allan downes

Without question, the absolute best. RIP Ken. There'll never be another like you.

And just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse...

Scrapyard Challenge could have been good had they only scrapped this over excited twit. Suggs.

I also had what you might describe as an AC clone, an Armstrong Siddeley which was almost identical in looks. Low and wide with 4 cylinder engine I believe, with leather and walnut. Cant remember the model exactly but it ended up in a scrapyard near Aberaeron, North Wales with a seized up gearbox. I got 30 quid for it after paying a couple of hundred a month earlier ! Bastard thieving gits... Think it was one of these but in green.

Ben Fogle. Unoffensive enough but oh that over posh Eton voice does my head in.

Anyone ever had one of these ? An old AC. I had one for about a week. Why only a week is the story of my life ! It had, I believe, triple SU'S, walnut, leather,and made mostly out of aliminium. 2 liter engine. OHC. Stick shift. Bonnet straps. ( its eventual cause of its demise ) Bought it for £60 off a dealer at Peas Pottage, Crawley.

Watch out for the all new series of "Hornblower " Here's the new captain.

Googled "Best Western Ever Made " and this, believe it or not, was what it came up with. So dare't google "Worst Western Ever Made " in case it come up with something this !

In a desperate attempt to resurrect this thread, I give you this. Cheers. Allan

My eldest daughter in law bought a brand new Fiat 500 after getting rid of her massive war wagon, a 4x4 Mercedes, and says that it was the better of the two cars by miles and just as well built. I had a go in it and agree.

I think it was, Andy. He was kind of portraying the last of the open range cowboys - a kinda loner. Nobody hear seems to have mentioned "Chato's Land " with Charles Bronson as a lone pursued Apache bumping each member of the posse off as and when he chooses. A truly magnificent film where the Indians win for a change ! Nothing to do with this of course, but why do Radio DJ's always screw up a good song before the end as they can't wait to get their banal and corny interruptions in as they have just done with my favourite song, Scot McKenzie's "San Francisco " with utter crap like - "And that was "San fran " or something like that - I think - So, a BIG, BIG hello to Sharon from Southend who's just bought her hundredth pair of white shoes, bottle of bleach and just turned 60 today !"

My late wife became a legend in one of these as the Queen of the North Circular as she headed a stream of traffic in a thick, impenetrable cloud of black smoke whenever she went to visit her mother in Romford. "Hmm dear. Marvelous little car this. Not once did anything manage to overtake me on the North Circular " This might have been her as it was so long ago !

"Open all hours " Apart from "The two Ronnies ", there was nothing else that I really liked when big Ronnie split up with little Ronnie to do such sit comes as "Porridge" and that it might have been his own personal favourite, it did absolutely nothing at all for me. Now David Jason as far as I'm concerned cannot possibly do anything wrong. As Frost, well,there could never have possibly been a better choice.

What's your viewing alternative to either him ? Or to her ! Well, believe it or not - but at a push mind you - him !

You wanna bet !

"Dual At Diablo" wasn't a bad Western either with James Garner and Sydney Poitier as a really impressive black gunfighter. Better still was the cinema advertising poster which the manager of a cinema in Romford gave me a spare copy of. Garner of course is Garner in every film he makes but who would believe that his Father, Rocky in the Rockford Files, was actually Noah Beery junior was the leader in the Dalton Gang Saturday morning Westerns when I was a kid ! - real rubbish mind you but not to us kids back in 1945. But there has been worse since - a lot worse. Paul Hogan as "Lightning Jack" A terrible farce, especially after his success as "Crocodile Dundee"

Anything with Jimmy Edwards in it, the master of corn the doyen of annoyance. He did an appalling series on TV once where he and Mervin Hayes ? did a medievil thing about knights or some such absolute rubbish. Anyone recall it ? His headmaster atrocity in " Whack Oh !" was probably even worse.

Agree with most of that superbly written post, Mark, but not all. However, no expletives can possibly match those that blast forth in great volume from within the workshop when I'm soldering !

OMG. But an absolute must !

If John Wayne didn't, then nobody did !

Should be alright providing he doesn't punch the contestants in the face. But just imagine the uproar if they relaunched it with Chris Evans as the host instead !!! Doesn't even bear thinking about.

Totally agree 100% Any movie that has "Mxxxxxker" in the first line of dialoque gets instantly switched off in our house no matter who's in it, or how promising it may look. It seems that most US movies today rely too heavily on this disgusting phrase to make any impression at all.

Ah yes, Humber Supersnipe. Had a couple of them and even had a go at hand painting one once. But least said, the better. The second one I put through the auction at Eastbourne but the engine disintegrated in a cloud of smoke when the driver revved it up at the block. Anyway, a Traveller bought it for a hundred quid, spat in my hand, took a quid back saying it was for "Good luck " Hope he had good luck rebuilding the engine ! As a possible matter of interest, Roots bought the engine rights off Armstrong Siddeley, shortened the stroke and shoved it into the Snipe's engine bay. One of Roots better decisions I thought and it went really well, reached a hundred with apparent ease and returned 20mpg. Smashing cars. Wished I sill had one.

This was a great Western you don't hear much of today. And come to that, not much of this one either And this was pretty good too and, I do believe, there was a sequel. Oh dear. That was the sequel !

There's varying degrees of "Hate" which, in effect, is a stronger way of expressing your feelings for something or someone without meaning anything really - So I ain't changing nuffink! In other words, I hate what they do, not who they are which is mainly treating me as an imbecile and getting well and truly overpaid for it.