Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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RIP Nelson Mandela, a truly great man of our times.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Indeed he was Martin - loved by blacks and whites in South Africa.
I wonder if this will destabilise the Country - hope not.
Roger
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That is a fear Roger, a lot of unrest at the moment and there is suggestion that respect for Mandela has kept the lid on it.
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R.I.P. N. Mandela, a great Person in our time.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Peter O'Toole dies aged 81.
I will always remember those piercing blue eyes from when he was in Lawrence of Arabia.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Just saw that, RIP.
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Great actor and a long career.
Roger
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I have a bit of an anecdote that connects vaguely to Peter O'Toole.
Years ago, it must have been late sixties, I was out on a warm summers evening with a friend in the Dublin Mountains and we were riding about on our Honda motorbikes. The motorbikes were red in an era when all bikes were in keeping with the Henry Ford philosophy of..'you can have any colour you want as long as its black'...the Honda name was new then and revolutionary. We swept down from the Dublin Mountains into a village called Enniskerry. As we rode into the village I noticed there was more than the usual few people about.. there was a buzz. We parked our bikes by the monument in the very centre of the village and strolled off.
A few minutes later a sweaty harassed chap of importance with a high octane furrowed brow came galloping down the centre of the village shouting in a highly stressed manner..."who left those bloody motorbikes there".."who left those.." well you get the picture.
We shuffled forward in bewilderment.
Just then I noticed a white mini parked next to where I was standing..and lo and behold it was Susannah York at the wheel of the mini. I nearly fell over as she was a huge name then. It was late sixties. We twigged. They were shooting a movie.
We moved the red motorbikes from beside the monument as they were right in the middle of the scene and totally not in keeping with the era they were trying to create. It seems if they had of been old British machinery all would have been fine. As soon as the bikes were out of shot they rolled into production. Action...and Susannah York drove her car around the monument and up to the Police station at the head of the village. She did this same drive numerous times and came back to base as it were every time. Summoning up some teenage courage I walked up and knocked at her car window, she rolled it down and we chatted briefly and I took a picture which i have to this day in enprint form. Then she was off again to do the same scene over and over.
We fetched our motorbikes and rode on to Bray.
I met her several times at various events in the preceding years.
As I mentioned the connection though with Peter O 'Toole is vague...he was also in the very same movie and was in the village on the evening mentioned but I didnt see him. Himself and Susannah York made several films together. I eventually saw him years later on the London stage. I cant remember the name of the aforementioned movie but I did see it in about 1969/1970. The scene mentioned lasted only about 35 seconds in it, but took a long time to shoot. In the movie it was supposed to be Scotland but you and I know it as Enniskerry, just below the Dublin Mountains.
They are both dead now...great pity.
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1st entry for a while.
"Trigger" from Only Fools And Horses Roger Lloyd-Pack has died.
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RIP Trigger and his broom "You all right Dave" such a great actor.
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Very sad - played some great parts.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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he was a fantastic actor
wasnt he in vicar of dibley to?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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my favourite triggerism was when they were all in the pub discussing one hit wonders.
after a while he chimes in with "like that gandhi".everyone stops and stares at him and he then adds "made one good film and never heard of him again".
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A very funny man and a huge Spurs fan, RIP Trigger.
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Shocking news that Australian batsman Philip Hughes died after being hit in the neck by a cricket ball.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/30219440Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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It certainly is, I feel so sorry for his family and also for the bowler Sean Abbott who must be feeling absolutely awful after his colleagues death.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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My thoughts were very much with the bowler too, a fairly innocuous delivery with tragic results.
Players on both sides are undergoing counselling to help get over the trauma.
Andy B- Location: dover
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R.I.P to singer and entertainer Max Bygraves who has died aged 89 from Alzheimers whilst being cared for by his daughter in Australia.