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Spittin Image Caricature

Yes you read the word right, it is Spittin Image and not Spitting image that hilarious puppet based pattomime from the 80s. If you’re looking for an excellent caricaturist, look no further.

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Vote for Keynsham's Mencap today!

Please support Mencap in Keynsham by taking 5 minutes out of your day to help them on their way to winning vital funding. Your small vote will make a big difference and that’s what really counts.

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On the Star Wars set

I’ve met and interviewed Dave Prowse ( Darth Vader ) a bunch of times and he’s always someone you can drop an email to or have a cheeky pint with. Lovely chap with a wicked sense of humour.  Green Cross Code tights aside, I will never forget seeing The Vader’s entrance in Star Wars at a cinema thats now a carpet store, on the Isle of Wight in 1977.
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Nick Clegg sets sights on Number 10

Laugh? I nearly filled my ballot box. Watching ‘BBC Points West’ yesterday evening and the legend that is David Garmston pulled a blinder with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. Clegg, who for many seems to be just ‘getting in the way’ had been featured on the National News 15 minutes earlier visiting a factory.

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Malcolm Mclaren – RIP

Well yesterday we lost a legend. Responsible for punk and general all round madness but without shadow of a doubt a major early influence for UK breakdancing. The buffalo girls video featured some fine body popping and breaking which was, at the time, just crossing over from the states.

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Coach Racing at Castle Combe

Coaches? Racing? Surely you’re having a laugh Mr Dore. No siree Bob. Mr Watson and I partook in a driving jape par excellence. Never had it been tried before but those cheeky chaps at Castle Combe racing circuit know a thing or two about speeding.

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