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There is probably a lot on here who don't remember the golden days of comedy on the BBC. From the 70s was, It Aint Half Hot Mum was always a must watch show . Sadly one of the leading characters RSM Williams ( Windsor Davies 88 ) has passed away. He even had a hit record with Rochdale's own Don Estelle. Thanks for the laughs Windsor RIP.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 19:13 - Jan 19 with 4014 views
I think Don Estelle had the Red Lion in the Square off Market St. in Whitworth,how long for,I don`t know,but he spent the last few years of his life in Christchurch,New Zealand. He went back to Rochdale in poor health intending to return to NZ,but died waiting for a liver transplant in 2003 aged 70.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 08:13 - Jan 20 with 3682 views
I think Don Estelle had the Red Lion in the Square off Market St. in Whitworth,how long for,I don`t know,but he spent the last few years of his life in Christchurch,New Zealand. He went back to Rochdale in poor health intending to return to NZ,but died waiting for a liver transplant in 2003 aged 70.
In the spring of 1974 i got a job as a student, delivering leaflets for a few weeks for a bit of extra cash (beer money)
Don Estelle was a struggling jobbing actor at the time, and he was the organiser of the leaflet "gang", dropping us at various locations. We'd sit in his car for lunch, a pleasant chap but you could tell he wanted to be elsewhere
A few months later, It Ain't Half Hot Mum hit the screens
In the spring of 1974 i got a job as a student, delivering leaflets for a few weeks for a bit of extra cash (beer money)
Don Estelle was a struggling jobbing actor at the time, and he was the organiser of the leaflet "gang", dropping us at various locations. We'd sit in his car for lunch, a pleasant chap but you could tell he wanted to be elsewhere
A few months later, It Ain't Half Hot Mum hit the screens
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I remember the tv series very well.
On the clip shown on bbc news, when Windsor was doing his magnificently shouty RSM, Don could be seen to his side chuckling along with the studio audience.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 11:34 - Jan 20 with 3578 views
On the clip shown on bbc news, when Windsor was doing his magnificently shouty RSM, Don could be seen to his side chuckling along with the studio audience.
The interplay between RSM & his mimicking of La di da Gunner Graham used to crack me up every time. Superb
I think Don Estelle had the Red Lion in the Square off Market St. in Whitworth,how long for,I don`t know,but he spent the last few years of his life in Christchurch,New Zealand. He went back to Rochdale in poor health intending to return to NZ,but died waiting for a liver transplant in 2003 aged 70.
Yes, I'm pretty sure he lived in one of the seven sisters later in life. It ain't half hot mum was one of those old type, low budget comedies, but it did make me chuckle. RIP Windsor Davies.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 17:51 - Jan 20 with 3430 views
Don Estelle's autobiography is one of Danny Baker's favourites because it is an absolute car-crash of a memoir. Not read it myself but apparently it's a poorly edited mishmash of career disappointments, disapproval of modern life and unending praise for Rochdale Town Hall (which he could presumably see from the flats).
In the spring of 1974 i got a job as a student, delivering leaflets for a few weeks for a bit of extra cash (beer money)
Don Estelle was a struggling jobbing actor at the time, and he was the organiser of the leaflet "gang", dropping us at various locations. We'd sit in his car for lunch, a pleasant chap but you could tell he wanted to be elsewhere
A few months later, It Ain't Half Hot Mum hit the screens
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What an insight, I bet everyone present wanted to be elsewhere . Dick
Windsor Davies RIP on 18:44 - Jan 20 by chalky_ncfc
The thing that surprised me the most about It Ain't Half Mum was the fact the Indian bearer Ranji Ram was played by the white actor Michael Bates
Michael Bates was brilliant,even when he was suffering from cancer,professional right to the end. As diver has just said,Auntie BBC won`t show repeats any more,too scared of upsetting the wowsers,which is a pity. Still,can always watch it on Youtube.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 22:07 - Jan 20 with 3230 views
Can you remember when you had the insight, not to respond to drunks when they spew their bile-ridden shite?
Leave him alone the guy obviously needs an intervention. And before I got my apprenticeship that’s what I did in the summer of 2006 as a 16 year old school leaver. I can assure you many a bag of leaflet was thrown down a drain or put in a post box while I hid in various mates flats and houses on the estates of Rochdale.
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Windsor Davies RIP on 07:47 - Jan 21 with 3011 views
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