One Box Set Finished, Onto The Next

[jazzy_dave]

I have finished watching the four DVD set of Red Dwarf , which ends on Season 4 of the TV comedy series. I have sold it on Ebay so i am awaiting payment for it before i post it off. Some of the episodes were very funny and others were not. Also, i do embarrassingly realize how un-PC it was and that it would hardly be made these days. Terms like "Smeghead",which became an all too familiar cuss word by Lister, for example,aren't that nice, and sometimes the attitude to women are very seventies.

This box set was found in the Fleur Bookshop in Faversham. The shop is related to the town museum which is part of the Faversham Society. Interesting website link here, if you like history,conservation and archaeology.

http://www.faversham.org.uk/society

"Relying solely on volunteers, the Society runs the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre which includes a museum, gallery, heritage bookshop and Faversham's only Visitor Information Centre; it also runs the Chart Gunpowder Mill and Maison Dieu, Ospringe and manages a second-hand bookshop just around the corner from the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre."

They concentrate on selling second hand books and so when they get the occasional DVD or CD they sell them very cheap. The box set was only 50 pence. It was the same shop i got the excellent Firefly box set from.

So the next box set i have yet to devour is the Season Three Futurama one which was a charity shop find on one of my travels, which if my memory serves me correct, was the Red Cross branch in Canterbury.

Comments

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

That must have been a very enjoyable watch :)

The Fleur de Lis is a very ancient symbol, as you would probably know. That sounds like a very interesting place - museum and all. It is good to have societies which preserve heritage - and to enjoy it. The village market I go to is organised by a group of people who want to preserve the historical aspects of the village and also bring the community together. They are doing a good job, too :)

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I might consider joining the Society as they do alot for the local heritage and it is fascinating work they do, if you have seen the website.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

I did have a peek at the website. I find history so interesting!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

WOW, they run all that on volunteers? :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

My wife and I were watching the two two Angeline Jolie Tomb Raider movies, and early in the second I started recognizing the butler. It was Rimmer. I was quite proud to identify him before hitting IMDB, even more proud that I ID'd him before my wife did.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

My jaw dropped when I saw Chris Barrie in TR. I squealed like MAD. Danny John-Jules showed up in...Blade Trinity? Yeah. And Craig Charles ran 'Robot Wars' here in the States for YEARS.

Still...exciting to see them in these things, lol!!

[coming42.livejournal.com]

I have visited the Maison Dieu (House of God) in Ospringe near Faversham, and if you haven't Dave, you should. It was founded in 1235 by King Henry III and was run by the Knights Templar. It formed part of a hospital, royal lodge and almshouse and had a "Camera Regis" for the King's use when he was going to France by way of Dover. With the dissolution of the monasteries (by Henry VIII in 1516), it was given to St. John's-College, Cambridge. Countless crowned heads, English and European, stayed here overnight on their way to and from London and Dover. I don't think many people visit. They should. It is a treasure trove of medieval artefacts.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Red Dwarf WAS very Un-PC...but then, I think that was rather the whole point. Here are these guys - brilliant in their own way, but socially awkward and inept - and their own views did them in half the time. Silly. Very seventies. But fun in many ways...

*HUGS*