Dan Dare

Yep that's right, Dan Dare.

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Laurel and Hardy dancing to Billie Jean.
Have an awesome day everyone.

[HURRY UP & WAiT @Posted_to_BAOR]

Every place in the UK where this has been asked:

My mates in the Army, do you know him…………

[Dan Dare @dan33eod]

@johnbaker305 Poor 1st Parade drills buddy 😂

[flybybars @flybybars]

New event
Corby Heritage
Celebration

[Dan Dare @dan33eod]

@johnbaker305 @Posted_to_BAOR Was defo a classic moment, if i remember, also tipped a MWT!!

[Dan Dare @dan33eod]

@johnbaker305 @Posted_to_BAOR Even letting MT drive and hit a classic aeroplane 😬

[flybybars @flybybars]

✈️ Ready for Takeoff? ✈️
unique upcycled airline trolleys are ready to serve everything from handcrafted cocktails and craft beers to refreshing Pimms
Here’s a glimpse of our amazing crew in action at one of our recent events, bringing a first-class bar experience to the ground.

[Russell Kane @russell_kane]

Another year of snow. Another Britain falling apart. #snow

[Cliff Morton @CliffMorton]

It’s @thecharitypot ‘s annual Santa Walk.
Corby to Kettering in fancy dress, delivering presents to the children at Kettering General Hospital.
Special thanks to @achrisevans for this message of support

https://t.co/5r9ILHb2IM

Leaving @clansmancorby at 10:30am

[Trevor Baxendale @trevorbaxendale]

This is why WHERE EAGLES DARE is a Christmas film.

First off, if a Junkers Ju-52 carrying Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and a bunch of hand-picked commandos over the icy blue Bavarian Alps doesn’t give you Santa’s sleigh vibes, then I can’t help you.
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[HURRY UP & WAiT @Posted_to_BAOR]

SLR factory………..

[ALEX 1.0 @Hey_Alexxxxa]

Now I wish there were no spoilers for this Magic Trick, but there you go... A SPOILER

[Geoff Norcott @GeoffNorcott]

Massive away win for the little fella.

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

A century ago, Violet Minell began working as a military tailor for Hawkes & Co, on Savile Row, London. Fifty years later, Christopher Rainbow visited to hear some fascinating anecdotes from her storied career.

#bbcarchive #nationwide #savilerow #militarytailor

[BRITISH History - On This Day @BritishHistorym]

#onthisday 27 November 1920 – Buster Merryfield was born (d. 1999)

Harry "Buster" Merryfield was an English actor best known for starring as Uncle Albert in the BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses.

Merryfield was born & raised in Battersea, London, England. He was given the name "Buster" by his grandfather, as he weighed nine pounds at birth, & it stuck throughout his entire life.

He followed a strict fitness regime of daily press-ups & swimming sessions. As a boxer, he was a British schoolboy champion in the 1936 & Southern Command army champion in 1945. He was also an amateur football player & Millwall supporter, regularly attending games at the Old Den. In contrast to his pipe-smoking & rum-drinking character Uncle Albert, Merryfield was a teetotaller & non-smoker his entire life.

Before turning professional as an actor, Merryfield was a keen amateur actor & director. Merryfield became a professional actor at the age of 57 after having worked for the Westminster Bank for nearly 40 years.

He began work there on 11 July 1938 & passed his banking exams in 1939. During his time with the bank, he reached the position of senior area manager, but his banking career was interrupted by his war service. He spent the war in the army, where his physique allowed him to become a PT & jungle-warfare instructor. Awarded an emergency commission in the Royal Artillery on 13 March 1942, Merryfield was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. 'During the war' is when he discovered his love of acting when he served as an entertainment officer staging shows for the troops.

After the war Merryfield returned to the bank. At NatWest he rose through the ranks. In April 1967 he became manager of the Shepperton sub-branch & by the time of his early retirement in July 1978, he was a bank manager at the Thames Ditton branch in Surrey.

After retiring, Merryfield persuaded a repertory company to admit him. He performed at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat & Equus. Merryfield appeared in some small television parts, including Hannah in 1980, as Professor Challis in The Citadel in 1983 & as a bishop in Strangers and Brothers in 1984.

Merryfield joined Only Fools and Horses in January 1985 as the former seafaring Albert Gladstone Trotter, known as Uncle Albert, who was Grandad Trotter's long-lost younger brother & was known for his catchphrase of "During the war...". The character was added after Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, died in December 1984. Nine months earlier in March 1984, Merryfield & Pearce had costarred in two episodes of a Shroud for a Nightingale. Merryfield did much work for charities such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He wrote his autobiography, During the War and Other Encounters, in 1996.

In December 1997, Merryfield fell at the British Comedy Awards while walking to the stage to collect an award for David Jason for his part in Only Fools and Horses. Despite cutting his forehead, he continued & collected the award. Merryfield appeared in pantomime during Christmas of 1997 & 1998 in the father role in Beauty & the Beast at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth.

Merryfield could play the piano by ear but could not read music.

Merryfield died at Poole General Hospital on 23 June 1999 as a result of a brain tumour. He was survived by his wife Iris, whom he had married in June 1942, his daughter & two grandchildren. He was buried at Verwood Cemetery, Dorset. Iris died on 5 November 2002 & was buried alongside him.

#bustermerryfield #britishhistory #november27 #unclealbert #onlyfoolsandhorses @onlyfoolsnews @OnlyFoolsHQ

[Dan Dare @dan33eod]

@johnbaker305 @Posted_to_BAOR 🤣🤣🤣

[BFBS Forces News @ForcesNews]

RAF and Army work together to repair 'missile strike pothole' in runway ✈️

A team of @RoyalAirForce and @BritishArmy personnel have been taking part in a drill to fix craters at @RAF_Marham, the home of the UK's F-35B Lightnings.

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/w2cTDwMoMt

[Dan Dare @dan33eod]

@ForcesNews @RoyalAirForce @BritishArmy @RAF_Marham Not much has changed since 1993! Good video

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

In case you've never heard the howl of an arctic wolf, here it is, it's worth it. 😂

[flybybars @flybybars]

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a spooky DJ on the decks! DJ Eftielle will be spinning all the Halloween classics to keep the vibe eerie and electric." Nov 2nd East Carlton Park