tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13954483648910639492024-03-13T21:50:32.286-07:00A Write Carry OnA Write Carry On: The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows - Author: Mike Cobley - Publisher: Wholepoint Publications (wholepoint.co.uk) - 18th June 2012 - The story of Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell, one of the great unsung heroes of British comedy writing (Carry On films, Up Pompeii! and The Crazy Gang).mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231750532101217691noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395448364891063949.post-9132633985834780792013-04-18T08:05:00.000-07:002013-04-18T08:05:13.684-07:00Absolute Beginners: How Kenneth Williams Turned Me On To Jazz<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><b>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell</b></a> tried to sell me the concept of jazz. I was not buying.<i> Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk. Charles Mingus</i> and <i>Miles Davis</i> may have had talents that struck us like a lighting bolt in our later years, but as a callow youth of fourteen, I was all for dodging what I deemed the unlistenable bullet.<br />
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Davis' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_of_Blue"><b>‘Kind Of Blue</b>’</a> would often sneak snake-like out of Tolly's study. Plus, the Carry On scriptwriter had an ally.<br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams">Kenneth Williams</a></b> was not up on the names and styles from the world of jazz, but he knew what he liked, and he liked a bit of Mingus.<br />
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It would take Colin MacInnes’ book <a href="http://www.londonfictions.com/colin-macinnes-absolute-beginners.html"><b>‘Absolute Beginners’</b></a> to educate, inform and take me into the bosom of modern jazz. MacInnes' fictional world was one of youth, and of creative and personal ambition<br />
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Kenneth Williams liked it for different reasons. <b>Jazz was unpredictable.</b> At its best it gave the impression of having no set form or agenda. It could veer off at the least expected moment and take on new forms from old.<br />
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Kenneth Williams was the<b> living embodiment of jazz. I</b> liked Kenny, and, even at fourteen I should have trusted his judgement.<br />
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But Tolly was <b>old school and proud. </b>Even though Mingus and Davis were hip with the city kids, he played them purely for their soothing qualities .. and at a volume you’d have to strain to hear.<br />
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His Davis of preference was the artist’s early more mellow and subdued style of jazz which would retain the complexities of bebop yet would also convey a more vocal and expressive mood. This came to be known as <b>‘Cool Jazz’.</b><br />
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Kenneth Williams’ would favour Mingus for his fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname <b>‘The Angry Man of Jazz’. </b><br />
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His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many on-stage eruptions, exhortations to musicians, and dismissals. <b>Kenneth approved of a bit of boat rocking.</b><br />
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But now I get it. The Carry On duo of Tolly Rothwell and Kenneth Williams still have an influence on my listening habits. I bit the bullet and did a bit of<b> self healing</b> to the sounds that can still nourish the soul and inform the mind.<br />
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The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows</h2>
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book first appeared light bulb like in 2002. I'd recently taken a walk from the
Devil’s Dyke in <st1:place w:st="on">Brighton</st1:place> down to Fulking, the
one-time home of Carry On scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">I sat on the very
hill that overlooked his driveway, the one I’d been perched on when many of the
Carry On regulars emerged from Tolly’s house after a long afternoon of laughs and
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">What I witnessed (included in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1340719866&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><strong>A Write Carry On)</strong></a> gave a unique insight
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">From there I wandered down to the village pub, <a href="http://shepherdanddogpub.co.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>The Shepherd and Dog</strong>.</a> I took a seat by the stream and could almost hear the chatter
and laughter coming from the main bar as Tolly – as he had so many times –
talked cricket, women and wickedly tall tales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">I’d also been reading up on the Carry Ons and was
saddened by the lack of column inches given to Tolly. He had been so central to
the series’ success. His double entendres and saucy seaside </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">humour</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> had given the series both its working class
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The Right-Wing 'Carry On' That Shed The Most Pounds </h3>
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A little bit of politics in a mainstream comedy film can stem the flow of cash at the Box Office. Take ‘Carry On At Your Convenience’; the twenty-second film in the series. <br />
