In this video, our Editor Charlie Swinbourne explains how this site got its unusual name – watch and find out!
With thanks to Ai-Media (a supporter of this site) for adding subtitles and BSL interpreter Russell Aldersson for his voiceover translation.
If you can’t see the video below, or if the subtitles don’t appear, click here to see it directly on Facebook.
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MW
May 31, 2016
Charlie
re subtitles – it doesn’t appear. I cannot access facebook ( there is a reason I cant explain) so it is possible to put in transcript with your video blurb? Thanks
Editor
May 31, 2016
Will do, just give me a bit of time if that’s ok, as I am away this week –
Thanks
Charlie
Patricia
May 31, 2016
The captions were not showing on this link and as I dont have a Facebook account ( and not everyone has) I could not read it on the Facebook link
robertmduncan
May 31, 2016
Love the film poster behind. My favourite Hitchcock film by far. Does reading the Limping Chicken give you Vertigo? Thanks Charlie.
Editor
June 1, 2016
Haha hope not! Cheers Bob, glad you’re a fellow fan!