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Arfa Daily

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Aug 6, 2015, 10:42:40 AM8/6/15
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George Cole, brilliant British actor, my hero, and the 'real' Arthur Daley,
has died.

RIP, old mate ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33803144

Arfa :-(

stuart noble

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Aug 6, 2015, 2:10:34 PM8/6/15
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A pint down The Winchester is in order I think

newshound

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Aug 6, 2015, 2:25:47 PM8/6/15
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No, a large scotch! Pints were for the workers.

MJC

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Aug 6, 2015, 2:33:26 PM8/6/15
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In article <qqNwx.104412$Ec3....@fx24.am4>, stuart...@ntlworld.com
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> A pint down The Winchester is in order I think

I think the Winchester closed when the actor playing the much put-upon
proprietor died years ago.

Mike.

Adrian

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Aug 6, 2015, 2:52:40 PM8/6/15
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In message <qqNwx.104412$Ec3....@fx24.am4>, stuart noble
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Wouldn't a vodka and tonic be more in keeping ?

Adrian
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michael adams

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Aug 6, 2015, 4:56:49 PM8/6/15
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"MJC" <gra...@mjcoon.plus.com> wrote in message
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Glyn Edwards is still very much alive - at least according to Wiki.

And he fared rather better in "Minder" than he did in "Get Carter"
where he was stabbed to death by Michael Caine.


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Arfa Daily

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Aug 6, 2015, 5:12:22 PM8/6/15
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"newshound" <news...@stevejqr.plus.com> wrote in message
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It was a VAT, wasn't it ?

Arfa

Trevor Wilson

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Aug 6, 2015, 5:34:48 PM8/6/15
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**I think I'll watch a few St Trinians movies this weekend.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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Aug 6, 2015, 7:16:55 PM8/6/15
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In article <Zd-dnQzJWaU1O17I...@brightview.co.uk>,
Obviously no Minder fans here. It was a large VAT.

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Sam Plusnet

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Aug 6, 2015, 8:27:45 PM8/6/15
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In article <mq0hjc$hli$1...@dont-email.me>, mjad...@ukonline.co.k says...
There's not a lot of people wot know that.


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Arfa Daily

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Aug 6, 2015, 8:32:44 PM8/6/15
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"Trevor Wilson" <tre...@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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> On 7/08/2015 12:10 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
>> George Cole, brilliant British actor, my hero, and the 'real' Arthur
>> Daley, has died.
>>
>> RIP, old mate ...
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33803144
>>
>> Arfa :-(
>
> **I think I'll watch a few St Trinians movies this weekend.
>
> --
> Trevor Wilson
> www.rageaudio.com.au
>

One of the cable channels up here is sure to be showing back to back Minder
episodes in tribute over the weekend ... :-)

Arfa

michael adams

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Aug 7, 2015, 2:14:10 AM8/7/15
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"Arfa Daily" <arfa....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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A Life of Bliss

34 episodes available as Mp3's

https://archive.org/details/ALifeOfBlissBbc


michael adams

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>


MJC

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Aug 7, 2015, 4:39:54 AM8/7/15
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In article <mq0hjc$hli$1...@dont-email.me>, mjad...@ukonline.co.k says...
>
> Glyn Edwards is still very much alive - at least according to Wiki.

Oh dear, my apologies to Mr Edwards for over-exaggerating a report of
his death! (I wonder who I was confusing him with...)

Mike.

Trevor Wilson

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Aug 7, 2015, 6:34:46 AM8/7/15
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On 7/08/2015 6:21 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
> Although, SWMBO and I caught one a couple of years ago. Despite both
> being massive (childhood) fans, we had to admit, it hadn't aged well :(
>
> Best left as a memory.
>

**I rather liked the one where Arfur purchased some hearses. Said the
funeral director, about the cars: "....silent as an angel's fart."

Trevor Wilson

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Aug 7, 2015, 6:35:38 AM8/7/15
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On 7/08/2015 8:34 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 7/08/2015 6:21 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Aug 2015 01:32:39 +0100, Arfa Daily wrote:
>>
>>> "Trevor Wilson" <tre...@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:d2i27i...@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On 7/08/2015 12:10 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
>>>>> George Cole, brilliant British actor, my hero, and the 'real' Arthur
>>>>> Daley, has died.
>>>>>
>>>>> RIP, old mate ...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33803144
>>>>>
>>>>> Arfa :-(
>>>>
>>>> **I think I'll watch a few St Trinians movies this weekend.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
>>>>
>>>>
>>> One of the cable channels up here is sure to be showing back to back
>>> Minder episodes in tribute over the weekend ... :-)
>>>
>>> Arfa
>>
>> Although, SWMBO and I caught one a couple of years ago. Despite both
>> being massive (childhood) fans, we had to admit, it hadn't aged well :(
>>
>> Best left as a memory.
>>
>
> **I rather liked the one where Arfur purchased some hearses. Said the
> funeral director, about the cars: "....silent as an angel's fart."
>

**A Scottish accent, I recall?

Trevor Wilson

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Aug 7, 2015, 7:30:34 AM8/7/15
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On 7/08/2015 8:42 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
> I recall Welsh, and the joke being his name was Mr. De'ath

**YES! LOL.

>
> Funny how some things can last for 30 years, beyond my recall of LaPlace
> transforms and Fourier analysis.
>

**So true.

Mark Zacharias

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Aug 7, 2015, 8:34:19 AM8/7/15
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"Arfa Daily" <arfa....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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A disturbance in the force...

mz

Phil Allison

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Aug 7, 2015, 9:21:45 AM8/7/15
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> >
> > **I rather liked the one where Arfur purchased some hearses. Said the
> > funeral director, about the cars: "....silent as an angel's fart."
> >
>
> **A Scottish accent, I recall?
>


** Welsh, I believe, Mr De Ath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhOhTb4OnRg

See 18 minutes into this U-tube.

Looks like every episode of Minder made is on U-tube.




... Phil



Trevor Wilson

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Aug 7, 2015, 5:44:02 PM8/7/15
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**LOL! Thanks for that.

Arfur: "...bereavement, very dodgy thing to handle. (without a pause and
kicks one tyre) New tyres?"


Brilliant stuff.

John-Del

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Aug 7, 2015, 10:44:34 PM8/7/15
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No one has mentioned his role as young Ebenezer in Scrooge 1951!

Ian Field

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Aug 9, 2015, 4:54:06 PM8/9/15
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"John-Del" <ohg...@aol.com> wrote in message
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He was also in an episode of UFO.

A rather cheesy series about aliens who visit Earth and take people for
organ harvesting.

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