RIP thread - November

[originallambrettaman]

RIP to the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, Devon, the inspiration behind Fawlty Towers. It's just been granted a demolition order.

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[Kempton]

RIP to the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, Devon, the inspiration behind Fawlty Towers. It's just been granted a demolition order.

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Surely that place is a national treasure?

 

[originallambrettaman]

Surely that place is a national treasure?

It was the hotel Monty Python stayed in, that was the basis of Cleese's idea, rather than the place it was actually shot.

The actual building used in the programme was the Wooburn Grange Country Club in Buckinghamshire and it burned down in the 90's.

 

[Kempton]

It was the hotel Monty Python stayed in, that was the basis of Cleese's idea, rather than the place it was actually shot.

The actual building used in the programme was the Wooburn Grange Country Club in Buckinghamshire and it burned down in the 90's.

Bummer.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Bummer.

I watched a programme on it not long back, the country club actually became a night club called Basil's for a while before it burned down.

 

[Kempton]

I watched a programme on it not long back, the country club actually became a night club called Basil's for a while before it burned down.

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[spesupersydera]

28th - Liverpool and England stalwart Gerry Byrne (77) succumbed to Altzheimers; memorably he played from the third minute till the final whistle of the '65 Cup Final with a broken collarbone. A Liverpool and England player of their present squad could do with just a little bit of his backbone.

 

[ElTigre]

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Jonah Lomu's funeral. His teammates do a haka.

 

[Qatartiger Cambridgetiger]

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Jonah Lomu's funeral. His teammates do a haka.

Superb tribute but very sad RIP.

 

[originallambrettaman]

Modern pentathlon world silver medallist Alexander Kukarin has died at the age of 22 following a suspected a heart attack.

Is it me, or has there been a lot of young ones this month?

 

[Sir Cheshire Ben]

Modern pentathlon world silver medallist Alexander Kukarin has died at the age of 22 following a suspected a heart attack.

Is it me, or has there been a lot of young ones this month?

More than the usual, I think. I've just read that a PC was found dead in Trafalgar Square this morning. Dropped dead on his way home from work, aged 38. No suspicious circumstances.

RIP to them all.

 

[FLG]

Anthony Valentine, Actor, 76.

Older readers will recall him.

 

[FLG]

Anthony Valentine, Actor, 76.

Older readers will recall him.

Kin'ell, not only is it Wednesday, but it's December too.

New thread oppo for someone.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Bloody hell. Raffles gone. Loved that show as a kid. RIP

 

[Quill]

Eldar Ryazanov, one of the greatest directors to come from the Soviet Union, died on Monday at the age of 88.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34962043

 

[Fez]

28th - Liverpool and England stalwart Gerry Byrne (77) succumbed to Altzheimers; memorably he played from the third minute till the final whistle of the '65 Cup Final with a broken collarbone. A Liverpool and England player of their present squad could do with just a little bit of his backbone.

Or collar- one. A good friend holds this lad in high regard. RIP.

 

[Fez]

More than the usual, I think. I've just read that a PC was found dead in Trafalgar Square this morning. Dropped dead on his way home from work, aged 38. No suspicious circumstances.

RIP to them all.

Aye, agreed. It's a crazy world and 38 from a heart attack would be a huge disappointment for everyone. RIP

 

[Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC]

Setsuko Hara, Japanese Star of Films by Ozu and Kurosawa has died at the age of 95.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/a...s-by-ozu-and-kurosawa-is-dead-at-95.html?_r=0