tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post5615545517571904026..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: Tripoli on YouTubeseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-65073956638484744112013-01-29T14:25:00.496-08:002013-01-29T14:25:00.496-08:00Mark, did you happen to notice on the original Whe...Mark, did you happen to notice on the original Wheelus post that John Rogers just added on being one of the last airmen to leave Libya? I don't know if you flag the comments there, but it's only about seven posts down, due to the format I had to use to set this up at some point when Google was wonky. It's in reply to the Peter Irlenborn post if you haven't seen it.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-35101164695780385932013-01-29T13:53:24.384-08:002013-01-29T13:53:24.384-08:00Each post on Tripoli is as though a little missing...Each post on Tripoli is as though a little missing piece is being added to fill in the picture of what I was too young to remember --I can't tell you how thrilling it is to go over them again and again.Markhttp://www.circuitmouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-86006426832014186122013-01-19T11:12:41.906-08:002013-01-19T11:12:41.906-08:00Adrian, I haven't, but will put them on the li...Adrian, I haven't, but will put them on the list. You didn't get to Libya, did you? I know you made it to Tunesia.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-32120836848577483662013-01-19T11:08:48.359-08:002013-01-19T11:08:48.359-08:00Seana
Have you read the Joe Orton diaries? Its ve...Seana<br /><br />Have you read the Joe Orton diaries? Its very good and the 4 or 5 pages on their trip to Tripoli in the late 60s is worth the price of admission alone. adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-68497129248288700252013-01-18T19:00:11.572-08:002013-01-18T19:00:11.572-08:00I know exactly what you mean, Mark. Although I nev...I know exactly what you mean, Mark. Although I never could have had these images myself, somehow they do seem part of me. The girl who keeps appearing briefly in the side of the pictures could be my twin, bangs and reaction and all. We are so lucky to live in an age where we have access to the past like this.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-67219493350466501682013-01-18T06:59:56.532-08:002013-01-18T06:59:56.532-08:00I'm not going to lose it, I'm-not-I'm-... I'm not going to lose it, I'm-not-I'm-not-I'm-not. In hindsight, perhaps I shouldn't have watched this in my local Starbucks. <br />A haunting, wonderful glimpse into the everyday world my parents knew, the streets they surely walked, even if filmed several years after we came stateside.<br />I sometimes wonder, if stored away somewhere amid a jumble of old memories, similar scenes are stored in my mind that I cannot access...<br />...or perhaps a bit of that is the espresso talking...circuitmousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331630643043133780noreply@blogger.com