I think it was.Wasn't that Bill'n'Ben the flowerpot men?
I think it was.Wasn't that Bill'n'Ben the flowerpot men?
Shipmate of Master Bates if I recall.And who could forget Seaman Staines?
Not seen those, must try to find them.
And who could forget Seaman Staines?
Shipmate of Master Bates if I recall.
Funny, as neither actually existed, but everybody remembers them!
These things can make you question your own beliefs ...
linky
It was 1979 we got our first colour tv (rented). I remember the day well when they delivered it. The old Sobell black and white valve job had died before then and we had a Pye black and white which got relegated to the kitchen when we got the rented Bush colour telly. I used to sneak downstairs after my mum had gone to sleep to watch shows in the kitchen like Mash and Monty Python (which she thought were stupid......she thought Larry Grayson was the funniest thing on tv which says loads really).My grandad got a colour TV first, and I remember watching the 1974 FA Cup Final. After that it seemed ages until we got one, but it must only have been a few months, because Dad finally got it for the Ali Foreman Rumble in the Jungle, so that would be October 1974.
That may be a case of people confusing characters - after all Jack Dawkins (aka The Artful Dodger) did have a close relationship with Charley Bates who Dickens refers to as Master Charles Bates (Master Bates?)Funny, as neither actually existed, but everybody remembers them!
I loved his monologues about Slack Alice and Everard..she thought Larry Grayson was the funniest thing on tv which says loads really).
You would! Shut that door!I loved his monologues about Slack Alice and Everard.