Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 12 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: Harry St John Philby Alas No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 Cruel Sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 5 minutes ago, daggers said: Cruel Sea? You mean the popular beat combo? The Cruel Sea (band) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(band) The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney formed in late 1987. Originally an ... Their best-known songs are "Better Get a Lawyer", "Takin' All Day", "The Honeymoon Is Over" and "Reckless Eyeballin'" – an instrumental track ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 Would it be Claude Rains?, played Caesar in 1945 and played Mr Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia saying:- T.E. Lawrence : Where are they now? Mr. Dryden : Anywhere within 300 miles of Medina. They're Hashemite Bedouins. They can cross 60 miles of desert in a day. Not forgetting in WW1 he ended up as a Captain in the London Scottish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) Our man was not tall-which is just as well as his family home was a small house. Oh-and our man had a close connection with: Oh-and on theme of British luvvies, our Caesar is not this man- Any excuse for the pic. God, I'm fed up with the footie-and England haven't even been humiliated yet. 780 × 520 - pinterest.com Edited 27 June , 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 27 minutes ago, Knotty said: Would it be Claude Rains?, played Caesar in 1945 and played Mr Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia saying:- T.E. Lawrence : Where are they now? Mr. Dryden : Anywhere within 300 miles of Medina. They're Hashemite Bedouins. They can cross 60 miles of desert in a day. Not forgetting in WW1 he ended up as a Captain in the London Scottish Good guess-but,alas, no cuddly toy. I have posted a pic. of a very nice lady which should give you the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 I'm posting this here because Mr Drill simply refuses to read his messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 is that pic. of SD true to life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) Well he's aged 53 years since then. The lady has a Great War connection, but it's so obscure that only Mr Drill is likely to get it. Edited 27 June , 2018 by IPT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, voltaire60 said: Well done all- Harry Williams it is. Apart from the line about Piccadilly and Leicester Square, the rest of the lyrics seem unknown, despite the the song being mentioned-let along sung/hummed- so often. Harry Williams, the son of a publican -somewhere in the Stalybridge/ Balsall Heath area (Let's j just t call it Megalopolis Brum). Crippled in a fall as a boy-hence the need to find a pic. of him without a wheelchair. Co-operated with Mr. Judge on "Tipperary", the lyrics concern an Irishman working in London who longs to get back home and propose to his sweetheart. The original version of the song was called "Connemara" but was changed when Willaims and Judge got together. As to the clues:: Using the AA classic Route Planner, the distance and travel time from Leicester Square, London to Tipperary are: a) 476.5 miles b) 619 minutes BUT originally it was a) 539 miles b) 706 minutes + This is the AA Classic Route Planner from Leicester Square, London to Connemara. "And another clue- Michael Moloney got in first" The lyrics give the answer in the proper last verse- If Paddy gets back to Tipperary, then-alas, he would find that Mick Moloney has got in first and popped the question to his sweetheart Ron-Alas not Lenin and the Sealed Train. As young Broomfield will tell you, the Sealed Train was franchised by the German Government from South West Trains- Consequently, it has not yet arrived and is running late. Just down the road from me at Meer End, Honily, Warwickshire. Originally called the Plough Inn. His is buried in Temple Balsall graveyard just a few minutes away. Edited 27 June , 2018 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 TR- good post, nice pics. WIT really does bring out some curious info. about the war. Makes a change from the same old stuff in some books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 27 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) 49 minutes ago, IPT said: Well he's aged 53 years since then. The lady has a Great War connection, but it's so obscure that only Mr Drill is likely to get it. I get it. It 's Barbara Stanwyck Edited 27 June , 2018 by Stoppage Drill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, voltaire60 said: TR- good post, nice pics. WIT really does bring out some curious info. about the war. Makes a change from the same old stuff in some books It's interesting to see how things are forgotten. I went into the pub for lunch after taking the photos. Inside there was an old piano with some publicity photos of the pair on the top and in a corner was a plaque dating from the 1920's commemorating Harry Williams' association. Two years or so later the pub had changed hands , the plaque was gone as had the photographs, and the piano was rotting in the carpark, although I suspect that had actually nothing to do with it. I asked the new landlord about it and he said that he didn't have a clue about the history. I explained and he seemed suprised. I do find the lack of curiosity rather strange. TR Edited 27 June , 2018 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 27 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: I get it. It 's Barbara Stanwyck You win a coconut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: The lady has a Great War connection, but it's so obscure that only Mr Drill is likely to get it. Mrs Stevenson, the wife of the first RSM of the Welsh Guards, handing out leeks, St. David's Day 1964 Edited 27 June , 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 And one final clue for the current WIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 22 minutes ago, voltaire60 said: Mrs Stevenson, the wife of the first RSM of the Welsh Guards, handing out leeks, St. David's Day 1964 And a goldfish for you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 Just now, IPT said: And a goldfish for you, sir. In batter or sushi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) Took a bit of fathoming but I think that it is Alfred Ernie Montague Chatfield. Midshipman on HMS Cleopatra Gunnery Officer on HMS Caesar Captain of RMS Medina for the Royal Tour of India 1911 Becoming Admiral of the Fleet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernle_Chatfield,_1st_Baron_Chatfield Not sure on Maureen Lipman and the South Downs connection .......yet Edited 27 June , 2018 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 (edited) Very well done- The picture is of Ditchling Beacon, as Chatfield was raised to the peerage as Baron Chatfield of Ditchling. He was small in stature and his family home in Farnham, Bucks. was called The Small House. Let me put you out of your misery re. Maureen Lipman (This is a Monty Python Slap-Round-The-Face-With-A-Wet-Fish Moment) Chatfield was David's bagman, sorry, Flag Captain on HMS Lion at Jutland-and elsewhere Maureen Lipman's most famous role; .................... and someone with a similar name Enjoy. 284 × 400 - centuryads.blogspot.com 694 × 600 - thoughtco.com A Edited 27 June , 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 27 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 June , 2018 1 hour ago, voltaire60 said: Mrs Stevenson, the wife of the first RSM of the Welsh Guards, handing out leeks, St. David's Day 1964 1965 I think. 50th anniversary of founding of the regiment, but could be wrong. Chelsea Barracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 June , 2018 Share Posted 27 June , 2018 34 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: 1965 I think. 50th anniversary of founding of the regiment, but could be wrong. Chelsea Barracks. Nicked it from the Welsh Guards blog site-where the pic. comes up. Other bloggers identify some of the others in the pic. (inc. Mr. Pastry?) but 1965 seems a much more likely date than 1964, given the history of the regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaretnolan Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Name this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Hi M I have his biography and the above image is on the front cover, I’ll pass if I may, and with out giving anything away (ed by sb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaretnolan Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 1 hour ago, Knotty said: Hi M I have his biography and the above image is on the front cover, I’ll pass if I may, and with out giving anything away (ed by sb) Too easy! Couldn't find a picture of him in correct uniform if you follow me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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