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Little Shop of Humour Part 2

When Fry and Laurie updated the Hardware Shop sketch they took it to a slightly darker place than the Two Ronnies did with Fork Handles. They played very cleverly on the trepidation that most laymen will feel when having to … Continue reading

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Little Shop of Humour Part 1

The shop has been a favourite setting for comedy writers – a setting which is probably coming to the end of its useful life as both the shops – the traditional independent trader, full of character and stories is replaced … Continue reading

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Goon With The Wind

Fork Handles has just received from worldofbooks.com a copy of the Autobiography of Max Geldray – Goon With The Wind. Look forward to reading and reviewing!

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Talent Triumphs in the Face of Prejudice Part 3

It speaks volumes for the regard in which Stott was held that his private life remained, rightly, private. Divorcing his first wife, he quickly re-married. Shortly after the second marriage, Stott returned from a holiday in Scandinavia in 1972 having … Continue reading

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Talent Triumphs in the Face of Pejudice Part 2

Five years after the war finished, Stott was not only busy writing film scores, he also became Musical Director of the then fledgling Phillips Record Label, arranging and conducting for all of that label’s British artists as well as orchestrating … Continue reading

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Talent Triumphs in the Face of Prejudice Part 1

Fork Handles explores the astonishing tale of the musical genius of Wally Stott and Angela Morley How many musicians can claim playing in Geraldo’s famous 1940’s orchestra, arranging and conducting countless hit records and live shows for acts as diverse … Continue reading

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