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A gentler Britain: why The Railway Children deserves its return
The beloved 1970 film is getting a sequel, with Jenny Agutter involved. No wonder its message of optimism has endured through the decades
7 May 2021 • 9:33am
Our young heroes try to stop the train in the opening scenes of The Railway Children (1970)
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“Daddy, my daddy.” These words, cried out by Jenny Agutter as Bobbie, near the end of the 1970 film adaptation of The Railway Children, have been etched on the nation’s heart for half a century. In an extraordinary slow-motion scene, we see Bobbie drawn to the train station for a reason she can’t quite articulate, and through the swirling steam on the platform she sees a tall silhouette, familiar but not overly so.
The diary entry for the day his father, Max, died read: Dear Dad died today. Syd Barrett was 15. In a letter to his girlfriend Libby three days later, he said: I could write a book about his merits. Perhaps I will some time. He never got to write it.
Later this month, Omnibus Press, in collaboration with Barrett s estate, will publish the late genius s collected lyrics in an authorised form for the first time.
But who was Syd Barrett? He was the young visionary who wrote eight of the 11 tracks on Pink Floyd s debut, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Released in 1967, the album is the apogee of English psychedelic music along with The Beatles Sgt Pepper. It was also the last album Syd ever recorded with the band he founded in 1965.