Square, Ripley, N Yorks, UK – Tom Grattan’s War, Badge of Fear (1970)
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bill&ben
N 54° 02.395 W 001° 34.091
30U E 593762 N 5988911
Uncle Wally, Chris and Tom go to the army recruiting drive. The drive is held in the Square at Ripley
Waymark Code: WM10A54
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2019
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Julie’s great uncle Wally and his grandson Chris come to stay at Kirkby Farm whilst their house is being repaired. Uncle Wally is a retired Sergeant Major, who served in the Boer War and won a VC. Chris will soon be 19 and be enlisted into the army. Chris does not seem overly keen on the army. He is also prone to sleep walking. Tom finds him sleep walking towards the local quarry.
At a local army recruitment drive Chris walks out. A girl gives him a white feather. Chris decides that he can’t join the army. He pushes an explanatory note under his grandad’s door says he is leaving for London. Tom and Julie think he has left, but change their minds when they find his suitcase and suit still in his room. They work out that he has been sleep walking again. They find Chris fallen down a quarry onto a ledge. Tom asks Chris to reach out for a ledge, but Chris cannot as he is short sighted. Tom climbs down to Chris whilst Stan and Uncle Wally use a rope to haul Chris out. It would appear Chris cannot fight because of his eyesight, not through cowardice.
Movie or TV Show: Tom Grattan's War - Badge of Fear
Year Released or First Aired: 1,970.00
IMDB Link: [Web Link]
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