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Raul was also the name of the Cuban guerilla leader who became Jessica’s boyfriend for a while in that crazy skit on soaps about the Campbells and the Tates in the seventies.
Ah yes. Memories. Am just thinking about Billy Tate’s teacher . . .
I don’t remember any knock-out birds in it, though Mary, herself, was pretty attractive.
It was a long (though brilliant series), so I’ve forgotten a lot of stuff. Was Billy the one with the ventriloquist’s dummy? But some of the one-liners are among the best I’ve ever heard.
I think the scriptwriters were Jewish, and they have a gift for really pungent wit, finding great humour in human foibles.
I’d have liked to have been named Sacheverell
Aye. I have a feeling that would sit well with you.
VG GCIf you’re ever over Sheffield way their family seat Renishaw Hall is well worth a visit: grand 17th century house and bosky gardens, if that’s your sorta thing
Childhood memories of the vast belching Renishaw Iron Works remain vivid; it’s from them that the later Sitwells made their fortune, so allowing them the freedom to pursue the literary life
Reresby and Osbert are pretty damn good names too, Edith surprisingly boring in comparison
As chance would have it, Drone, I’m about three weeks away from moving up to Sheffield! I’ll add that to the list of things to do once up there.
The Sitwells have followed me around, so to speak, for as long as I can remember – their association with Walton ensured coverage of them in Oldham Local Studies Library when I worked there, whilst I visited the Sitwell collection in the Rotunda at least once during my years in Scarborough.
Not sure that leaves too many other Sitwell hot-spots, does it?
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Enjoy your stint in Sheffield GC – if memory serves it’s a return isn’t it?
I trust Derbyshire has sufficient pointy-things to satisfy your cravings, as the West Riding doesn’t immediately strike as a hotbed of activity ‘twixt the flags
Though like non-racing types who are amazed when informed there’s 60 Rules courses in the UK, I’m amazed at the number of new (to me) Points courses you report on here
I was aware of the Sitwell/Scarborough connection though have to admit I can’t recall their Rotunda "Collection" with any clarity; it’s the geological specimens there that fascinate me
The museum reopened recently having been closed for several years. Apparently a splendid job has been made of it too, though I’ve yet to see for myself
Off I go shortly methinks to see Sitwell stuff and Stones
First time I’ll have lived or worked in South Yorkshire, Drone, but aye, it’s a step back up towards my end of the country again.
Flagg Moor in Derbyshire, the point-to-point venue in the longest continual use (1892-) is very close by indeed, and maybe I’ll finally get there next term! Heslaker (Skipton), Whitcliffe Grange (Ripon), Whitwell-on-the-Hill (nr York), Sheriff Hutton (ditto) and Welbeck (Worksop) are probably the nearest pointing venues otherwise.
For future reference, and to dazzle your mates the next time they ask, there were 116 point-to-point venues in use this season. And "61 Club" completists think they have a lot of courses to visit!
Yes, there didn’t seem to be a lot happening at the Rotunda when I was last in Scarborough for the cricket 10 months ago, but I’m hoping to be up that way again before the summer’s out. I’ll let you know what I find out.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Actually, on Latin names I quite like Anderson as a first name, like Brazilian UFC star Anderson Silva.
Funny that, Bulwark. I remember reading an article in a paper about a bloke’s experiences in Cuba. One of the mechanics in his local garage was called something like, Ernesto Williamson, and apparently, those kinds of terrific, hybrid, Hispanic/Anglo-Saxon are very common there.
A work colleague has just named his baby boy Noah Alexander – Noah being decided on several months ago.Alexander is after himself.
RE Latin names: there are a lot of families particularly in Brazil and Argentina who have Welsh surnames as many families went there in the 19th century to work in the mines. A relative of mine was born in Patagonia after her family travelled there from South Wales.
The follow up to How Green was My Valley was set in South America, wasn’t it? [Can’t remember what it was called and even worse can’t remember if I read it or not]. Absolutely love the name Noah…..
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