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X Factor – Does Johnny Robinson look like Wilfred Brambell?

Published on 30 October 2011 by Knobby in Random Stuff

Watching X Factor (yes I know) last night I couldn’t help thinking contestant Johnny Robinson bears a resemblance to the late actor Wilfred Brambell, star of the classic BBC comedy Steptoe and Son. Take a look below and see what you think.

Tags: BBC, ITV, Johnny Robinson, Steptoe and Son, Wilfred Brambell, X Factor

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The Western Gazette and The Rampisham Transmitter

Published on 28 August 2011 by Knobby in Dorset

The Rampisham radio mast closure story makes the pages of the Western Gazette this week, but they seem to think it’s a television transmitter! Fairly typical of the standard of journalism in some local papers I’m afraid. They also manage to somehow link the story to The Dorset Broadcasting Action Groups campaign for a BBC

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Random Past Posts

Plaque in Martock, Somerset, in memory of the horses killed in the Boer War.

I was in Martock recently and was struck by this memorial to the huge number of horses killed during the Second Boer War that took place in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. There is a large stone trough with an inscription that is now being used as a large flower tub. The plaque in

I’m something of a cynic when it comes to all the hype about the upcoming 2012 London Olympics but with the sailing events taking place down here in Dorset I was interested to come across The Unofficial Weymouth & Portland 2012 Olympic Blog. It’s a bit sparse as far as posts go at the moment,

Ok I’m behind the times having only just found this article that was published in the Dorset Life magazine in June 2010. Tony Burton-Page tells the story of Les Bagwell’s childhood, his travels as a young man, and his years farming near Netherbury. A fascinating read for anyone, but especially for those of us that