illustraties zijn erg mooi. Door de korte hoofdstukken en de mooie art vlieg je door t boek. Geen enkel saai moment. Een origineel, mooi, humoristisch, creatief, spannend en magisch kinderboek. Het gaat over liefde, vriendschap en volhouden. Ik wil zeker weten het vervolg lezen. (najaar 2022). ............ Inhoud: Sommige legendes worden geboren, sommige worden getekend... Tekenen voelt als magie voor Peanut Jones. Maar kunst kan haar problemen niet oplossen. Haar vader is verdwenen en ze zit vast op een saaie nieuwe school. Totdat ze een uniek turbo-geladen potlood vindt met speciale krachten. ............ #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookstagramnl #bookstagrammers #boekstagram #instabook #dutchbookstagram #instaboek #dutchbookstagrammers #dutchbookstagrammer #jeugd #blogtour #jeugdfantasy #junior #juniorfantasy #kinderboeken #kinderboek #jeugdboeken #jeugdboek #jeugd #mooieillu https://www.instagram.com/p/CXmM8TArG45/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Rachel Henning watched the young man in action about this time as he deftly captured a band of thirteen deserters from the Native Police who turned up at Exmoor. She wrote of them:

They each had an old shirt by way of a garment & several were carrying possums which they had caught on their way. Biddulph went over to speak to them. "Good day Sare" they all said & grinned very much & then told him they were runaway troopers from Rockingham Bay where they seemed to think they had been very badly treated in being made to work. "too much carry log" one of them said. They were on their way to Wide Bay their own country.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

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“Scrawny hill farms and stone walls and scaly legged old hens are a deep part of my nature. Brown Edge, Smallthorne, Nettlebank, Lask Edge, Biddulph Moor, this is the country that calls to me. Thin soiled places where men worked in the pits and kept a stirk or two, a Primitive Methodist landscape where clogs struck what sparks there were and winter is perishing and all the – folks keep their money under their beds” Arthur Berry.

Biddulph Moor Well Dressing is an event I’ve visited with my dad and granddad every year (it coincides with Father’s Day) since (1-3) 2015, with (4-5) 2016, (6) 2017, (7) 2018, (8-10) Sunday. The first time I came here I was awed by the Wickenstones which tower over the town of Biddulph, and sought out the head of the River Trent, which I’ve followed as far down as Nottingham and Newark; sadly at its source the torrential rain had stirred up silt and it was too muddy to drink.

But it’s still fitting that the recent display celebrates the source of the river which, here, fully earns the name of the wandering invader which is believed to be the origin of its title. The waters were swollen by the freak rains of June 2019, a massive outbreak of which I hid from in the pub, where you can get a good pint of Joules ale.

The Trent (the only source of water for centuries, until mains water was installed here in 1935) is very much at risk of flooding and takes as much as it gives, which can be said for the whole of the moorland landscape Berry exulted in, and it may become “the smug and silver Trent” later  but there’s no danger of that at a rainy Biddulph Moor!

“ This is the country of ma’ heart” Arthur Berry.