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Once you’ve sat, strapped in by an ageing seat belt in the days long before child safety seats, in the back seat of any vehicle powered by one of those classic air cooled engines, you never forget. Nor does anything else ever feel the same. Dad bought our ‘Herbie’ home in December 1973. He was three years old (Herbie, not Dad) and sat proudly in the front garden, radiant in seventies yellow. I was five, Caroline was three. She puked in the back on only the second time we travelled further than Nans house. I laughed, Mum sighed and Dad had a face like someone had told him Bobby Moore was leaving West Ham for Fulham. I know this because later when Booby Moore left West Ham for Fulham his face was exactly the same. I don’t remember Herbie ever going wrong. Dad went off to work in him every day. Mum still got the bus to the hospital because she couldn’t drive, we couldn’t afford two cars and the bus stop was at the end of our road. If Dad finished work early enough he’d pick me...

My 100 Greatest Movies I used to love going to the cinema, but the truth is that now its a pretty rare occurrence. In fact, I'm struggling to remember my last visit. For quite some time I put this down having the Movie channel at home and like a lot of other things, the expense and the finding the time. The following is my list which I originally posted on a daily basis on Facebook back in 2013. It took me an age to compile, racking my memory, checking internet lists, going through my own DVD / BluRay collection etc. However, as we're now four years down the line I need to make the following points: (a) I've only seen one movie since that would trouble this list and that is 'Django Unchained' which I think would sit around half way (b) Despite the wailing and knashing of teeth described above I made an absolute glaring error and left out 'Withnail & I' which should really have been around about the Top Ten. Hopefully, you'll enjoy ...