TrickyTrotter Posted October 23 Posted October 23 Wasn't he a copper? And I think he kept budgies. Quote
Not in Crawley Posted October 23 Posted October 23 2 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said: Wasn't he a copper? And I think he kept budgies. Aye forgot about that - again often on kids shows with them Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted October 23 Site Supporter Posted October 23 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/geoff-capes-britain-most-famous-shot-putter-dies-aged-75 Nice report on his life. Like how he got into the budgie thing. Quote
Zulu Posted October 23 Posted October 23 2 hours ago, Not in Crawley said: Aye forgot about that - again often on kids shows with them A good friend of mine served in the police with him in Peterborough (I think) back in the day. He reckoned he was a sound bloke. Quote
Not in Crawley Posted October 23 Posted October 23 19 minutes ago, Zulu said: A good friend of mine served in the police with him in Peterborough (I think) back in the day. He reckoned he was a sound bloke. Bet he was lovely - if anyone got arrested by Geoff Capes that's some claim to fame Quote
Members Lt. Aldo Raine Posted October 23 Members Posted October 23 For some reason, I always have a tendency to mix him up with Terry Waite Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted October 24 Site Supporter Posted October 24 10 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: For some reason, I always have a tendency to mix him up with Terry Waite How did it it became known that the archbishop of Canterbury had aids? He lost Waite! The cruel one of the time. Quote
Marc505 Posted November 4 Posted November 4 14 hours ago, Not in Crawley said: Qunicy Jones. "You like Brazilian music?" Quote
jayjayoghani Posted November 5 Posted November 5 <huggy bear voice> "my man's got some pimp shoes on!" Talking about Pope John Paul ll Quote
Not in Crawley Posted November 5 Posted November 5 (edited) 9 hours ago, Marc505 said: "You like Brazilian music?" I once did the marketing for a concert of his at the 02 - it was like him bring interviewed and then artists did songs from the era of his life he had just done an anecdote about with people like Weller and Josh Glynn performing. Anyway, I just got the impression half his stories were over exaggerated for entertainment value and some were just guff. Edited November 5 by Not in Crawley Quote
jeep Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Timothy West 90.... Thought Prunella would've gone first.... Quote
Underpants Posted November 13 Posted November 13 8 hours ago, jeep said: Timothy West 90.... Thought Prunella would've gone first.... Brass was ace. Quote
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 15 Site Supporter Posted November 15 On 13/11/2024 at 21:29, Underpants said: Brass was ace. How much did she charge? 😁 Quote
Dr Faustus Posted November 21 Posted November 21 2 minutes ago, Blondi said: John Prescott. maybe the new Jag advert was too much for him? Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 21 Site Supporter Posted November 21 52 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said: maybe the new Jag advert was too much for him? 😁 Very good. Shame though. RIP two jags. Quote
Members Lt. Aldo Raine Posted November 21 Members Posted November 21 There aren't many MPs who had a manual job before entering politics nowadays Probably an inevitable result of the decline of the unions Quote
BobyBrno Posted November 23 Posted November 23 I’ll put it on the right thread this time. 😊 When politics was fun. Quote
jayjayoghani Posted November 23 Posted November 23 Another classy tweet from Hague about Prescott. Quote
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 23 Site Supporter Posted November 23 5 hours ago, BobyBrno said: I’ll put it on the right thread this time. 😊 When politics was fun. Good stuff. Can you imagine the uproar now, if a senior figure commented to his opposite number with a reference to "Judy". Quote
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