Knotty Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 No nothing with regards songs. Blackpool and money are involved which finally ends in strange ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 4 minutes ago, Knotty said: No nothing with regards songs. Blackpool and money are involved which finally ends in strange ways. He is Frederick Rothwell Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 Ah, got him. Frederick Holt. Murdered Kathleen Breaks in Blackpool and was hanged in Strangeways. Generous clues John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 What happened there! Pipped at the post again. U.G. The Hussain Bolt of W.I.T. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 12 minutes ago, neverforget said: What happened there! Pipped at the post again. U.G. The Hussain Bolt of W.I.T. 😁 My next impression: Jesse Owens! [There’s always room for a ‘Blazing Saddles‘ reference.] But you’re right - the clues were too generous😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 (edited) And quick off the blocks after my last post, who is this ? ? ? EDIT: Image from here https://blog.maryevans.com/black-soldiers/ Edited 25 January , 2023 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Uncle George said: He is Frederick Rothwell Holt Indeed he is sorry for the delay engrossed in Silent Witness…..I reserve judgement😁 Just practicing with clues😁 Edited 24 January , 2023 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 January , 2023 Share Posted 24 January , 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Uncle George said: And quick off the blocks after my last post The clues there, he’s that Canadian sprinter, who crossed the pond and joined up in 1915, I can’t remember his name but it’s something like Eastridge or Eastham. Looking for him as I send…. Morning, still searching Edited 25 January , 2023 by Knotty Time lapse, had my sleep😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 17 hours ago, neverforget said: Odid the splits, and burst the stitches on my right hand gonad. Couldn't face the thought of going back to hospital, so employed some frozen peas, needle and thread, and with my debut effort at needlework effected some sort of repair. I was just glued together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Knotty said: The clues there, he’s that Canadian sprinter, who crossed the pond and joined up in 1915, I can’t remember his name but it’s something like Eastridge or Eastham. Looking for him as I send…. Morning, still searching Yes, Eldridge Eastman: This image from here: https://twitter.com/northumbriaww1/status/371558784218697728 Edited 25 January , 2023 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 22 minutes ago, healdav said: I was just glued together. That sounds like a much better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 (edited) Hi UG At least my memories still ok, I remembered this chap from a talk we were given by a battlefield guide, he was quite animated about the stories of Tull, that were all over the press at the time of the “100 years” on celebrations, and was quick to point out that we had already taken coloured recruits from elsewhere. As he was ex-squaddie from the NE,and the DLI was his passion, I was chasing in that direction not the North. Fus. route. Edited 25 January , 2023 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 I'll post this one now, but I am off for my amber medication now for a couple of hours and there isn't always a very reliable signal, so forgive me if I don't reply straight away, though I will keep checking if I have a signal. I was going to learn from Knotty about being overly generous with clues, and just say that he is somehow connected with WW1, but on second thoughts I will go a little further and tell you that he was an architect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 9 minutes ago, neverforget said: I'll post this one now, but I am off for my amber medication now for a couple of hours and there isn't always a very reliable signal, so forgive me if I don't reply straight away, though I will keep checking if I have a signal. I was going to learn from Knotty about being overly generous with clues, and just say that he is somehow connected with WW1, but on second thoughts I will go a little further and tell you that he was an architect... Walter Gropius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Walter Gropius? Nay sir. My man did not see the end of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 Would it be the Italian Antonio Sant’Elia kia Oct 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 No, my man was killed in 1915. Newspaper distributor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 Involved with a clandestine library publication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 9 minutes ago, neverforget said: Involved with a clandestine library publication. Is he to do with La Libre Belgique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Is he to do with La Libre Belgique? Well spotted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 9 minutes ago, neverforget said: Well spotted I’d say Victor Jourdain, but I see he died in 1918, not 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 January , 2023 Share Posted 25 January , 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Uncle George said: I’d say Victor Jourdain, but I see he died in 1918, not 1915. You're getting warm. Definitely 1915, my man; October in fact. Edited 25 January , 2023 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 January , 2023 Share Posted 26 January , 2023 Buried in Schaerbeek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 26 January , 2023 Share Posted 26 January , 2023 Bit of a ltecomer to this trhread but from the vast number of clues I presume that this is something to do with Gabrielle Petit. According to Wiki two others were executed for involvment called Bodson and Smekens haven't found a photograph of either of them so I'll put both names forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 January , 2023 Share Posted 26 January , 2023 2 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Bit of a ltecomer to this trhread but from the vast number of clues I presume that this is something to do with Gabrielle Petit. According to Wiki two others were executed for involvment called Bodson and Smekens haven't found a photograph of either of them so I'll put both names forward Again, you are very, very close, but neither of those. Bear in mind my man's death was earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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