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A coal miners son, former RAF,married to a lovely wife with great sons,DCFC supporter,classic horror/comedy, a ‘leftie’ “always look on the light side of life”

Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire
Joined March 2010
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I've got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by my dad's contacts.
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Does anyone else read a stupid comment get half way through tweeting a reply and think it’s just not worth the effort?
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At David Niven’s funeral the largest wreath was from the porters at Heathrow Airport.The card with it read “To the finest gentleman who ever walked these halls. He made a porter feel like a king”
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Very sorry to hear of the death of the great Sir Michael Gambon aged 82, here in an interview explaining why he didn’t like being interviewed. RIP Michael.
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If you’re disabled,on zero hour contract or struggling on a minimum wage cheer up,in 5 years Big Ben & Buckingham Palace will look brilliant
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Who remembers or still uses the first cordless drill?
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Actor Jim Broadbent on why he turned down an OBE in 2002: “My father died when I was 22 he was quite an anarchic spirit & would’ve been proud of me for turning it down, you know the usual line I accepted it for my parents? Well I turned it down for mine.”
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A previously unseen Two Ronnies sketch never broadcast on tv: Ponting & Punting
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Happy Friday, Ireland’s greatest comedian with the £10 sketch, have a brilliant day.
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Anyone remember when this kind of thing was printed on the back of school books?
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Colourised film of working men, women & children in the UK (1901)
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The wonderful Tom Baker (who will be celebrating his 90th birthday in January)
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97 year old Stanley Baxter who celebrated his birthday 3 days ago
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You sick lying b*stard, I’m the father of two autistic sons, we’ve had to fight for every bit of help, these last 9 years have been a nightmare for people. #scumbag
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Mental health staff do an incredible job but need more funding. Corbyn-style socialism will never provide the resources our precious NHS needs #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Bob Monkhouse recalling the Sunday Mirror attack on his disabled son, himself & his family in 1993.
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This is from a programme originally made in 1955 in B&W but was so popular that it was shown on the BBC through the 70s, 80s & right up till 1993, Champion The Wonder Horse
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Anyone remember this John Sullivan sitcom that predates Only Fools & Horses? Very popular in its time, Citizen Smith with Robert Lindsay (1977)
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Writer & actor Arnold Ridley: He was bayoneted several times during the battle of the Somme & suffered a blow to his head by a German rifle butt which left him prone to blackouts for years afterwards & found lasting fame in his 70s as Private Godfrey in Dad’s Army.
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Christmas 1953 Laurel & Hardy visit The Bull Inn in Bottesford Leicestershire (Stan’s Sister was landlady)
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Dennis Skinner educates a journalist
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Nerves of steel.....painting the top of Blackpool Tower with no harness.
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My favourite scene from One Foot In The Grave, hope you have a great day 😀☀️👍
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Sorry to hear of the death of John Sessions a very funny, talented man & a great mimic, here doing an impression of Alan Rickman on QI......RIP John
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Remembering great Labour politician Tony Benn on the 7th anniversary of his death with this speech on Iraq.
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British schoolboy boxing champion in 1936 & army boxing champion in 1945 this is Harry ‘Buster’ Merryfield better know as Uncle Albert in Only Fools And Horses.
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Not The Nine O’clock News Gerald The Gorilla
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I think it’s inevitable that the UK will be on lockdown in the next few days, why wait? people won’t grow any common sense by Tuesday if they haven’t already, do it now & save more lives! #UKLockdownNow
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When Peter Sellers met Stan Laurel
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The Magic of Tony Hart from 1977, have a brilliant day😀👍
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The great Tom Baker at a private signing session earlier this week.
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John Noakes with new Blue Peter Puppy Shep (September 1971)
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Noddy Holder & Dave Hill in 1972 & 2022
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England’s greatest stand up comedian Bob Monkhouse: Sperm Sample Joke.
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Very sorry to hear of the death of the great Tony Bennett who has passed away aged 96, this really is the end of an era, this his him during lockdown in 2020 singing Smile……..RIP Tony
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Forty years ago this October John Lowe winning £100’000 with the first televised perfect nine dart game against Keith Deller
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So who had one of these beauties? And who would buy one again?
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The late & very great Barry Cryer with his favourite Parrot joke
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Anybody remember this happening?
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Does anyone else wake up in the early hours at the same time for no particular reason each night?
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Benny Hill presents a cheque outside his local pub & explains why he doesn’t like doing standup comedy.(1991)
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The beautiful town of Whitby.
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#RikMayall remembering Rik Mayall on his 66th Birthday, here in his final tv role with Greg Davies in Man Down
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Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday, this golden moment is from the Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show (1971) Eric, Ern & Andrew Preview (Andre Previn)
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With the launch of the Christmas adverts this is how it was done back in 1976, have a brilliant Thursday. 😃👍
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The magic of Tony Hart
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From 1971 The Settlers with their biggest chart success The Lightning Tree (Theme from Follyfoot)
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Our greatest comedian, Arthur Stanley Jefferson (Stan Laurel) aged 12 with his mother Madge at their home in North Shields
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Frank Sinatra visiting a RNIB school in Middlesex spoke a girl “The wind blew her hair into her eyes,she brushed it back & I told her it was the wind. “She asked me ‘What colour is the wind?’ I said ‘I don’t know darling, it travels so fast you can’t see it.” (1962) @NancySinatra
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From 1937: Stan & Ollie sing Blue Ridge Mountains ( hope you are having a brilliant day)
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The last picture of Laurel & Hardy (1956)
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Happy 84th birthday to the wonderful Penelope Keith here at her greatest as Margo in The Good Life
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Remembering the late Richard Beckinsale who passed away on this day in 1979 aged 31, here being interviewed by John Noakes along with Ronnie Barker on the set of Porridge. *Ronnie Barker was devastated on hearing of his death & was unable to work for several days afterwards.
