I think I mentioned this on another thread, but many years ago I worked as a junior reporter on the Staffordshire Advertiser (a local rag .. vastly superior to the Newsletter in its day
) and there used to be a page inside called
'Men and Matters.' This was a bit like some of the stories Ricky Gervais dealt with in
'Afterlife' although maybe not quite so looney ...
When this film was being shown at the Odeon all those years ago, they put a Brough Superior motorcycle in the foyer as this was the same model of bike owned by Lawrence and was subsequently killed on. The fellow who actually owned the bike lived somewhere up or near the Tixall Road (I went to his house at the time for the story, but can't remember exactly where it was.) He had the bike inside the house where he had rebuilt and restored it. Maybe sometime when I'm next in Stafford I'll revisit the William Salt Library and try to find the article as they keep back copies there.
All I can say is he must have had a very understanding Misses because it was a big bike, and took up half the room.