On a frosty day trip to the Peak town of Buxton nestled betwixt snowy hills the Missus and me mooched among the many charity shops.
Prices of vintage toys and games have shot up in Charities of late, especially old board games, of which I saw a few like Airport, Hotel, Escape from Colditz and Totopoly.
I did pick up some some old tech, namely a 1989 VHS pre-cert Kung Fu Horror film called The Men from the Monastery, a 1974 Shaw Brothers production. I collect old horror and thriller videos, preferably big box but small and pre-cert are fine too. This is the first 1980's horror video I've seen in a charity shop for years, so I was chuffed.
I also got a set of BBC Radio cassette tapes of their 1981 production of Lord of the Rings. This is the 2001 re-issue and just part 1, The Fellowship of the Ring, which I first heard, along with the rest, in the Spring and summer of 1981, whilst volunteering for the RSPB at the Ouse Washes. It was all very Middle Earth!
I like Tolkien tapes and books and have a few. The older the better and preferably with classic art on the covers. I have sold some old computer games like the Hobbit and regret it, as the box art was fabulous.
Have you any old VHS or Videos or Lord of the Rings books and cassettes?
I used to have a recording of the Tolkien parody series that BBC radio did. 'Hordes of the Things', it was funny.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, sounds funny. I used to have a book, Bored of the Rings! I won't tell you what Bilbo was called!
DeleteI have a really dilapidated copy of the lord of the rings trilogy book, that I won for the english literature prize in secondary school. the artwork on the front was gorgeous. a sort of arch of entwined branches, with dark creatures in the roots. I’ve only ever read it once on holiday in Wales! Bill
ReplyDeleteI know that cover Bill, gorgeous. You must have read a lot to get through it on holiday.
DeleteI said a 1989 pre-cert VHS but Paul has pointed out it's too late for that. It does also have an 18 age rating on it, so it is certificated. The fim itself was made in 1974. I shall look into this further.
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