34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Still say my wife's got best legs on the forum. I was once in the excavated remains of a forum of the classical period, in the company of the man who probably did more than any archaeologist or historian to make known the term to the UK public. Dear Frankie Howerd, and only months before he died so he wasn't in the best of health, and simply there on holiday with the rest of us (Swan's Hellenic cruise). But you can't keep an old trouper down, and he repeatedly had us laughing in all sorts of ways. Wonderful. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Oo I was once in the excavated remains of a forum of the classical period, in the company of the man who probably did more than any archaeologist or historian to make known the term to the UK public. Dear Frankie Howerd, and only months before he died so he wasn't in the best of health, and simply there on holiday with the rest of us (Swan's Hellenic cruise). But you can't keep an old trouper down, and he repeatedly had us laughing in all sorts of ways. Wonderful. Oo-er missus. That man was a genius. It reminds me of those worlds which comedians of that era were able effortlessly to conjure up - like Larry Grayson (before he became a gameshow host) banging on about Slack Alice and Apricot Lil at the jam factory. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 ... banging on about Slack Alice and Apricot Lil at the jam factory. During a career in which I saw the inside of more factories than I can quickly recall, were I to start banging on about some of the events I have seen you could be forgiven for thinking it was fiction. One morning's production meeting before daybreak during severe winter weather there was an almighty thud from below (the offices were elevated over the production floor) and before we could properly react, a deathly pale fork truck driver burst into the room, shouting "I am so, so sorry!" and then clean passed out, swiping his head on t5he way down on the metal striker plate in the doorpost, and proceeding to bleed very profusely all over the floor. At which one of the team present promptly dumped his recent breakfast all over the meeting room table. Slightly memorable moment... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 One of my former colleagues once dumped over the meeting room table, the Judge saw the funny side till he asked Him if he had any paper..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Mrs SE accompanied me on a number of railway trips before we were married. I think she was impressed by the regularity I found a declassified Mk1 FK on late night trips back home. In the days when I worked down west and the future Mrs Stationmaster visited at some weekends she inevitably travelled back to London in a declassified compartment in an FK. Possibly amazing until you consider that our Station Chargeman was always handy with a declassification label when the train pulled in 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 My great Uncle's brother used to work for Clayton. His job was to insert the throstle grommet in to the crankarm distributor. Got an MBE too for services to the industry.... Phil Wouldn't your great uncle's brother also be your great uncle? Mine was, but he was into potholing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Wouldn't your great uncle's brother also be your great uncle? Mine was, but he was into potholing.Not if he’s your great uncle by marriage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Wouldn't your great uncle's brother also be your great uncle? Mine was, but he was into potholing. Or grandfather? Who was wounded at The Somme in 1915, joined the RAF when it formed in 1917 and had one of the first radio shops in Worcester in the early 1920s. A very special person in my early days.... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Still say my wife's got best legs on the forum. Perhaps you would care to share? Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Too close a connection in some posts. Clayton Moore, AKA The Lone Ranger, appeard in a series of films 'Perils of Nyoka' in 1942 in the part of Dr Larry Grayson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Too close a connection in some posts. Clayton Moore, AKA The Lone Ranger, appeard in a series of films 'Perils of Nyoka' in 1942 in the part of Dr Larry Grayson Did Dr Larry Grayson have to shut any doors? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Did Dr Larry Grayson have to shut any doors?Ooh you are awful.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ooh you are awful.... That were one of Dick's catchphrases, not Larry's. Speaking of dick............ On second thoughts, maybe I won't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 That were one of Dick's catchphrases, not Larry's. Speaking of dick............ On second thoughts, maybe I won't. As a card sharp... I will see your dick and raise you a spotted one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 That were one of Dick's catchphrases, not Larry's. Speaking of dick............ On second thoughts, maybe I won't. Oops...!My memory is nearly as old as me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 As a card sharp... I will see your dick and raise you a spotted one. Pudding on the Ritz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 I prefer cheese on my Ritz thanks... Oh hang on a mo ..... How do you eat welsh cheese? Caerphilly! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Which reminds me it's sock washing month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 We have a shed. It has garden stuff in it so Mrs 96701 is in and out of it all the time. Speaking of sheds, a ball python takes about 2 weeks to shed its skin. She's got a TOPS number? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2017 She's got a TOPS number? May be better than having a number on her bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2017 a series of films 'Perils of Nyoka' in 1942 ‘Summer of ‘42’ was a film theme by Michel Legrand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wollastonblue Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Fedde LeGrand - Put Your Hands Up for Detroit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10pmPiK8pi8 I love this city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 ‘Summer of ‘42’ was a film theme by Michel Legrand. I remember seeing that film at a cinema in High Wycombe many decades ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2017 I remember seeing that film at a cinema in High Wycombe many decades ago. I knew a man who lived in White Close, High Wycombe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I knew a man who lived in White Close, High Wycombe. I had to look that address up, as I had never heard of it; which is not surprising because that was just a green scrubby hill when I lived in West Wycombe Road. In fact they seem to have even built a short row of houses over what was the lengthy back gardens of the West Wycombe Road semis (including the one I lived in). At least the Downley Donkey seems to be still there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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