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With ‘Convenience’ a lot of audience goodwill went out the window. In a time of bitter industrial disputes, scriptwriter Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell explored the political themes of the trade union movement.<br />
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Tolly then smiled as he recalled that it hadn’t taken long for him to ingratiate himself into the very separate communities of the stallholders and shopkeepers from the city’s Moslem, Jewish and Christian Quarters. He said his natural way of being courteous and respectful had made him feel welcomed and seemingly above suspicion. </div>
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But one thing he didn’t’ take to was the chilly climate of the uplands of Jerusalem. He much preferred the more dependable summer and autumn seasons to be enjoyed in Tel Aviv.</div>
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Whilst on routine company patrols and manoeuvres Tolly recalled how he was a witness to the inner-workings and social-struggles of local families. Some mothers were raising as many as eight or nine children on an income of what Tolly classed as a pittance.</div>
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This Is Your Life: Coming Out From Behind The Sofa With Kenneth Williams </h3>
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At Tolly’s that winter’s evening, it was Kenneth Williams who was able to chop his producer down to my size. Of all the Carry On regulars who were there to raise a glass to Tolly’s success, it seemed that it was Kenneth alone who had the strength of personality to strip Peter Rogers of his apparent air of superiority.</div>
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Kenneth would not back down on any topic raised by his employer. As Rogers spouted forth on all manner of topics, Kenneth would respond with a witty anecdote that would show he knew more about the topic than its instigator.</div>
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I gradually uncurled from the back of the sofa and was soon joining in the chorus of hilarity being raised from the battle of two such great minds. Rogers was soon crying with laughter, and Kenneth had his nose raised as he drew in the air of victory. </div>
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For at least ten minutes Sid kept his distance and remained deep in thought. From inside Tolly's house the sound of <strong><a href="http://www.kennethwilliams.org.uk/" target="_blank">Kenneth Williams</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.barbarawindsor.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Windsor</a></strong> holding court was clearly one of the reasons Sid was braving the direct intensity of the sun's rays. Kenny Williams wasn’t his cup of tea – that was common knowledge.</div>
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With that Sid wandered over,<strong> grabbed me</strong> by the arm and said: <em>‘If I ain’t getting out of this neither are you.’</em> We entered the house, painted on our smiles, opened our mouths and sang <em>‘happy birthday’</em> to a rather squiffy looking <strong><a href="http://www.jim-dale.com/" target="_blank">Jim Dale.</a></strong></div>
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</span></span><br />mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231750532101217691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395448364891063949.post-25658871078669619342013-02-10T05:05:00.000-08:002013-02-10T05:19:14.046-08:00The Carry On School Of Modern Day Comedy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">It's
still possible to identify <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)"><strong>the Carry On</strong></a> influence in modern mainstream British
comedy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">From
the pseudo working men's clubs insights of <a href="http://www.peterkay.co.uk/"><strong>Peter Kay</strong></a>, to the knowing
tickle-yer-granny's funny bone 'off-the-cuff' sitcom sauciness of <a href="http://mrsbrownsboys.com/Mrs_Brown/Welcome.html"><strong>Mrs Brown's Boys</strong></a> .. the double entendre and innuendo laced humour of the Carry Ons are alive
and well and on a DVD shelf near you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://www.julianclary.co.uk/"><strong>Julian Clary,</strong></a> who features in the forthcoming ebook, <a href="http://awritecarryon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/beyond-carry-ons-intimate-insights.html"><strong>Intimate Insights</strong></a> (Wholepoint
Publications), starred in the ill-received <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_Columbus"><strong>Carry On Columbus,</strong></a> and, for his
sins, found himself in a recent run of<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.channel5.com/shows/celebrity-big-brother"><strong>Celebrity Big Brother.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">But
ringing through the heart of Julian’s comedy persona are the infectious vowels
and delivery of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams"><strong>Kenneth Williams.</strong></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as far back as his days as <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Joan-Collins-Fan-Club/dp/0333499263"><strong>The Joan Collins Fan Club</strong></a><strong>,</strong> his modus operandi was to
shock through use of his vocabulary .. a technique so expertly mastered by
Williams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Williams
would also use song as part of his intellectual arsenal. Releasing two albums
under his own name, <strong>Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent</strong> and <strong>The World of Kenneth
Williams;</strong> he has been cited as a great influence on <a href="http://www.timminchin.com/"><strong>Tim Minchin.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Minchin
