I think Eartha is a very down to earth name, dust to dust, ashes to ashes and now it these broad minded times we can have Eartha to Eartha and nobody gives a sod. 
Not so sure about the sod it bit. Remember that other ethnic singer Grace Jones. I think she was a women or something but whatever she was she was huge and she gave poor old Russel Harty a hefty slap on a live interview. All he did was show her his back so imagine what she would have done if she had been really miffed.
Does not bear thinking about…remembering what happened to Parky with that orrible emu thingy: 
Solo this is not great quality, but I found it.
Oh yes, a link for Pugsy Bear.
Thank you,Sugarpuff Bear. I watched that and thought “Self important,sulky,ill-mannered,bitchiness”…very much like watching sisters at war over a will. I’m now persona non grata,as I’ve proved the will was fake-NOT going into how I did that-so the sister responsible is badmouthing me as fast as her chins can wobble. Cor-when a woman isn’t centre of attention,all Hell’s let loose.When one IS,but not for reasons she likes,all Hell’s let loose! How’s a chap supposed to win?!?:shock:
R.I.P me old mucka and scouser mate Ken Dodd - we thought he would just go on for ever - but 90 wasn’t too bad - sad he had to leave his missus behind though? - thought he might have finished goin out with a “Notebook” finale??
He was a family friend Gummy Bear.
He married only on Friday:-(
I have photos going back to when my twins were small.
I have also been to his house in Knotty Ash.
Sad alright Gummy, to me he was a brilliant performer, very professional and I always got a laugh whenever I watched him, Rest in peace Ken.
Didn’t Grace Jones have a scrap with one of the James Bonds? I think it was Roger Moore, by God she was indeed a big woman, a very “Horsey” woman as me Granddad would say, never quite understood the connection with horses and big women though.
There used to be a lovely looking girl in our neighbourhood when we were kids, only thing was she was very tall, 6’ 1’’ at 16 years old, as you know kids can be very cruel and she was known as “Gianty” by all the other teenagers, she sort of became unreachable to us smaller sized lads, no one would dare ask her out.
She became one of the first police women over here in the 1960’s when the “Ban Garda” was set up, she rose high in the ranks (pardon the pun) and at the height of her career resigned and emigrated to New York where I believe she married another police officer, they started up a very successful personal security business looking after celebrities and V.I.P.’s
Up until the 70’s I think you had to be five foot ten inches or over to join the Garda here, the policy was to station the country guards in Dublin and the few Dublin city lads who joined were sent down the country, some of the guards were very hostile to city folks back then, but thankfully that has all changed, they are all average height now and somehow they all seem to be getting younger, why’s that I wonder?
I remember my first trip to London in the 1960’s, I was shocked at the sight of the ‘Tiny’ coppers compared to our own giants.
Did you “Thumb Up”, and take into account, the size of the Helmet?
oeer do tell us some more SP?
well I doubt of any of us were around for the first industrial revolution - the wooden wheels and scythes and sickles but we were around for the second industrial revolution - steam engines and cars and factories - but now according to Jeremy Rifkin we are getting ready for the third industrial revolution but I doubt we will even see much of the start etc etc.
Rifkin has written a book of the same title and you can find a fascinating presentation on youtube - yes your tube not my tube - sounds pretty logical to me - oh and by the way he has been at various times advisor to China and the EU and in particular Angela Merkles.
Sweetie Pie - Utube please [in both forms - if you are going to be messing about with your feather duster dusting down dear old Pugsy bear may as well do us all!! ] and have a polo mint for your troubles !!
Today I am gladdened, the Weather Man has just stated “there are going to be some Dry Periods, between the Showers”.
only over Warwickshire - I checked!! low lying spitfires OK apparently
To be, or not to be, that is the question
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
those oppressed YouTubes of outrageous links,
Or to take arms against a sea of poor English
And by opposing to end misunderstood themes
do we read and, perchance just adscribble, there’s the rub
For in that pale cast of thought what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this forum coil
Alas poor scribblers I knew you well
but feather dusters make me sneeze like hell. 
I doth like your prose
it doth sit well on the nose
but I must acquiesce to Bob
his shakespeare’s takes the cob!
I doth smell the slight stink of plaigerism
BOB!!!
Methinks I will do a Hathaway then 
Dilly dilly.
Hmmm I see when I am not wanted.
That’s a good point Spitty, maybe they gave them the tall helmets to make them look bigger. Never seen one without the Helmit on, must be tough having the weight of that on your head on a hot day in the city. Do they wear them in bed too?
I see Gummy is on plagiarism patrol again, he hates it when the author is not quoted, his beady eyes bulge out when he smells a rat, woe betide the offender.
Shakespeare was a chanser anyway, I mean how could he not have a hit with everything he wrote, there was nobody else writing plays at that time, he had the whole market all to himself, he could have written a play about three blind mice and it would have made number one, when you are the only theatre in town you can do as you please, for all we know he could have nicked half his works from a couple of starving attic writers, plagiarism wasn’t heard of then, so there!
You are quite right Jembo, the Plague was in 1665, Shakespeare died in 1616.