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Thought I'd better get this thread up and running so we know who we are!
Name: Dave Coventry
Age: 47
Location: Eastney, SOUTHSEA, Hampshire. Originally from Rainham, Essex.
Occupation: Retired in 2001!!! Was in computer programming, network support and web design for 12 years or so. Before that was in RN for nearly 13 years. Had been Petty Officer for final three years before leaving RN.
Family: Been married to Lorraine for 26 years. Two children, Ben (23) and Victoria (20).
Favourite Films: The Green Man (Alastair Sim and George Cole), Blade Runner and Get Carter
Last Film seen at Cinema: Downfall (Der Untergang).
Last DVD I bought and watched: Sherlock Holmes - The Definitive Collection
Favourite TV: Mainly documentaries on Discovery and History Channels.
Favourite Comedies: League of Gentlemen, Dad's Army, On The Buses, Rising Damp, Reggie Perrin
Favourite Music: David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Bond, U2.
Other Interests: British Comedies of all eras, Spurs ( I suppose some would say that they are a comedy)  )
My Websites:
"Whispers From Walmington" - The Dad's Army website at: http://www.whispersfromwalmington.com . I have been running it for seven years now. Was voted one of the worlds top 100 comedy websites by "The Good Web Guide".
"DaveCov Comedy Classics" at http://www.davecovcomedy.co.uk - my tribute to some classic British comedies. |
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Name: David Doherty
Age: 28
Location: Origianaly from Southport but now in Vancouver. (better skiing, lol)
Occupation: Student Pilot.
Family: Angela... wife of a few days now!
Favourite Films: Oh! What a Wonderful War and "Dads Army" (of course!!)
Last Film seen at Cinema: Casino Royale
Last DVD I bought and watched: Grace and Favour
Favourite TV: See Dave Cov!
Favourite Comedies: All Perry, Croft, Lloyd, Knowles etc..
Favourite Music: Queen, Oasis , Beatles, U2.
Other Interests: British comedy, military history, Liverpool FC (sorry Dave Cov!) |
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Hi Chaps
I've known Dave Cov for a number of years - in fact we met via my Mum who (from memory!) tracked Dave down via his Whispers Site and asked him and Mike Geraghty to 'baby sit' me at the opening of the Bressingham museum in 2000. Can I just say Dave, that was seriously one of the best weekends of my life. Such a unique experience.
Anyway, here's a bit about me:
Name: Will Martyn
Age: 26
Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Occupation: Project Manager for Lloyds TSB. Based in Haywards Heath but work out in Jersey and the Isle of Man a lot.
Family: Single, living at home at the moment. Currently flat hunting locally though and looking for my very own Elisha Cuthbert - or Ivy Samways!
Favourite Films: Karate Kid, The Wicker Man, Jaws and Holiday on the Buses - classics!
Last Film seen at Cinema: Will Ferrell's new one last night - very slapstick, but very funny.
Last DVD I bought and watched: Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 4 - Larry David is officially the funniest American on the planet!
Favourite TV: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, 24, X-Files, Sky Sports News, Have I Got News For You and X Factor (the audition stages!)
Favourite Comedies: Steptoe & Son, Dad's Army, The Office, The Young Ones, The Royle Family, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and On The Buses.
Favourite Music: Indie (Oasis etc), Hip Hop (Gang Starr etc), 80s (Madonna etc) and 60s (Beatles, Stones etc) - pretty varied!
Other Interests: Football - spend a ridiculous amount of time either watching or reading about football! |
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| wonder_will wrote: | Hi Chaps
I've known Dave Cov for a number of years - in fact we met via my Mum who (from memory!) tracked Dave down via his Whispers Site and asked him and Mike Geraghty to 'baby sit' me at the opening of the Bressingham museum in 2000. Can I just say Dave, that was seriously one of the best weekends of my life. Such a unique experience.! |
Actually, your mum contacted Mike via his web site! When I met up with Mike at Thetford he was complaining about having to baby-sit someone! Turned out to be you!
Here is a picture taken at Bressingham (I have thinned down a bit since then - especially as I gave up the booze a year ago)!
LtoR: Mike Geraghty, Will Martyn, Dave Coventry
A very good time was had by all!
Dave |
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Name: Nicolas Jackson
Age: 19
Location: Manchester, Sale
Occupation: Camera Operator / studying Studio production at Salford university also I am a partner in Serious Feather Films.
Family: I am single and have no children (thank god).
Favourite Films: Gummo, Kids, Triumph Of The Will and so on…
Last Film seen at Cinema: Saw 3
Last DVD I bought and watched: A First Full of Dynamite.
