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Northern Eel
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To return to a measure of gravity; My old man died this morning after a short illness. He was RL through and through, a former groundsman and director at Batley amongst other roles at a number of

JDINTHEHIZZOUSE
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my mum, aged 82. Proud Leigh supporter, season ticket holder for god only knows how many years, the woman that took me to my first match and made me a knitted scarf for the event( Leigh versus Austral

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RIP Hughie, a proper legend and a damn nice bloke as well. I only saw him a few years ago when he was playing a veterans’ game and he was in fine form then. This is one of my favourite pics of mine of

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Nadia Cassini, aged 76. She played the Amazon queen in the wonderfully campy sci-fi flick Starcrash.

 

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12 hours ago, lucky 7 said:

I don't think he was putting much or any of his own money in, but just a head of an consortium.

He was more of a figurehead, but his recognisability would have been a big part of attracting investors.

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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Bedford Roughyed

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With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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A big powerful man who by his own admittance was a problem as youth, but he turned his life around and became someone who people looked up too.

Yes, his is a great story of redemption and renewal that is worth sharing.

As a boxer he was considered invincible until Ali survived and turned things around in their fight in the Rumble in the Jumgle.

It cemented Ali’s sporting legacy but peak Foreman would be a handful for any of the greatest boxers of any era.

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7 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

DJ Andy Peebles 76

The last DJ/Journalist to interview John Lennon IIRC. He wasn't one of my favourite broadcasters but he was a good professional broadcaster. And at least, an actual DJ. 

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19 hours ago, CanaBull said:

Double agent Oleg Gordievsky, 86. Probably a surprised he made it that far to be honest!

mmmmm double agents

 

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I know Bono and he knows Ono and she knows Enos phone goes thus 

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bbc.co.uk (27/3):

Former Lancashire and England fast bowler Peter Lever has died at the age of 84 following a short illness.

Lever was part of the England team that won the Ashes in Australia in 1970-71 under captain Raymond Illingworth, the tour in which he made his Test debut.

On the same trip, Lever also played in the very first one-day international, a hastily arranged 40-over match between England and Australia when the third Test in Melbourne was washed out.

He actually first played for England earlier in 1970, against a Rest of World XI, matches that were eventually stripped of Test status.

Overall, Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and 11 more in 10 one-day internationals.

He played for Lancashire between 1960 and 1976, claiming almost 800 wickets in 301 first-class matches.

His wife Ros said: "It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that Peter Lever has passed away peacefully today. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

"An enormous thank you to everyone that has been caring and considerate in supporting Peter through these difficult recent times."

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BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew

 

When I was aged 11, my dad took me to a Gillette Cup final at Lord's between Lancashire and Kent, and I saw a fast bowler running in from the Nursery End. I'd never seen anything like it. I turned to my dad and said: "That's who I want to be." It was Peter Lever.

There was something about the way he bowled. The energy, the run-up. It lit a spark under me and, from that moment on, I was Peter Lever. My dad wanted me to be an off-spinner, like him, but there was no chance after I'd seen Peter bowl. I copied his action and he was everywhere in my life as I grew up.

When I was about 15 I went to stay with my grandmother in Cheshire and paid to have some coaching in the Lancashire nets at Old Trafford. Because I was reasonably quick, I got promoted to bowl to the first team. I was so nervous. Peter was in the net next door. It was like a dream come true.

I followed him religiously. For a fast bowler, he was an incredibly gentle character.

In 1965, when South Africa visited England and played against Lancashire in a tour match, Peter refused to play against them because of apartheid.

Then, in the first Test against New Zealand in Auckland in 1975, he had the horrendous experience of hitting the home number 11 Ewen Chatfield with a bouncer. Chatfield almost died. It nearly destroyed Peter.

A few years later, in a famous game between Derbyshire and Lancashire at Buxton, it snowed and left the pitch as something of a lottery. Peter refused to bowl because he thought it was too dangerous.

The bond forged between his former England captain Raymond Illingworth and Peter continued after their playing days. When Raymond was in charge of the England team as the supremo head coach and selector, he made Peter the bowling coach.

Peter moved with his wife Ros to Devon, immersing himself in the local community. He coached at Lewdown Cricket Club and planted wild flowers around the village.

In 2017, Andrew Strauss arranged a 'Club England' dinner at Lord's for everyone, men and women, who had ever played for England. I was asked to host the evening and accepted only on the condition I could sit next to Peter. We were all given special caps to recognise our time playing for England. I presented Peter's to him and he presented mine to me. It was a lovely moment.

He had a massive influence on my cricketing life. They say you should never meet your heroes. I'm so lucky that I got to know mine.

 

 

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I missed this one - palaeontologist, writer and presenter Richard Fortey.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/13/richard-fortey-obituary

I enjoyed his book about what it was like behind the scenes at the National History Museum, as well as his TV shows.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Another Richard; Chamberlain this time, aged 90. The star of Dr Kildare and Shogun, among many many other roles.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v9xzw09z0o

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On 22/03/2025 at 02:17, Bedford Roughyed said:

 

Big George’s passing really saddened me not only as a huge boxing fan but the amazing life story of George Foreman .

a great boxer but more importantly a great human being.

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One of my favourite comedies is Top Secret!, Val's movie debut.

 

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