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glencairn
 Post subject: The Railway Children
PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:39 pm 
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Just read this book for the first time :?: Thought it rather charming. Seen the film a few times. Funny how the book is different in many places. I did not know a canal was nearby as well as a railway.

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Children
PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:46 pm 
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glencairn wrote:
Just read this book for the first time :?: Thought it rather charming. Seen the film a few times. Funny how the book is different in many places. I did not know a canal was nearby as well as a railway.
It's seldom that a film portrays the story as written in a book. Even the films differ. Jenny Agutter stars in both, a daughter in the first and a mother in the second.

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Children
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Both films are good.

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Children
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lauriebooth wrote:
Both films are good.
Yes I agree. :D

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