There was a bloke who used to call Dotun Adebayo on radio 5 upallnight on weekends who was in the film, think he lives Blackheath, both Charlton fans and used to comment on us during his calls.
There was a bloke who used to call Dotun Adebayo on radio 5 upallnight on weekends who was in the film, think he lives Blackheath, both Charlton fans and used to comment on us during his calls.
There's a Charlton fan from Greenwich who still calls in, sounds like an old boy - might it be him you're referring to ?
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
Game over in about 5 minutes.
They had won a much bigger battle in the morning against a larger force.
Roukes Drift wasn't that important to them, they'd lost a lot of men and a relief column was coming.
Taking nothing away from the bravery of the defenders but the British Army talked up Rourke's Drift to deflect attention from the very embarrassing defeat in the morning. It's mentioned in the film, something like "the army doesn't like two disasters on the same day as it looks bad in the morning papers"
Firstly, they were mostly Brummies not Welsh. Only 15% had any Welsh connections.
Rather than singing 'Men of Harlech' they were more likely to sing 'The Warwickshire Lads' which was the Regimental march.
I won't even start with the Zulu's actually using the Martini Henry rifles supposedly taken from the dead bodies of the British troops after the defeat at Isandhlwana.
And the final salute to the Brits at Rorkes drift? Let's just call it for what it was.
A brilliant ending to a brillliant film, which I never tire of watching.
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
Game over in about 5 minutes.
They had won a much bigger battle in the morning against a larger force.
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
Game over in about 5 minutes.
They had won a much bigger battle in the morning against a larger force.
Exactly. They should've been on a roll!
Didnt help that they sacked their General after Isandlwana thinking he'd taken them as far as they could go.
It was downhill afterwards, partly because they kept relying on loanees from other tribes!!
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Classic ..one of the best films ever made
Being a Charlton supporter the lines I always remember are:
'Why us, Sarge?'
'Because we're here lad, nobody else. Just us'.
Did the Zulus make a fuck of it?
4,000 of them.....why didn't they completely surround Rorke's Drift and all steam in, in one go? How many shots would the British get off successfully before being totally engulfed?
Game over in about 5 minutes.
Roukes Drift wasn't that important to them, they'd lost a lot of men and a relief column was coming.
Taking nothing away from the bravery of the defenders but the British Army talked up Rourke's Drift to deflect attention from the very embarrassing defeat in the morning. It's mentioned in the film, something like "the army doesn't like two disasters on the same day as it looks bad in the morning papers"
Firstly, they were mostly Brummies not Welsh. Only 15% had any Welsh connections.
Rather than singing 'Men of Harlech' they were more likely to sing 'The Warwickshire Lads' which was the Regimental march.
I won't even start with the Zulu's actually using the Martini Henry rifles supposedly taken from the dead bodies of the British troops after the defeat at Isandhlwana.
And the final salute to the Brits at Rorkes drift? Let's just call it for what it was.
A brilliant ending to a brillliant film, which I never tire of watching.
Great film, if not entirely accurate
It was a pretty powerful film for young lad - I guess I was around 10 at the time.
Seen it a few times since. I still have a sinking feeling remembering the first time I saw it.
It was downhill afterwards, partly because they kept relying on loanees from other tribes!!