OneGuyFromBarlick

Victor Korchnoi chess grandmaster has died aged 85.

Victor Korchnoi

I saw him at the Philips and Drew Kings in London in 1980. London 1980

Nigel Short - the lad from Leigh, has said

"Farewell Victor Lvovich - a cantankerous, old git, but a true chess great nevertheless. Thanks for the many battles we had over 40 years".

This doesn't have direct relevance to Barlick but it describes the passing of a special man in Bridgwater, Somerset.
`Tributes paid to Bridgwater 'legend', Ernie Elkins, of Elkin's Tyres' LINK
Elkin's Tyres is where I go when I want a new tyre or some advice on tyres and want to deal with good men and not get fleeced. They work in a good old-fashioned shed down a back street, next to a stream and where ducks paddle in the old bath that's used for testing for air leaks! First job the men do in the morning is to feed the ducks. Bridgwater reminds me of small northern towns, where people get on with life, no grumbling, and they appreciate somebody who is honest, does a good job and has fun. That photo of all those airmen standing on and around the Lancaster bomber is great!

Nowt wrong with that Tiz, most of the obituaries have very little to do with Barlick. I agree with you about the small friendly firms.... They are a dying breed these days but could always be relied on, that was how they survived, by having a good local reputation.

Gordon Murray, of BBC Trumpton fame has died aged 95 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36670186.

He was the operator of "the biggest spotty dog you ever did see" as well.

Woodentops for me and "Pugh, Pugh, Barney Magrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub" for my kids, magic, thank you Gordon.

Caroline Aherne - Actress and writer.

Perhaps most famous for the Debbie McGee question. We went to the same school.

Dr Ralph Stanley - bluegrass singer has died on June 23rd aged 89.

Ralph Stanley

That high lonesome sound.

The Duke of Westminster after a heart attack at his Abbeystead Estate, died at the Royal Preston Hospital aged 64.

I'd guess he was there for the imminent 'Glorious Twelfth' - opening of the grouse shooting season. Interesting to see that despite an estimated fortune of 9 billion pounds, (he really did have houses and hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair), he was taken to an NHS hospital.. The private health sector are not too hot on A&E.

My thought was that his £9billion was no protection against the man with the scythe.... What's the betting the accountants are hard at work on the Inheritance Tax......

All because some female relation 250 years ago or thereabouts bought a couple of farms on the outskirts of London. One morphed into Mayfare and the other into Knightsbridge. Should be worth a bob or two to the treasury.

Tripps wrote:.. The private health sector are not too hot on A&E.

Unfortunately the NHS is set to become `not too hot on A&E' as they run out of funds and staffing. Some A&E departments predict they will have to restrict `opening hours' soon.

It's happening as you write Tiz..... LINK

A&E at Chorley has been closed for months due to the hospital trust being unable to recruit sufficient medical trauma staff to run it safely. Any prospect of reopening is months away.

Remember "Safe in our hands" ?

Stanley wrote:My thought was that his £9billion was no protection against the man with the scythe.... What's the betting the accountants are hard at work on the Inheritance Tax......

I think the value of the Grovenor Estate is mostly tied up in companies which no doubt spread the wealth around many family members. One of the more recent ancestors insisted that a number of its London sites had housing permanently for the 'Working Classes' (upheld by the Courts after Westminster council argued the working classes no longer existed). It was in the process of developing part of its London commercial estate though to higher rental payers of national chains rather than the more family run businesses , which I disagreed with. Either way, proves you cannot take it with you.

No pockets in a shroud.

"How much did he leave"?

"All of it"

RIP Prince Buster. An influence on my youth, a relief to find something I could dance to.

The famous golfer Arnold Palmer has died aged 87. (LINK)

Australian cricketer Max Walker, 68 years old, dies from a melanoma. It shouldn't happen these days.

Norma Capstick died peacefully in hospital last night at 5PM. She was 75. A fine woman and part of my life for many years.....

Found out from my RSGB magazine RadCom that Brian Rix (Lord Rix) died in August aged 92.

Master of farce of course and long time licenced radio amateur, he held the callsign G2DQU held first in 1937 as an artificial aerial licence and was very supportive of the hobby.

See THIS for a Guardian article on the death of Jean Alexander. I was never a fan of Coronation Street but always enjoyed her performances when I came across them, mainly in Last of the Summer Wine where she played the dotty aunt. And then of course there is the Hilda Ogden Memorial Flight of diminishing ducks with the last one in the line taking a nose dive..... I have two such flights, one in brass and the other of pottery geese, the end one always has its nose down.....

I thought she was wonderful....I am sad to hear she died.