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Just back from Malaga and their edible cousins are being roasted on every corner really popular with the Spanish . There is a myth that conkers if kept in the house they would repel flies and spiders but sadly there is no evidence that...

I agree I am often surprised to see conkers unclaimed. When I was a kid, they seemed to be a rare and valued find.

We attached our sticks to a rope if we had a good one so we wouldn’t lose it :)

I remember throwing sticks into trees to get a good sized conker down after all the fallen had been claimed.

Outstanding Ferret! to be fair I thought no one would ever get it from my vague clues. Yes but he's on the posters in the cafe if you look out for them. Perhaps a subject matter expert like @theatrically_inclined could elaborate on...

… lightbulb moment…Pat Roache, Bomber from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet??

Hmm, might need another clue. It was a coincidence that I watched an old World of Sport short the other day and the Porridge actor Brian Glover was wrestling under his moniker of Leon Arras( the man from Paris).

In the words of Roy Walker, good answer but not right! Another clue said comedy also spawned a singer of debatable talent ?

Brian Glover??

Adrian Street and Bobby Barnes , Jackie Pallo were perhaps the most theatrical of the wrestlers.

King Kong Kirk. BIG daddy. Pat Roach

I’ll second Ian Dury and also throw in John Cooper Clarke especially his work with the Invisible Girls especially 36 Hours and Beasley Street.

When i think of lyrics I think Ian Dury who could rhyme anything together , yes his lyrics in part could bordering obscene and challenging but its the sheer ability to rhyme words together deserves some admiration here's and example...

Who remembers Saturday morning Wrestling on ITV and who was your favourite. And did you ever see it live

Kendo Nagasaki, Mick Mc Manus, Catweazle, Rollerball Rocco and Les Kellet.