Favourite TV: Don’t watch much TV dad’s army and Lost, I work on TV most days so I try to keep away from it at home.
Favourite Comedies: Loral and hardy and Dads Army.
Favourite Music: I love all music from classical, jazz, German funk, skate, heavy metal etc.
Other Interests: Making short films, making websites, music production and food.
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Name: Paul Thurston
Age: 46
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Family: Seperated, No Kids, 1 spoilt cat called Minskie
Favourite Films: Don't watch films but if I had to pick one I'd go with the Battle of Britain or maybe another old WWII film
Last Film seen at Cinema: Can't remember, was over 30 years ago
Last DVD I bought and watched: The Goodies
Favourite TV: Dr Who, Cricket
Favourite Comedies: Dad's Army, On The Buses, Steptoe, Ripping Yarns, The Goodies
Favourite Music: Dixie Chicks, Lucinda Williams, Van Morrison
Other Interests: Aviation, full size and RC models. Sailing and Cricket |
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Hi! Looks like I'm the only female to post around here.
Name: Yehudis Esther Alison Pearl Baron (you asked for it!)
Location: Salford, Manchester
Age: 39 in two weeks
Occupation: Housewife and reading teacher part time.
Family: married, 5 kids - 4, nearly 7, 11,11 and 16.
Favourite Films: Family films, comedies, war like The Great Escape
Last Film seen at Cinema: don't go
Last DVD I bought and watched: The Cosby Show
Favourite TV: don't have one
Favourite Comedies: Dad's Army, MASH, Bill Cosby
Favourite Music: most things Scottish and classical.
Other Interests: reading, raising children, special needs children, nature. |
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Hello to all!
I am Peter S.Lewis (Born 1948) (Married to Patzi...35 years...they said it wouldn't last!!
No children........
Self employed......cleaning......no money in that ...any suggestions...
(I'm well educated...personable....diplomatic...but not that good at heights......two serious ladder falls put paid to the window cleaning!)
Favourite author: Charles Dickens
Favourite Film...."The Quiet Man" (John Wayne) We lived in Ireland in the 70s......this film captures the very essence of Irishness, in much the same way Dad's Army captures the very essence of Englishness (Victoria Woods' " Dinnerladies" is in this class of comedy, in my view...ensemble acting etc....)
Favourite Singer(s): Anthony Newley (the late great!) Tony Christie.
Favourite Groups: Searchers, Smokie, Eagles
Most recent musical experience.....Steven Seagal at Warwick Arts Centre ... what a revelation!
I think that's quite enought to be going on with!
Look forward to sharing more thoughts as time goes by...
Regards,
Peter S.Lewis |
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Name: Jo Byrde
Age: 22
Location: Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Occupation: Too many arty people at art college, too many welsh people at Cardiff university (that was a JOKE berfore I get Ann Robinson style hate mail - although I see from the forum that Cheeseman-bashing is an official sport). So currently am unemployed at home visiting forums and drawing cartoons. Will probably eventually be a) very famous cartoonist b) a poor spinster with cats.
Family: Live with parents, laptop and a cat (so rot's set in already).
Favourite Films: Amelie, um.... no I can't write that, that's crap. Can't think of any (Dads Army film should have been shot in traditional studio settings and had more vicar and verger, so I'm boycotting it from my list).
Last Film seen at Cinema: Hot Fuzz. I've been seeing everything recently since we lost our TV aerial 2 months ago in a storm and it took The Man that long to find our remote village to fix it. Also I can't make popcorn myself, and £4 for a bag seems quite reasonable to me...
Last DVD I bought and watched: Dad's Army series 1 - 7. Finally fed up with rewinding my worn old tapes from the 90s to find the episode I want. Have tattooed on my elbow: 'Must stop spending money on dads army'.
Favourite TV: Political satire, classic comedy, new comedy (but not the crap) stand up comedy. Good documentaries.
Favourite Comedies: Dads Army, Peep Show, Father Ted, Not Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder.... I really could go on.
Favourite Music: Hip Hop, and everything else except metal and pop. Classical music played on the fast setting on record players.
Other Interests: Windsurfing - more of a compulsion than something I enjoy. Scare myself going out in conditions too big for me. Football results. Sneaking glimpses of tabloids when queuing in WHSmiths. Running and biking. WWII history. Ancient history. Listening to classic comedy on radio like Round the Horne. Drawing cartoons. Dropping innuendo into conversations when visiting granny. Sorry, I'm losing myself... |
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4- a bag of popcorn?! I could post you a carrier bag full, first class, for less!
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