is an Australian-British comedian, actor, and musician who describes his act as
a ‘funny cabaret show’ and sees himself primarily as a musician and songwriter as
opposed to a comedian. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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music and comedy was revealed in one interview when he said: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">"I'm
a good musician for a comedian and I'm a good comedian for a musician but if I
had to do any of them in isolation I dunno."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Minchin’s
self doubts over giving his talents to just one comedy genre are much like
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Carry On regular wanted most of all to be taken seriously, but is best
remembered for his slapstick appearances in the long running comedy film
series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">From
the stadium-filling mainstream comedy of <a href="http://www.michaelmcintyre.co.uk/"><strong>Michael McIntyre</strong></a>, to the sardonic
observational comedy of <a href="http://www.dylanmoran.com/"><strong>Dylan Moran,</strong></a> we have the likes of Sid James, Charles
Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor et al to thank for coming
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Watching an actor learn his lines is tantamount to
watching paint dry. Even when said actor is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams" target="_blank"><strong>Kenneth Williams</strong></a> and said lines
will only be witnessed by the lucky few who squeeze into an unremarkable
village hall.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">It was a few days shy of Christmas and Kenneth had
arrived at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell's</strong></a> (Carry On scriptwriter), house with just
three hours to learn his lines, rehearse his scenes and partake in a dress
rehearsal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">So, with time short .. Kenneth did none of the above
three. Instead he<strong> put on a show</strong> there and then, to an audience of just three. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little intimidated, as Kenneth delivered uncensored anecdotes on the behind the
scenes going-ons of his fellow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)" target="_blank"><strong>Carry On</strong></a> stars. </span></div>
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fidgeting awkwardly in their chairs .. while I was in seventh heaven. Kenneth
noted my youthful abandon and delivered many of his cutting/killer punchlines
down his long nose and directly to my lugholes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whisked away to the local village hall. By all accounts, he<strong> adlibbed</strong> the local
amateur dramatic society off of the stage, endeared himself to few of those in
attendance, and loved every minute of the unforgettable and outrageous scene
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<strong>A Write Carry On - The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows </strong></div>
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<strong>by Mike Cobley</strong> </div>
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I<span class="style_4">magine growing up with the Carry Ons. Getting to hobnob on a regular basis with the likes of<strong><em> Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Frankie Howerd, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale and Kenneth Williams.</em></strong> Well, I was that lucky guy. The catalyst for my meetings with the cream of saucy British comedy was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><strong>Talbot‘Tolly’ Rothwell.</strong></a> </span></div>
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<span class="style_4">Tolly wrote the scripts for twenty-two of the big-screen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)"><strong>Carry Ons</strong></a>, and was a close family friend for all of those glorious mega-grossing box office years.</span></div>
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<span class="style_4">Along the way you will get a behind-the-scenes peek at the lives and personalities of all the <strong>major Carry On stars.</strong> There were a lot of laughs but also a few tears. Oh, and the odd illicit affair too! </span> </div>
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<em>I really enjoyed reading about the real people that i only knew from the carry on films.<br />It was so interesting finding out about the man behind the scripts, a true genius.<br />Funny, sad and informative from an unusual perspective.<br />Would recommend this to all.</em> (Verified Amazon Buyer Review)</div>
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<em>‘The spine of the book lists his name. The title looks familiar. Even the dust jacket speaks of ideas that had once come so easily to him. But here, in this now unfamiliar room, his past belongs to another and the present holds few clues to his self. Fear takes a grip.’</em><span class="style_6"> <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008BMEMQC/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1HW7SDXKQSDEWDW373GM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358549767&pf_rd_i=468294">('A Write Carry On')</a></strong></span></div>
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This was the moment when one of the <span class="style_7">great unsung heroes of British comedy writing</span> knew the game was up. Having been responsible for a rollercoaster half-decade of screenwriting twenty Carry On films, as well as <strong><em>Up Pompeii and The Crazy Gang</em></strong>, <span class="style_7">Talbot ’Tolly’ Rothwell</span> could no longer recognise the keys on his typewriter. His past had caught up with him. </div>
