Recent content by captain clutterbuck

I must protest, all these posts of my demise are untrue whilst I no longer plunder ships and don't shout " Aah me hearties!" on a regular basis I am still alive and kicking up in the Toon , so we'll have less of this dribble about me :mad:;):)

They should have given Sweep [Keith Marsh] from a Clean Sweep his last job to spruce them up for their big day , the wedding business has fallen flat so it would also be a last big payday for him :)

Was listening to one of my favourite comics, Count Arthur Strong, and he has come up with a daytime show that is a mix of Bargain Hunt and old favourite Ready Steady Cook called Lolly in the Attic . The premise of the game is an Antique dealer presenter and celebrity / joe public member go...

Police are investigating when a number of packages ordered from abroad by a Mr Bartlam were mysteriously found floating in the Docks in Liverpool :08:;)

I was only saying to my friend Sweet Chestnut the other day .........:):fp:

Don't write off these independent weather forecasters

A Churchillian like post full of genuine passion and emotion , so glad to have you onboard [no pun intended just because you are a dock worker] . I echo everything you mention we seem to have lost some wonderful posters in recent years Dick with his jokes , Peri with his rambling but...

Hello Rick , It is indeed the episode Only three can play, which I remember vividly from watching it when it was first aired on TV . Sadly it does not appear on the DVD . It was also on the radio series . I have just checked the BBC Sounds app and Only Three can play is currently on there...

I think I mentioned Rick that I had watched and listened to All Gas many times . I have the DVD so can watch at any time . The episode that was my favourite was the one where they are playing the train game seemed something that could translate into a commercial game but not sure it was ever...

Saw the final but only because I was in a pub , seem to be setting an example the men's senior team can't quite match and watching recent games I don't see much evidence of them following the huge success the lionesses richly deserve.

Series 2 episode 5 on today just realised its a rework of a summer wine plot, Kevin is a reluctant bridegroom and the cast rally around to ensure he gets to the church and as part of that Gastric's suit which smells of mothballs straight copy of Open All Hours when Arkwright is off to the...

So pleased all went well Terry , hopefully you have a speedy recovery . Do you remember all those old films when the recommended help to speed up the dissipation of bruising was steak on your eye, well now it is out the reach of many have you seen the cost of best steak!

In sort of keeping with the thread this is a gentle comic , well not a swear word to be heard just clever comedy. I never tire of watching this .

Yesterday was a rich day the photograph below is the house of Arthur Fenwick he of the major store Fenwick's in Newcastle famous for their Christmas window display . Clearly Arthur was eccentric but was absolutely besotted with all things Circus here is a little precis about him . Koringa who...

I have mentioned heritage walks in this thread and yesterday I attended a walk in a suburb of Newcastle called Jesmond . To my surprise I learned that the mother of the infamous Butch Cassidy , Ann Campbell Gillies, was born and raised in this house before the family relocated to the States...