- published: 01 Nov 2015
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Coordinates: 51°38′N 0°18′W / 51.64°N 0.30°W / 51.64; -0.30
Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England, on the former A5 road, which followed the course of Watling Street, about 13 miles north of London. In 2001, its population was 4,765. It forms part of the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood, originally known simply as Elstree.
The village often lends its shorter name to businesses and amenities in the adjacent town of Borehamwood, and the names of Elstree and Borehamwood are used interchangeably. Elstree is perhaps best known for the Elstree Film Studios, where a number of famous British films were made, and the BBC's Elstree Studios, where the TV soap opera EastEnders is made; these are both located in Borehamwood.
The local newspaper is the Borehamwood and Elstree Times. Together with Borehamwood, the village is twinned with Offenburg in Germany and Fontenay-aux-Roses in France.
Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is on the Thameslink Line between London King's Cross and Bedford. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1868, and is located just north of the 1,072 yard long Elstree Tunnels.
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). There are two "running gags" which connect the sketches. In one, an actor wants to perform Shakespeare, but he is continually denied air-time. The other gag has an inventor trying to view the broadcast on television. Four of the sketches are in color (in shades of yellow and brown only).
Keywords: blackface, revue, television, vaudeville
Oh go Johnny kick me in the head,
Aimin' for the floorboard but they pick me up instead
through the ringing from the night before
the engines running gotta pay a call
Johnny drove the halftrack
cause we could not find the jeep
with me in the morning gotta get some sleep
driving all night out of fear
got in the ribs every time I changed gear
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna pick up the team
(pickin up, picken up the team)
now you know how it's hard to keep the fighting clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
Oh go Johnny gonna fight the war
shotgun in the morning at the local liquor store
oh go talking bout them diesel fuels
Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs
lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
indicating that he's left the human race
hell went open when the world came in
gotta keep your head if you wanna win
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna pick up the team
(picking up, pickin up the team)
now you know it's hard to keep the fighting
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
clean clean
lost a million in the very first attack
clean clean
don't you worry cause you know we'll get them back
clean clean
lost a million in the very first attack
clean clean