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Carry On Camping

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  MR J FIDDLER WELCOMES YOU TO HIS CAMP   Set in beautiful, sunny Devon, Paradise Camp has everything you need for a quiet, relaxing holiday, come rain or shine our freshly painted trees simulate the perfect English Summer, so whether you are camping alone, with friends or even the whole family come to Camp Paradise and surround yourself with all that nature has to offer. Paradise has everything you could want from a modern day field and don't worry we still provide all the necessities you could want while you are at one with nature, including a toilet block, you won't have to spend a penny when you need to go, our toilets are free to use and are even separated between men and women, all you need to bring is your own toilet paper! Camper's Paradise Our Modern Day Field Set In The Beautiful Devon Countryside Everyone enjoys an invigorating shower first thing in the morning or after a busy day of doing whatever takes your fancy and our ablutions hut is the perfect place to st...

Carry On Nurse

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 Laughter Is The Best Medicine Carry On Nurse was the second in the long line of Carry On comedies that started in the late 1950s, continued throughout the 1960s and ended in the late 1970s, turning its stars into household names, entertaining millions and finding it's way into the hearts of the nation and abroad. After the surprise success of Carry On Sergeant in 1958 the team both infront and behind the camera were reunited for what would be the most successful of all Carry On films, Carry On Nurse, becoming the most successful film at the British Box Office in 1959, proving that laughter really is the best medicine with over 10.4 million tickets sold, roughly a fifth of the population at the time. Charles Hawtrey Improving His Immune System The early Carry On films seemed to poke fun at British institutions, its army, its education system and its police force but nothing is more of a British institution than it's health system and the NHS. Among the returning actors were Cha...

INN FOR TROUBLE

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 Some films live on through time, remaining masterpieces, become household names, are enjoyed generation after generation and then there are others that come and go like a flash in a pan and while some are probably best forgotten and blanked out from our memory some through no fault of their own just simply fade into obscurity, one such film that I think deserves at least to have better recognition is the comedy Inn For Trouble; released in 1960 starring British battleaxe  Peggy Mount . Inn For Trouble 1960 Inn For Trouble certainly isn't a grand piece of cinematic history and there are few who would consider it a classic but it is pleasant enough to enjoy, to partially fill a lazy afternoon and at less than an hour and a half long, Inn For Trouble never outstays it's welcome. The film (the title is a pun and perhaps a warning, you're inn for trouble if you mess with mother) is based on a television series (never an indication of excellence) called The Larkins and follows t...