This is Quorn - Quorn Transport Film
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2020
- Based on the 1953 Edgar Anstey British Transport Film “This is York”, “This is Quorn” is an amateur film that aims to tell the story of Quorn & Woodhouse and the role it played in the day to day life of Leicestershire folk during the station’s service days.
Set during the British Railway era, but very much filmed in 2020, the film aims to encapsulate the feel of a British Railways mainline country station, one representative of many of the Great Central Railway’s London Extension from Nottingham to London Marylebone.
The film stars Great Central Railway volunteers from various departments, who together, showcase the various aspects of station life, from the Quorn & Woodhouse Station team of porters and clerks, to signalling, footplate crew, and the team at Quorn Wagon and Wagon whose extensive wagon restorations are heavily featured in this video.
Note that some scenes were filmed before the current Government social distancing guidelines.
Just terrific!! Thank you!
We really enjoyed the video thank you for all your hard work that you do. 😊
Another cracking little film - well done to all concerned. Very evocative of a bygone era that I'm old enough to remember well.
It took me a few minutes to realize this was a modern play on this is york....... Then I read the description. Very nice gents!
Thank you. This is one of the most beautiful films on youtube. A pity I can give it only one thumbs up.
Ironically earlier today I saw the original that this was based on. Whoever thought up this version is clearly a genius and deserves the highest praise. Brilliant.
What was the original
@@Scots_Diesel this is York. BTF. A very clever reproduction thou.
Beautiful life. What a wonderful world.
Hello:
I am a fan of British railways and I congratulate them on their wonderful films: only small details have made me see that they are not period films.
I am very excited about rebuilding the railways in Britain.
Bests Regards:
David.
Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
A lovely film thank you. It tells of an era where service really mattered and customers came before profit.
Beautiful.
Congratulations on such a clever reproduction. The volunteers that run Quorn are so good. I took my children there in 2019 and they showed us around inside the signal box, they was so good explaining the interlocking and let them pull a leaver. I used to do railway signalling for GEC General Signals so I was able to help explain to my kids. I thoroughly recommend a visit as you can see from the film the awesome level of detail restored to Quorn.
It would be good to see the colour version as even that has been restored to perfection.
Having watched "This is York" only last night, I found this quite riveting. Nice to see the local scenery too - a distant cousin of mine organised a full day visit to Bradgate Park for Leicester's blind in 1892. They must have travelled by train !
Exceptional, brilliantly filmed, very few clues to show its contemporary.
Had me fooled ! Thoroughly !
Just wonderfully done !
Great film, takes off from the BTF "This Is York".
That was brilliant! I wish I was in one of those films.
Superb! Had me fooled for a while that is was not a 50s BTF!
Simply wonderful.
Having been to so many steam and diesel galas over the years I was pleasantly surprised to see how little Quorn and Woodhouse and it's yard has altered over the years!
In fact was there last month for it's Winter Steam Gala.
Another brilliant production Jack. Deserves more recognition!!
Very atmospheric indeed. I live in Rothley , a mile from the station, so see trains all year round . These guys do a great job. I am a GCR friend. Of course, Bradgate Park did not come into a country park until Charles Bennion bought it and gave it to the people of Leicestershire. That was 1928 .
Cannot wait for chance be in the next Film
Congratulations on the making of a such a beautifully created film. You’ve done an amazing job in capturing the character of the Edgar Ansty BTF films. Having watched “This is York” many times and capturing many black and white films around the GCR myself, trying to recreate what you have done here, truly amazing. Maybe a QTF dvd box set to cater for the enthusiasts and priced to suit their pocket could be a great idea? Plans for Elizabethan Express at all? :)
This nearly caught me out. Very well done 😭
Another gem...............
Very good film
Quorn has a twin named after it, South Australia on the original Ghan. Now runs to Port Augusta via the Pichi Richi Pass. There used to be a notice board telling travellers the name of the pass, until some wag decided to take off the first letter of each word.
Superb! The chap with the white beard will soon be signed up by Hollywood!
Great film, welldone all, sounds like Andy Hamilton doing the voice over : ) I know the modern railway is more efficient and 1970 era diesel's are more my bag, but I feel we lost something in the head long rush to modernise. You certainly don't see railway porters sweeping the platform, no flowers, no local goods deliveries, no bloody pride or care. In fact no bugger at all from the train company at my local station (4 miles away, local village station shut by You Know Who) {Yes, Lord Voldermort}. Lastly I've not lived around Quorn for years, but when I did Quorn, Mountsorrel etc wasn't well served as regards transport.
Cheeky, the narrative of this film is virtually identical to the one used for the BTF film ‘ This is York’ !
Excellent job. I would have done less copy and paste of the script from “this is York” and told the story of the railway as it is albeit in a 1950’s theme.
I've notice a trend of scaling the productions of these up. The Future of Rail was brilliant. Any chance you have anything bigger in the pipeline? Would you like some more voluntary filming crew? More extras? How does one get involved?
They really used the volunteers a lot. One gentleman in a trench coat got on and off a train four times including one boarding right after an arrival.
oof! they fuckingly leaned on that V-Day muzak, hadn't they 💡 queer, how folks around those BI concoct the storybook card as perpetual afterthought 💡💡💡
When people were polite and helpful, not bolshie and repellent!