Fattyowls Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 12 hours ago, Knotty said: Is there anywhere on the Western Front you haven’t taken a picture ? No* Hope your keeping well We are, hope you are too matey. And that goes for all the other inmates of course...... *It's worth bearing in mind that I tell lies too. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 6 hours ago, Fattyowls said: *It's worth bearing in mind that I tell lies too. “In wartime truth is so precious that she should be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” And of cover-ups and whitewashes. So who might this be ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 Lord Mersey? He oversaw the inquiries into the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania. (I thought at first that it was the Earl of Birkenhead, ne F E Smith, but it isn't.) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 39 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Lord Mersey? He oversaw the inquiries into the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Yes that’s him: John Bingham, Lord Mersey. A number of conspiracy theories and accusations have swirled around the sinking of the Lusitania and around Lord Mersey; which are available online for those with a taste for that sort of thing. Image from here: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/threads/mr-justice-bigham-lord-mersey.2791/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 26 April , 2020 Share Posted 26 April , 2020 Apology accepted. But it's true that, take off their caps, and they really look alike, from the corners of the eyes right down to the stache !! creepy... but... learning, and after all... it's not like we have anything else to do right now ... LOL. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 26 April , 2020 Share Posted 26 April , 2020 52 minutes ago, Marilyne said: it's not like we have anything else to do right now Speak for yourself, I have a visit planned later to the spare room and if I’m lucky tomorrow I will be in the shed😁 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 26 April , 2020 Share Posted 26 April , 2020 18 minutes ago, Knotty said: Speak for yourself, I have a visit planned later to the spare room and if I’m lucky tomorrow I will be in the shed😁 John tja... MY stuff around the house is all arranged and put in order... Boyfriend is still busy with his office... I've refrained from entering the room, I just poke my head in the door if I need something, for fear of stepping on something "important"... M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 This man served in the RFA. To my generation probably better known for his voice than his appearance. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 Wild guess, but Valentine Dyall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, seaJane said: Wild guess, but Valentine Dyall? An excellent idea; but no. In at least two ways in the right direction, though. Edited 27 April , 2020 by rolt968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 Carleton Hobbs, who played Sherlock Holmes on radio? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 Is he fellow (with Dyall) ‘Colonel Blimp’ cast member Eric Maturin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 12 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Carleton Hobbs, who played Sherlock Holmes on radio? Ron Well done, Ron. The picture is part of a still from The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club (early 1970s) in which he had a small part. I can remember recognising the voice (but not the face) instantly at the time. Incidentally both his father and his sister served in France in WW1. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 28 April , 2020 Share Posted 28 April , 2020 and who's Valentine Dyall then?? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 28 April , 2020 Share Posted 28 April , 2020 (edited) Marilyne, An actor with a very distinctive voice, who I remember for a very creepy radio series 'Appointment with Fear'. This back in the 1950's, long before your time... Mike. Edited 28 April , 2020 by MikeyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 28 April , 2020 Share Posted 28 April , 2020 Also known as "The Man in Grey" - see: The Goon Show: The Canal (1954) - see onwards from 1 minute in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 On 28/04/2020 at 11:04, MBrockway said: Also known as "The Man in Grey" - see: The Goon Show: The Canal (1954) - see onwards from 1 minute in More usually as "The Man in Black", I think. The Grey reference was to an episode of The Goon Show in which he made a guest appearance, playing a pastiche of his normal role. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 Just now, Ron Clifton said: More usually as "The Man in Black", I think. The Grey reference was to an episode of The Goon Show in which he made a guest appearance, playing a pastiche of his normal role. Ron err, that's exactly why I posted it! Play the clip from 1:01 Secombe: "To commence this night of debauchery, we present the world's Mixed Bathing Champion of 1931, 'The Man in Black' - Mr Valentine Dyall" [Gong] Dyall: "Allow me to correct you, little pygmy man. I am no longer 'The Man in Black'. I am now 'The Man in Grey'." Secombe: "What brought about this change?" Dyall: "A very cheap dry-cleaner." [Laughter] Secombe: "Very well. Mr Dyall, the floor is yours, but, remember - the roof is ours!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 On 28/04/2020 at 10:47, MikeyH said: This back in the 1950's, long before your time... Guess I'll take that as a compliment... LOL M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 1 May , 2020 Share Posted 1 May , 2020 Another man whose voice I knew before I saw his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 1 May , 2020 Share Posted 1 May , 2020 (edited) I don't know his name but was he a war reporter at Arnhem ? Edited 1 May , 2020 by stripeyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 1 May , 2020 Share Posted 1 May , 2020 1 hour ago, stripeyman said: I don't know his name but was he a war reporter at Arnhem ? Well done. The picture (from the BBC) has been cropped to exclude the microphone on his left and the most of the piece of paper from which he is reading. I'm fairly sure he's wearing a Dennison Smock. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 1 May , 2020 Share Posted 1 May , 2020 It was the recording of his Arnhem reporting in the film They Were Not Divided (on TV yesterday) which reminded me. He served in the Canadian army in WW1. Wounded and gassed, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 2 May , 2020 Share Posted 2 May , 2020 I think that it is Stanley Maxted. I have a copy of one of his Arnhem reports on a collection of WW2-related material. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 2 May , 2020 Share Posted 2 May , 2020 3 hours ago, Ron Clifton said: I think that it is Stanley Maxted. I have a copy of one of his Arnhem reports on a collection of WW2-related material. Ron That's him. I had not realised that he appeared in films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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