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Talbot went on to receive an <span class="style_7">OBE</span> - yet still managed to be<strong> <span class="style_7">'A Man In The Shadows’.</span></strong> </div>
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Featuring the likes of <span class="style_7"><strong><em>Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Frankie Howerd, Hattie Jacques</em></strong></span> et al, this gripping tale takes the reader deep into the complex characters who have, even after their passing, become a mainstay of British comedy. </div>
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when discussing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)"><strong>Carry Ons,</strong></a> but back in 1975 I was forced to flee a somewhat
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Rewind back to lunchtime and I was sat in the kitchen of
ex-Carry On scriptwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><strong>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell's</strong></a> house, quietly observing the
coming, goings and conversations of the few Carry Oners who had accepted the
invitation to Tolly's farewell shindig in honour of his uprooting from his
beloved secluded bolt hole in the picturesque village of Fulking, to the rather
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The move had been necessitated after Tolly's breakdown
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Sadly, it was glaringly obvious from the turn out of cast
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But <strong>Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Jim Dale</strong> and producer
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Conversation was unusually muted, and the expected ribbing
and backbiting was absent. All-in-all, and not surprisingly due to the
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Meanwhile, I was clock watching. I still had to get out of
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My attendance at my first ever gig was imminent, and I was
almost breathless with anticipation. <a href="http://supertramp.com/"><strong>Supertramp</strong></a> meant nothing to me. I hadn't
heard their music and didn't even know they were American and at the peak of
their prog/pop powers.</div>
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Upon entering the Dome I tried to act in a nonplussed and
laid-back manner. Most of the longhairs milling around the venue were sporting
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The memory of the gig itself is a
bit of a blur. I remember being highly impressed by both the personality and
musicianship of <strong>John Helliwell</strong> (woodwinds, keyboards, backing vocals), as well
as the swearing heavily featured on the band's closing number, <strong>'Bloody Well
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Once back outside and engulfed by the town's ice cold air, I
discovered poppers had nothing to do with balloons! But I went home happy and a
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The next morning my brother presented me with a second
present, a copy of Supertramp's break through third album<strong> 'Crime of the
Century'.</strong></div>
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For me, much like for those involved in the ongoing Carry On
franchise, <strong>the times they were a changin'</strong>.<br />
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in crisp late autumnal early morning dew, while - from my vantage point in the
front room of the then <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_("><strong>Carry On</strong></a> scriptwriter, <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell">Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell’s</a></strong> house -
I was being willingly given a poetic crash course in all things Mother Nature.<br />
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Tolly’s two Golden Retrievers were getting restless. All the
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The four of us were
soon stepping out and crossing the few feet from Tolly’s gravel driveway and on
to the <strong>damp green blades</strong> of the <st1:place w:st="on">Downs</st1:place>.</div>
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Talk on that half-term Wednesday morning soon turned to the
somewhat surreal happenings of the previous Sunday. An afternoon dominated by
grand arrivals and off-centre lessons in the <strong>complexities of adult gatherings</strong>.</div>
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The occasion had been one of the sporadic social get
togethers of Carry On cast and crew. A time when the post midday hours were
orchestrated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams"><strong>Kenneth Williams</strong></a>, and played out to a soundtrack of laughter
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Tolly had been intrigued to what I had made of the event.
He’d noted that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques"><strong>Hattie Jacques</strong></a> had spent a good hour with me .. the two of us
engaged in deep conversation. <br />
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I explained that she had raised the somewhat
<strong>thorny topic</strong> of weight gain .. a ‘condition’ that had hung heavy on both our
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Hattie was sweet and understanding. I was barely in my teens
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Then there was Sid, the old rascal. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"><strong>Sid James</strong></a>, bless him. A
man very much of his time. Flirty-yet-a-gentleman. Trustworthy, though would
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At the party I’d also been <strong>accosted by Kenneth Williams</strong>.
