BRIGG SIXTH FORM EXTRAS IN FAMOUS FILM

PICTURE AND REPORT BY KEN HARRISON

Could this be the famous Memphis Belle - the aeroplane from the film of the same name?

When the film was being made in the late '80's, it recruited quite a number of Brigg 6th Formers to create the opening dance scene in the hangar at RAF Binbrook - the backdrop also of many of the ground scenes.

My daughter was one of the number of 6th Formers (also including Martyn Bailey - brother of Pete from the ARC)...they had to learn how to bop and jive and they got paid as extras.

So next time you see Memphis Belle, please remember that the opening shots contain some of the Brigg's finest of the time....

NF ADDS: The Memphis Bell film was re-run on TV a few months ago, on a Saturday night, and we watched it all the way through - again. A cracking and thrilling Second World War epic - all the better for knowing it has a Brigg link. Thanks, Ken.