Missing Dinosaurs

A brilliant blast from the past and an evergreen favourite film of Heather's crew from fifty years ago is 'One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing'. Walt Disney wizards made the extraodinary comedy as a quirky British caper involving a group of nannies, a secret formula and a hijacked dinosaur! 

The dinosaur depicted in the film is a replica of the famous 'Dippy' diplodocus skeleton, which is stolen from the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London. Cloaked in a green duck loom canvas tilt, the gangly skeleton is driven around on a steam lorry through foggy London streets of the 1920s, even charging by the Palace of Westminster, in a sequence that's both eerie and absurdly funny. 

The film has become something of a cult classic, particularly for fans of old~school practical effects and bizarre British humour. 

A decorative felt dinosaur (shown suspended in the tree) was made by Kate, a resident of nearby Wroxham. Incredibly, in a tantalising link, natural historians have proved conclusively that birds are the direct genetic heirs of prehistoric dinosaurs. 

Dinsoaurs thought they ruled the earth and then they were wiped out by mother nature. This begs the question, how long will humans survive? 

John Shilton, Sri Lanka ~ Ceylon