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Kenneth very much saw himself as the <strong>numero uno</strong>. So I was
subjected to his full repertoire of peacock-like strutting. Much laughter was
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Windsor"><strong>Barbara Windsor</strong></a> had arrived well after the party had peaked. Kenneth made sure he was next to her, or there abouts, for the remainder of the afternoon. </div>
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I noted that while he was talking to Barbara his eyes were actually locked into an intense gaze with Sid's. It would be a few years before I knew <strong>what that was all about!</strong></div>
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Tolly loved to hear these tales. He found the <strong>inner workings of the Carry On cast</strong> a great inspiration for his writing. </div>
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As lunchtime approached we dropped down from the hills and took lunch at his local, <a href="http://shepherdanddogpub.co.uk/"><strong>The Shepherd and Dog</strong></a>. Tolly's attention was soon lost to the throng. I think they loved him just about as much as I did!</div>
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</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231750532101217691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395448364891063949.post-58110406704127637422012-10-09T07:54:00.001-07:002012-10-09T07:57:44.961-07:00A Write Carry On: The Readers Offer Up Their Intimate Insights!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Feedback during the four months since the publication<span style="color: black;"> of
<a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/"><strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a> has been both enlightening and informative. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Sally Majors, from
'up Gloucestershire way', emailed to say as a teenager in the early 1970s whilst
visiting her grandparents in East Sussex, they had all been excited to come
across a 'somewhat jovial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"><strong>Sid James</strong></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Windsor"><strong>Barbara Windsor'</strong></a> sat in the quiet
alcove of an Alfriston pub.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Sally and her grandfather
approached the couple when they were at the bar ordering more ‘liveners’. Both
were friendly, and Sally remembers Barbara taking a keen interest in her
somewhat <strong><em>‘off-the-wall teenage attire’.<o:p></o:p></em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Considering, at the time, that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On"><strong>the Carry On</strong></a> couple were having an unpublicised affair, Sally is, in hindsight,
amazed at how open and forthcoming the duo were.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Another interesting insight, from a
fellow<a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/"> <strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a> reader, arrived via a private message on my Facebook
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<span style="color: black;">Dan Carter, a self-styled ‘British
comedy film buff’ clearly remembers tracking down Carry On scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><strong>Talbot‘Tolly’ Rothwell,</strong></a> to the Shepherd and Dog, his local pub in Fulking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">A few whiskeys later and talk
turned to the ins and outs of <strong>writing to deadline</strong> and the process that saw the scriptwriting
project brought to completion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Tolly told Dan that Carry On
producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rogers"><strong>Peter Rogers,</strong></a> once a scriptwriter himself, was both meticulous and
demanding when it came to perusing the various script drafts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">They would return to Tolly with
red crossings and markings as well as being <strong>heavily annotated.</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">There would be a
number of these exchanges, and Tolly felt it was his willingness to take on
board criticism (justified or not) and his quick turn around in ideas
and drafts that kept him onboard <strong>the Carry On team</strong> for twenty-two of the series thirty-one
films. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Lastly, in this blog entry, <strong>the last
hurrah</strong> goes to Annie Crocket, now based in Northern France, but during the
early 1960s and late 1970s she was a resident of Eastbourne, in <st1:place w:st="on">East Sussex</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Annie worked as an extra on many
projects shot at <strong><a href="http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/">Pinewood Studios</a></strong>. She had muted background scenes in a number
of Carry On films, and got to know a few of the personalities behind their on
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<span style="color: black;">Having read <strong><a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/">A Write Carry On</a></strong> Annie
dropped me a long email. Firstly she congratulated me on bringing out the true
essence of the likes of Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques
and Charles Hawtrey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It was the latter she chatted to
the most. Annie said she found <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey">Hawtrey</a></strong> a loner who, when sober, was friendly
and always welcoming of a quiet chat. She said he kept himself pretty much to
himself, and that initially once he began drinking heavily he found it easier
to be a part of such a close nit group of actors.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">She also bonded with Kenneth Williams. Always 'on' and never predictable. A true Carry On trait if ever there was one! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>A Write Carry On - The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows </strong></div>
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<strong>by Mike Cobley</strong> </div>
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</span><br />mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231750532101217691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395448364891063949.post-39508810689335070082012-09-10T07:30:00.001-07:002012-09-10T07:30:14.489-07:00Writer’s Block: "Stress! Stress! Oh God, oh God, oh God!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vKqnBThsAoW6UNdVUruOelmwGU_tHb30WHCHTYwOjBNeKX3AAdfm-FqHB61pAaOo5-sPb2aPoLiOxudONDcpG1jZiQej4stOJQ2SpmDcld2xtDXKx6aLRQO_m7KlFGLzm72YEriWKIV5/s1600/jkr1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vKqnBThsAoW6UNdVUruOelmwGU_tHb30WHCHTYwOjBNeKX3AAdfm-FqHB61pAaOo5-sPb2aPoLiOxudONDcpG1jZiQej4stOJQ2SpmDcld2xtDXKx6aLRQO_m7KlFGLzm72YEriWKIV5/s320/jkr1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">One of the chapters in <a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/"><strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a> details the severe writer’s block suffered by Carry On
scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><strong>Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell.</strong></a> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The blight of many-a-writer, the
