[CR] Impotant Film & Book on Raleigh 1960

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From: "Mick Butler" <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Impotant Film & Book on Raleigh 1960
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:07:16 +0000


This is a must for anyone who is interested in seeing or hearing what the Raleigh factory was like during its heyday in the 1960's. Alan Sillitoe wrote an excellent book on Nottingham working class life "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning". The main character in the story works at the Raleigh factory. The book was also made into a film starring Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts and Shirley Ann Field for the added glamour ingredient. Filmed entirely on location in Nottingham and the Raleigh factory. This is well worth watching or reading. The author has also written another excellent book on a cycling theme "Down
>From the Hill". There is lots on the net about the book and film.

Best wishes and be lucky. Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.