Convoy

Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.

	Kris Kristofferson	...	Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald
	Ali MacGraw	...	Melissa
	Ernest Borgnine	...	Sheriff Lyle 'Cottonmouth' Wallace
	Burt Young	...	Bobby 'Love Machine' 'Pig Pen'

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>

In the 30's, the working-class Englishwoman Gladys Aylward leaves Liverpool and arrives in London, trying to join the China Missionary Society expecting to be sent to China. However, having only ordinary schooling, her request is turned down due to her lack of qualification to the position. Gladys works hard as a maid and uses all her savings and salaries to buy a train ticket to Tientsin. Then she travels by mule to the remote province of Wangcheng, where she works with the Englishwoman Jeannie Lawson and the Chinese cook Yang in the Inn of the Sixth Happiness. When Ms. Lawson has an accident and dies, Gladys has no money to run the establishment and accepts the position of "foot inspector" offered by the Mandarin Hsien Chang. She is assigned to visit the countryside to promote and enforce the government's law against foot binding Chinese girls. She is successful, changes her nationality to Chinese and her name to Jen-ai (meaning "the one who loves people"), surprising the skeptical bi-racial Captain Lin Nan. When Wangcheng is invaded by the Japanese, Jen-ai travels through the mountains with one hundred children to save them from death. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

It's pre-WWII Britain. Gladys Aylward, who has worked as a domestic for the better part of her adult life, knows that she belongs in China, despite not knowing the language or anything of life there. She wants to work as a missionary, but is denied because of her inexperience. She even plans to save enough money on her own to go there. Instead, her current employer, Sir Francis Jamison, connects her with a friend of his, the elderly Mrs. Jeannie Lawson, a missionary in China who could use some help. When Gladys arrives in the remote northern Chinese town of Yang Cheng where Mrs. Lawson is currently residing, Mrs. Lawson tells her of her plan: to open an inn, which she ultimately calls the Inn of the Sixth Happiness, which will provide refuge for those traveling by mule train. In this way, they can spread the word of the Lord more effectively. Soon after they open the inn, Mrs. Lawson dies in an accident. With no money, no support to remain in China and still not enough language skills to make it on her own, Gladys has to find a way to stay. That help comes in the form of the mandarin of Yang Cheng, who employs her initially as the foot inspector, the job which entails monitoring the new government rule that young women and female children are not to have their feet bound (the mandarin failing to tell her the dangers of the job in bucking Chinese historical practice). In her travels, Gladys becomes renowned in the area as a humanitarian and is given the name "the one who loves". Despite potential harm to herself and fear for her personal safety, Gladys often places herself in situations where she feels she can provide some good, such as in negotiating with incarcerated men who have started a prison riot, and with marauding bandits. Through it all, she begins a friendship and ultimate romance with Colonel Lin Nan, a half Chinese/half Caucasian Chinese military officer who chose to live in China since he knew he would always be considered second class in the western world. Their friendship and romance is despite their differences, especially his military role versus her pacifist attitude. Those differences are tested with his message to the people of the probable Japanese invasion and what ultimately would become the Sino-Japanese War, when her mission turns to save the masses of orphaned children.

	Ingrid Bergman	...	Gladys Aylward
	Curd Jürgens	...	Capt. Lin Nan (as Curt Jurgens)
	Robert Donat	...	The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
	Michael David	...	Hok-A
	Athene Seyler	...	Jeannie Lawson
	Ronald Squire	...	Sir Francis Jamison
	Moultrie Kelsall	...	Dr. Robinson

Coldest Blood by Jim Kelly

(The fourth book in the Philip Dryden series)

A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling screams, he draws a knife across his arm. Soon he'll be dead - and life can begin again.

Three decades later Declan McIlroy is found frozen to death as Arctic temperatures grip the city of Ely. Though it is not the only cold death that winter, reporter Philip Dryden has worrying doubts - for Declan was not alone when he died. And Dryden's suspicions harden when days later he finds the frozen body of Declan's best friend.

Soon Dryden is on the disturbing trail of a brilliantly executed crime - and a mystery from his own childhood . . .

Leprosy and Stamps

The Leprosy Mission Collect

Stamps, covers, whole collections, used and unused postcards, old notes and coins, cigarette cards, medals, old matchbox collections to name a few.

 To do their bit Hunstanton Brownies sorting  and trimming stamps that had been collected for the Leprosy Mission.

Here's how to prepare and send the stamps to the Leprosy Mission.

When posting your gift, please ensure that it is weighed and bears the correct postage. Royal Mail charges us the amount due for underpaid items plus £1.
Wherever possible please ensure stamps on paper have no more than 5mm of single thickness border around each edge. Stamps off paper are equally welcome, but please ensure that they are fully clear of any backing. To obtain their value, stamps off paper will at some point have to be sorted. This can easily be done at the soaking stage and you can help immensely by doing this.
The suggested categories are as follows: GB Definitives up to and including current 1st class letter rate GB Definitives above 1st class GB Christmas issues up to and including current 1st class letter rate Non Christmas Commemoratives up to and including current 1st class letter rate GB Commemoratives above 1st class Regionals. (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) g) GB pre-decimal Channel Islands/Isle of Man Foreign and Commonwealth Anything else.

Leziate

A beautiful sunny spring day.

Decided to do a 4 mile walk at Leziate, Nr Kings Lynn, North West Norfolk, UK, it was a beautiful walk taking us round Bawsey Pits.
The Lakes were beautiful with the sun reflecting on them.

There were some fantastic views and scenery all around the walk.

One interesting moment when there was a pool all across the path, but it wasn't as bad as it looked.