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For FA Cup Semi Final Weekend: Billy Bremner lights up at half time in Leeds United’s match against Manchester United in 1970
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I’m so sorry to hear of the death of Paul O’Grady at the age of 67, he was not only extremely talented & funny but honest, a genuine star, RIP Paul. (Here on Parkinson as Lily Savage)
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This wonderful gag was made up on the spot by Stan Laurel (actor Tommy Bond who played the boy on the stairs recalled later) from Block Heads 1938, have a great day😀👍☀️
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Fred Dibnah doing what he did best.
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John Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe & Clive Dunn enjoying a beer
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RIP David Soul, actor, singer & here in Salem’s Lot (1979) Vampire Slayer, thanks for helping create some great moments.
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Me & my wife ( @wheely_shaz )have found out that our son David has just tested positive for Coronavirus he lives in a care home & is isolated from everyone would some of you please say hi and send him get well wishes? We can show him once he’s feeling better. 🙏😷💗💗
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Former World Snooker Champion Ray Reardon speaks of his time as a coal miner & being trapped when during a roof collapse. Hope you’re having a brilliant day.
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1 minute & 52 seconds of perfection, Tom Jones sings Exactly Like You accompanied by Morcambe & Wise in 1971….have a great day😀☀️👍
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Happy 96th birthday to the great entertainer Dick Van Dyke, here in 1968 in the great holiday classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang produced by James Bond producer Albert R Broccoli.
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Anyone old enough to remember this public information film?
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Who remembers wearing a Balaclava? Or who still does? I wore only once, hated it.
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A very happy 97th birthday to veteran actor, singer & dancer Dick Van Dyke, here from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang singing Me Ole Bamboo (1968)
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From 2006 Carlsberg Old Lions (the banter between Bobby Robson & the players was of course unscripted)
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Michael Foot was one of those extremely rare men who led the Labour Party but refused a Knighthood....a man of principle like Jeremy Corbyn this is why the Tory press try to blacken his name.
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Ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock accuses Corbyn of 'serious evasion of duty' in failing to back single market...I accuse him of serious evasion of duty in failing as leader of the Labour Party to back the miners in 1984,many people’s lives were ruined because of this lack of support
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Tom Hanks & James Stewart talk about acting
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81 year old wonderful actor John Laurie returns to the Isle of Foula fifty one years after appearing in the film Edge Of The World in 1937 when he lived on the island for several months.
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Electing Boris Johnson to replace Theresa May is like the Titanic hitting the iceberg then deliberately hitting another one.
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Michael Crawford, Michelle Dotrice & Richard Wilson desperately trying not to laugh in this gem from Some Mothers Do Ave Em (1978)
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A genuinely magic moment from 1972, Roy Castle plays the spoons accompanied by Shep on Blue Peter. @richardpbacon
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This great moment from Night Owls (1930), hope you’re having a brilliant day
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This is from Knighty Knight Bugs *the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win an Oscar (for best short movie 1959)
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Dave Allen house of the future: hope you’re all having a great weekend 👍😀
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Kes (The football match scene with Brian Glover) memories of comprehensive school in the 1970s.
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An interview with Harry H Corbett in 1975 *Steptoe & Son had ended the previous year.
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Anyone who thinks Frankie Boyle is a leftie this is the result of me cracking a small joke at his expense after he had spent his entire show (with his guest David Baddiel) attacking Jeremy Corbyn
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A man was walking along the street at 2 in the morning. He was stumbling and holding a glass, a policeman stopped him & asked him where he's going. 'To a lecture.' 'At 2am asks the policeman? What's the lecture on?' 'Smoking & drinking,' the man says. 'Who's giving it?' 'My wife.
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Did anyone get given a Chemistry set as a kid during the ?.....exploding test tubes and a methylated spirits burner & no such thing as health and safety...happy days😀
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The wonderful Barry Humphries as Dame Edna on Parkinson RIP Barry
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The one thing you can guarantee is people who shout loudest for war will always be the one’s furthest from the front line. #WWIIl
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These are the final moments from It Ain’t Half Hot Mum: excellent writing from David Croft & Jimmy Perry as usual & acting from Windsor Davies & Christopher Mitchell. (1981) ⁦ @Thegeorgelayton
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Morcambe & Wise with Andrew Preview ( Christmas 1971) hope you’re having a great Sunday
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Malcolm Allison & Alan Mullery almost come to blows after after Malcolm Allison describes him as only average & he shouldn’t be in the 1970 World Cup Squad
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The greatest comedy double act
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This from the man who’s not made a five day week since he became PM & never done a real days work in his spoilt privileged life.
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Good morning, hope you’re having a fantastic day, this is from Busy Bodies (1933)
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Two great DJs….Pete Murray aged 98 & David Hamilton aged 85
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Have a great day & weekend this is Tommy Cooper’s milk trick “just like that”
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Morning everyone, hope you all have a good day, this is from (1987)
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Emergency cabinet meeting decide to call off Brexit vote #BrexitVote
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The greatest comedy double act
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This is a brilliant BBC Children’s Tv Advert from 1998….how many memories does this stir up?
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This lady was my first pinup on my bedroom wall
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