« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Arfur's gorn  (Read 2367 times)

Anchorman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16038
  • Maranatha!
Arfur's gorn
« on: August 06, 2015, 11:42:28 AM »
Logged
"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

Gonnagle

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11106
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2015, 12:02:11 PM »
Dear Jim,

I will always remember him as the original spiv in the old St Trinian movies, the way he walked and the music they played as he walked.

Gonnagle.
Logged
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/shop/shop-search.htm

http://www.twam.uk/donate-tools

Go on make a difference, have a rummage in your attic or garage.

Gordon

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18266
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2015, 12:08:11 PM »
Daley was a wonderful character, especially in the earlier series of Minder, and George Cole (like Patrick Macnee/Steed who also died recently) had a good innings and played his most famous role with (I think) a wonderful tongue-in-cheek approach. I remember when you could get 'Bought from Daley's Cars' stickers for rear car windows.

Not a bad legacy - he was also good as the young Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Alistair Sim version of ' A Christmas Carol' -  so, cheers George.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2015, 12:09:58 PM by Gordon »
Logged

Rhiannon

  • Guest
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2015, 12:15:20 PM »
Ah, bless him. What an icon. Loved him in this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Many_Crooks
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2015, 12:42:55 PM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on August 06, 2015, 12:02:11 PM
Dear Jim,

I will always remember him as the original spiv in the old St Trinian movies, the way he walked and the music they played as he walked.

Gonnagle.


Me too!

Another good 'un lost!
« Last Edit: August 06, 2015, 04:02:55 PM by CMG KCMG GCMG »
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

Gonnagle

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11106
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2015, 02:03:22 PM »
Dear C,

Makes me think, he did have a long life, in another hundred years will we say, why did he die so young.

I was struck by Bruce Forsythe's comment on our Cilla, 72 is no age to go :(
Logged
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/shop/shop-search.htm

http://www.twam.uk/donate-tools

Go on make a difference, have a rummage in your attic or garage.

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2015, 04:05:45 PM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on August 06, 2015, 02:03:22 PM
Dear C,

Makes me think, he did have a long life, in another hundred years will we say, why did he die so young.

I was struck by Bruce Forsythe's comment on our Cilla, 72 is no age to go :(

I, I regret, can think of far too many "celebrities" of one sort or another who, regardless of their age as at today's date, have already lived too long in the limelight. Miss/Ms/Mrs Hopkins springs to mind for one, and Kim Kardashian.
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

Harrowby Hall

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5038
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2015, 07:40:41 PM »
ITV Studios have done an incredible job of restoring, cleaning and digitising Laurence Olivier's Henry V. The Blu-Ray HD version is unbelievable. You cannot imagine it being a 1944 Technicolour film - it looks totally fresh, as though it had been made yesterday.

On of the characters - called simply Boy - is played by a very young George Cole, who is instantly recognisable. He must have been the last surviving cast (or crew) member of that film.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2015, 07:43:55 PM by Harrowby Hall »
Logged
Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2015, 09:57:53 PM »
HH

I'll have to try to get hold of a copy of that!
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

Harrowby Hall

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5038
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2015, 10:33:05 AM »
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 06, 2015, 09:57:53 PM
HH

I'll have to try to get hold of a copy of that!

Available on Amazon - £4.55. Five copies left.
Logged
Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2015, 01:27:17 PM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on August 07, 2015, 10:33:05 AM
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 06, 2015, 09:57:53 PM
HH

I'll have to try to get hold of a copy of that!

Available on Amazon - £4.55. Five copies left.

Yeah, I looked there, but until my pension comes in on the 13th I have rather more important calls on my finances - food, for instance!

Ho hum, the harsh scientific realities of economics!
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

Nearly Sane

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 64339
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2015, 01:37:15 PM »
Anthony Newley also appears
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Arfur's gorn
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2015, 03:28:22 PM »
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »