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Post by ARENA on Dec 8, 2016 16:45:28 GMT
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Post by aubrey on Dec 8, 2016 17:00:42 GMT
He's ok, but he's no Hartley.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 17:33:22 GMT
He should have been shot for eating my ducks, or before he ate them preferably.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 8, 2016 18:36:59 GMT
Arf arf.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 9, 2016 9:30:03 GMT
William John "Billy" Bremner (9 December 1942 – 7 December 1997) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager known for his strength, skills and compact constitution.  |
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Post by ARENA on Dec 9, 2016 9:59:12 GMT
Good one Aubrey! (all members are encouraged to contribute on this thread) Hermione Gingold (pronounced with a hard G, not as Jingold; 9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother reportedly encouraged her not to remove. She starred on stage, on radio, in films, on television and in recordings.  Ah yes, I remember her well! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2016 11:34:34 GMT
 The Clifton Suspension Bridge A day out, but opened on 8th December 1864, so 150 years ago yesterday. And still beautiful from any angle |
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Post by clioseward on Dec 9, 2016 11:45:57 GMT
Kirk Douglas - 100 today!
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Post by aubrey on Dec 10, 2016 9:06:23 GMT
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Post by aubrey on Dec 10, 2016 9:07:35 GMT
Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 10:41:05 GMT
Did he appear on TV as The Man in Black, telling his own stories? I have a vague memory of this.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 10, 2016 11:00:28 GMT
Wasn't that Valentine Dyal?
Blackwood read some of his stories on the radio, I think.
I've always imagined Blackwood as an old man - a big book of his stories I have has that picture, above, on the spine, but I have a friend who pictures him as a young adventurer - gallivanting about the Canadian wilderness or going down the Danube on a canoe. Both are right: and are the settings for two of his best stories: Wendigo and The Willows (which I think is one of the best cosmic horror stories by anyone).
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Post by anybody on Dec 10, 2016 12:13:25 GMT
I used to frighten myself with his tales,when I was a lad.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 10, 2016 12:31:35 GMT
He's a really effective writer. It's a pity about that John Silence character though: still, in the best of his John Silence stories (Ancient Sorceries) he only appears at the start and the end, so you can real the middle bit and pretend that he's not in it at all. What a bore he is though; and what a sycophant the narrator of those stories is.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 11, 2016 9:03:17 GMT
Liz Smith, MBE (born 11 December 1921) is a British actress, best known for her role as Bette and Aunt Belle in 2point4 children and as Norma Speakman in the BBC comedy The Royle Family which starred Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston. She also had a role in The Vicar of Dibley in 1994 to 1996. Liz Smith was born Betty Gleadle in the Crosby area of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1921. Liz is still with us (94)!  |
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