threespires
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Good advice whatever age you are.
The "which famous person died today" thread
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Good advice whatever age you are.
Was at a Funeral today at one of my best mate’s Father in Law, he was John Lucas who’s family ran the Oddfellows Pub in Ashton under Lyne from 1914 - 2008, a record for the area, John himself was Landlord from 1984 until retiring in 2008, RIP John.
Anyway that’s not the reason I’ve posted, we were at the wake in Stalybridge Celtic Social Club and I was sat with my blue mate, Mick, his wife, Mrs H and our feisty City hating, Dipper loving Oldham FC devotee mate, Baldy Trevor. One of John’s Grandkids said:
“I’m getting shots in to raise a toast to Granddad”
Mick said, quick as a flash:
“You’d better have one Trevor, it’s the only shot you’ve seen since Christmas”
Well fuck me, have you ever seen a laughing hyena? Poor Trevor wasn’t impressed but that was payback.
Anyway that’s not the reason I’ve posted, we were at the wake in Stalybridge Celtic Social Club and I was sat with my blue mate, Mick, his wife, Mrs H and our feisty City hating, Dipper loving Oldham FC devotee mate, Baldy Trevor. One of John’s Grandkids said:
“I’m getting shots in to raise a toast to Granddad”
Mick said, quick as a flash:
“You’d better have one Trevor, it’s the only shot you’ve seen since Christmas”
Well fuck me, have you ever seen a laughing hyena? Poor Trevor wasn’t impressed but that was payback.
uncle fester
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Reminds me of the old joke about Frank Ifield and Johnny Rotten got together to make a record
I remember you, you c*nt
Bill Walker
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Did you remember him ?
Wasn't he Australian? I only found out by seeing a picture of him in a music museum in Adelaide.
Along with Leo McKern and Alan Freeman (Fluff) I never knew they were Aussies.
Frank Ifield was an Aussie.
Had a song I quite liked called the wayward wind.
Bill Walker
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Yeah I know that song. There's a Neil Young version.
blue b4 the moon
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John will have pulled me a pint or two in the past.
I lived around the corner from my local the Mosside on Dean St facing the Holy Trinity church but, did pop in the Oddies on occasion.
Thanks for sharing this very sad information. He was a great author, one of my favourites, and outstanding in his main genre.Maybe not that famous but I know many people enjoy his books and ironically the TV adaptation of his Shardlake series starts this week.
CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71
The creator of the highly successful crime series, set in Tudor England, was a private person who ‘preferred to be known through his novels’www.theguardian.com
I've read a number of his books, and they are extremely enjoyable. Dissolution was a great opening to the Shardlake series, and I've read a few more in the series since. I've not read Winter in Madrid yet, but I intend to. Dominion was a diversion from his usual Tudor historical fiction, but nevertheless one of my favourite books of recent years. I reviewed it on here.
C J Sansom died from myeloma, a rare type of blood cancer, which he lived with for twelve years. My mother-in-law was diagnosed with myeloma last week. It's causing some serious pain.
I am looking forward to watching the forthcoming TV series, which I was unaware of until reading this news.
Lavinda Past
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Frank Ifield was born in Coventry according to Wikipedia! Probably moved out there as a nipper, and became a singing sensation in the late 50s. Moved to the UK in the 60s to promote his career.
He's still alive, now living back in Australia apparently!
Bill Walker
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I think he's the bastard next door mate :)