passport pimlico real treat fans british cinema enjoyable thoroughly entertaining comedy cinematic flashback bygone age attitudes scenarios sadly memory british lifebr br stanley holloway plays pimlico resident arthur pemberton accidental detonation unexploded bomb discovers wealth medieval treasure belonging th century duke burgundy buried deep underneath little suburban street last  yearsbr br accompanying treasure ancient legal decree signed king edward iv england which never officially rescinded state particular london street declared burgandian soil means eyes international law pemberton local residents longer british subjects natives burgundy tiny street independent country right law unto itselfbr br this sets warbattered impoverished residents good stead believe outside english law jurisdiction act drunken defiance burn ration books destroy ignore clothing coupons flagrantly disregard british licencing laws etc declaring fully independent britainbr br however happens ever spiv black marketeer dishonest crook follows suit crosses border burgundy refuge law postwar restrictions sell dodgy goods half londons consumers follow order dodge ration making quiet happy little haven den thieves rather crowded one thatbr br appealing whitehall assistance told due developments now matter foreign policy majestys government reluctant become involved leaves residents high dry however declare area legal frontier set fully equipped customs office end road mainly monitor smuggling ensure safety residents pimlicobr br eventually border closed altogether starting major siege bugundian residents slowly running water food never less fighting true british style one bugundian resident quotes were english always english english fighting hard bugundians br br a sentiment soon echoed throughout capital rest london learn poor bugundians plight feel compelled chip help them throwing food supplies barbed wire blockadesbr br will whitehall fought may invaders throughout centuries finally brought knees new batch foreigners especially ones english br br great tale great fun throughout missed