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  1. Douglas Enwright

    Chuffers and Gordon's House from Whoops

    I wrestle Doreen Tattershall,who was the cock of the school,I have a nobble on the side of my knee that I’m fixated about,any visitors I have I take into my shed to show them my knee,except now I can’t because I have a nasty but efficient wife that looks like Margaret Thatcher who destroyed it...
  2. Pearl

    Eternal Laws of Summerwineland...

    Not just that Barry but in Whoops in the background the kids in the school are wearing the summer uniform.
  3. Pearl

    Eternal Laws of Summerwineland...

    They all went to school together, even those that looked 20 years younger.
  4. RickAns

    A Few Words Audio Quiz #40

    I think Graham got it. When talking with Seymour before he left on the bus to his new school job.
  5. captain clutterbuck

    From the Administrator

    Being unceremoniously ejected from Woodwork and Metalwork at school my credentials for all things DIY were defined so as the Dragons in Dragons Den would say "Sorry but I'm out" :)
  6. O

    The Summerwine.net music thread

    Great artist. My best friend turned me on to Corridors of Power in high school
  7. Marianna

    Outdoor facilities and use there of...

    When I was in grade school, 1950-56, the one-room school that I attended had no running water. There were two multi-seat earth closets, Boys and Girls. Water was pumped from a well next to the schoolhouse entrance, and a wash basin with soap and a towel were located just inside the entrance. In...
  8. David Piper

    The Summerwine.net music thread

    Libera Me, from the Priory School episode of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series. The piece is a sacred-sounding arrangement of the legendary theme by Patrick Gowers. In fact, when I learned of Gowers' death, Libera Me was the first theme of his which came to mind. The theme works...
  9. captain clutterbuck

    Woaaahhhhh!!!! Psychedelic Summer Wine.

    What instrument did you play Adanor? At school music was compulsory for a year and I was given a Clarinet . Whilst I learned how to read music I got nowhere with the Clarinet . I admire anyone who can play one and if I see a busker playing one I always give them money .
  10. Adanor

    Woaaahhhhh!!!! Psychedelic Summer Wine.

    I think I still have one the the Beatles' records. I was a nerd back then, wasn't really into anything. Played in the marching and concert bands in high school. We did nifty tunes like Capriccio Italian and The Washington Post March.
  11. captain clutterbuck

    One-off characters who became regulars

    Its like Trigger in Only Fools and Horses he got his nickname because his haircut at school made him look like a Horse and obviously its a reference to Roy Rogers famous horse who would have been at the height of his fame when OFAH is set date wise in the context when Del and CO would have been...
  12. captain clutterbuck

    Woaaahhhhh!!!! Psychedelic Summer Wine.

    Think we wore out several copies of Disraeli Gears when I was in the 6th form centre at school too many years ago to remember , trying to remember other albums but its a struggle certainly John Mayall, Juicy Lucy and Savoy Brown . I remember one of the lads had been to the States with his Dad...
  13. Barrychuckle

    Gilligan’s Island - American intellectual comedy

    Thanks, you can see why I dropped geography at school!!!
  14. I

    Can you name an episode where???

    It was in the Heavily Reinforced Bottom. Seymour was referring to the cook at his school. He used to show her his pudding plate and she used to name something that sounded like a railway station.
  15. O

    The Summerwine.net music thread

    Saw them in concert a few days ago with my best friends from school. This song unfortunately was not on the set list.
  16. David Piper

    Series Three (1976) Episode Reviews

    ...November 24, 1976 Foggy talks up his golf game, but his skills are even worse than his clubs. "Yes, it's funny, isn't it? We went to school all them years. We got the three Rs and a bit of woodwork, but not a word about how to fight the Third Reich.” ~Norman Clegg The opening scene is of...
  17. David Piper

    Series Three (1976) Episode Reviews

    ...November 24, 1976 Foggy talks up his golf game, but his skills are even worse than his clubs. "Yes, it's funny, isn't it? We went to school all them years. We got the three Rs and a bit of woodwork, but not a word about how to fight the Third Reich.” ~Norman Clegg The opening scene is of...
  18. captain clutterbuck

    Why You have to be Careful

    It's all from the Del Boy school of selling . I can hear him now with one of his schemes roping in Rodney and Albert " we're gonna earn five grand from this so that's a bag of sand for you and the old man of the sea there, everyone's a winner, je suise je reste " I wont add to your woes with...
  19. tommy

    Series Three (1976) Episode Reviews

    Though it hadn't been written at the time, the prequel series showed that he was around more than just an occasional acquaintance but he was more a target of ribbing by the others than being inner part of the group.
  20. David Piper

    Series Three (1976) Episode Reviews

    ...October 27, 1976 Cyril has left and taken up with a Welsh widow woman. He writes to Clegg and Compo, requesting they welcome their returning schoolmate, Foggy Dewhurst. “You get depressed sometimes and begin to believe there aren’t any real, old-fashioned idiots left! And then, out of the...
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