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escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17564 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 3 Gender: Female |
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Could've sworn Acker Bilk was long dead, but not so: he's 83 and still playing his greatest hit!
Acker Bilk 'fed up' of Stranger on the Shore
| Quote: | His record was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962 and it made him an international star.
He said: "I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years." |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 19199 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-02-2012 08:59 Post subject: |
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Good old Acker!
But a  for the BBC headline:
Acker Bilk 'fed up' of Stranger on the Shore
Fed up OF?! 
Has the beeb been taken over by mutant, tweeting, texting teenagers? |
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| hunck Yeti Joined: 13 Jul 2011 Total posts: 59 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 13-02-2012 14:35 Post subject: |
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Acker Bilk - Respect due for one of the best names ever  |
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| trevp66 Great Old One Joined: 29 May 2009 Total posts: 243 Location: Hertfordshire Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 00:08 Post subject: |
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Max Bygraves.
I thought he died a few years ago but hes 89, and lives in Australia. |
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| CarlosTheDJ Dazed and confused for so long its not true
Great Old One Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Total posts: 1792 Location: Sussex Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 09:35 Post subject: |
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| trevp66 wrote: | Max Bygraves.
I thought he died a few years ago but hes 89, and lives in Australia. |
 Really? Now there's one I definitely remember seeing announced! |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 19199 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 10:06 Post subject: |
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| CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | trevp66 wrote: | Max Bygraves.
I thought he died a few years ago but hes 89, and lives in Australia. |
Really? Now there's one I definitely remember seeing announced! |
According to Wiki
| Quote: | Max and his wife moved from Bournemouth to Queensland, Australia, in 2008.[2] She died there in 2011, aged 88.[2] Bygraves has Alzheimer's disease.[2] Bygraves' son Anthony now spends a great deal of time with, and cares for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bygraves |
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| CarlosTheDJ Dazed and confused for so long its not true
Great Old One Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Total posts: 1792 Location: Sussex Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 13:42 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: | | CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | trevp66 wrote: | Max Bygraves.
I thought he died a few years ago but hes 89, and lives in Australia. |
Really? Now there's one I definitely remember seeing announced! |
According to Wiki
| Quote: | Max and his wife moved from Bournemouth to Queensland, Australia, in 2008.[2] She died there in 2011, aged 88.[2] Bygraves has Alzheimer's disease.[2] Bygraves' son Anthony now spends a great deal of time with, and cares for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bygraves |
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A real false memory there then! |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 19199 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 16:13 Post subject: |
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| CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | A real false memory there then! |
Maybe you misheard a report of his wife's death. |
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| CarlosTheDJ Dazed and confused for so long its not true
Great Old One Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Total posts: 1792 Location: Sussex Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 17:40 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: | | CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | A real false memory there then! |
Maybe you misheard a report of his wife's death. |
I can remember seeing it on TV when I was a kid......must have got him confused with another games show host......Leslie Crowther? |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 19199 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-02-2012 18:43 Post subject: |
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| CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | rynner2 wrote: | | CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | A real false memory there then! |
Maybe you misheard a report of his wife's death. |
I can remember seeing it on TV when I was a kid......must have got him confused with another games show host......Leslie Crowther? |
...died 1996 - does that fit? |
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| CarlosTheDJ Dazed and confused for so long its not true
Great Old One Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Total posts: 1792 Location: Sussex Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 15-02-2012 08:44 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: | | CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | rynner2 wrote: | | CarlosTheDJ wrote: | | A real false memory there then! |
Maybe you misheard a report of his wife's death. |
I can remember seeing it on TV when I was a kid......must have got him confused with another games show host......Leslie Crowther? |
...died 1996 - does that fit? |
Aaaaaaarrghhhhhhhhh no that doesn't fit I was twenty then! |
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| stuneville Administrator
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| Posted: 15-02-2012 18:27 Post subject: |
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| hunck wrote: | | Acker Bilk - Respect due for one of the best names ever |
Bit better than Bernard . Don't hear it much at all these days, but Acker means "mate" or (loosely) "good bloke", and was still in use as an affectionate name when I was a kid.
Estuary creep has done local slang no favours  . |
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| hunck Yeti Joined: 13 Jul 2011 Total posts: 59 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 16-02-2012 14:22 Post subject: |
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My interpretation is:
Acker[s] - money
Bilk - obtain or withhold money from someone by deceit, cheat or defraud
So a con merchant - a sort of variant on Sgt Bilko but funnier. |
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| Renfield286 Steampunk Superhero
Grey Joined: 22 Aug 2009 Total posts: 15 Location: The Deep Dark Forest Age: 28 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 16-02-2012 16:30 Post subject: |
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| Jim Bown, The bloke off bullseye, could have sworn he died a few years back, but then there was a story last year about him recovering from multiple strokes |
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| Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Total posts: 8498 Location: Not far from Bedford Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 16-02-2012 20:20 Post subject: |
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| hunck wrote: | My interpretation is:
Acker[s] - money
Bilk - obtain or withhold money from someone by deceit, cheat or defraud
So a con merchant - a sort of variant on Sgt Bilko but funnier. |
Yeah, that was my interpretation too. |
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