condition is primarily the inability to produce new work. Though, in Tolly’s
case, it became the inability to recognise the keyboard layout on his
typewriter.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">When asked about the most
frightening thing he had ever encountered, novelist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway"><strong>Ernest Hemingway</strong> </a>said,
<em>"A blank sheet of paper."</em> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And none other than the
Master of Terror himself, <a href="http://www.stephenking.com/"><strong>Stephen King,</strong></a> said that the <em>"scariest moment is
always just before you start writing. After that, things can only get
better."<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">An oft practised ‘cure’ to
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the case of Bats For
Lashes singer, <a href="http://www.batforlashes.com/"><strong>Natasha Khan,</strong></a> she <em>‘hit the wall’</em> when it came time to write what
would become her forthcoming release, The Haunted Man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>"Stress! Stress! Oh God,
oh God, oh God!"</em> she said, <em>"I was getting very stuck and having
writer's block and getting panicked and really upset. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>“I was honestly ready not to
do music any more because I thought, 'That's it, I'm just going to go off and
have a baby. I don't want to do this any more.' I'd lost my way."<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was suggested by a friend
that she could do unpaid work at Charleston (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bell"><strong>Vanessa Bell's</strong></a> artist studio, the
idyllic country bolthole for the Bloomsbury Group in East Sussex.), helping out
the gardener, Mark, and his infirm whippet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>"I was quite sad at the
time and quite lonely,"</em> she recalls. <em>"I was stuck in my flat in <st1:place w:st="on">Brighton</st1:place> and I was desperate for a garden. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>“It felt like going back to
my mum's for a cup of tea. My parents don't live in the <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country> any more, so
it felt a bit like a little family."<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">When Khan went back to her
notebook, The Haunted Man started to take shape. It would be an album about <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">England</st1:country>, a love letter to Hertfordshire where
she grew up and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Sussex</st1:country></st1:place>
where she now lived. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.jkrowling.com/"><strong>JK Rowling</strong></a> reported at the
time of writing Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets that <em>“I really did have writer's block. Briefly, I think. It
wasn't a very serious case, it was only about five weeks. And compared to some
people, what's five weeks? <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>“Goblet of Fire, I was very
unhappy towards the end of writing Goblet, and at the point where I realised I
was fantasising that I would break an arm and therefore not be able to... I
really mean this. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>“I mean I was just a little
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publishers that I can't physically do it?" and then that would give me
more time. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>“Because I committed to a
totally unrealistic deadline. And I made the deadline. But I really did make it
by working round the clock really. I was so unhappy.”</em></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Supposed cures vary, but author
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Cameron"><strong>Julia Cameron</strong></a> advocates the practice of morning pages as a remedy to writer's
block. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Morning pages are three handwritten pages of free writing where the
purpose is to write without the intention of using the writing for anything. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It
is a practice that can bring your thoughts to the surface and allow you to
enter a more creative zone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">All the above was written during my current bout of writer's block. At least I'm in good company! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<strong>A Write Carry On - The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows </strong></div>
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<strong>by Mike Cobley</strong> <br />
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<strong><a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/">Wholepoint Publications</a></strong></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/"><strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a> (Wholepoint Publications) is not the
whole story, it just marks the halfway point in my collection of reminisces
about growing up with the Carry Ons. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">The <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346072906&sr=8-1"><strong>first ebook</strong></a> focused on my family's friendship with the
big screen series long-term scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell"><strong>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell.</strong></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">The final part of the tale, <strong>Intimate Insights,</strong> is currently
at the first draft stage and will be available for download (via Amazon/Kob/iTunes)
before the year's end. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Like <strong>A Write Carry On,</strong> the new ebook has been picked up
by <a href="http://wholepoint.co.uk/"><strong>Wholepoint Publications.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span></div>
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of the regular <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carry_On_films_cast_members"><strong>Carry On cast.</strong></a> The majority of those off screen stumble-upons
took place in Fulking (<st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sussex</st1:place></st1:country>),
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">A few of them, like my chance meeting with <strong><a href="http://www.julianclary.co.uk/">Julian Clary</a></strong> (Carry On Columbus), are worthy of their inclusion in <strong>Intimate Insights.</strong>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">As for the featured Carry On regulars (Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windsor, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Jim Dale), separately they were great
company. Together, in certain combinations, they could be a nightmare. I had
the (mis)-fortune to witness both!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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feature the illustrations of <strong>Mandy Hills</strong>. Mandy drew the cover for<strong> A Write
Carry On,</strong> and has teamed-up with me in the past where she has supplied illustrations for
poetry anthologies and magazines .. as well as drawing a mean <strong>Virginia Woolf!</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The forthcoming
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my unique tale of growing up with the Carry Ons. In <a href="http://wholepoint.jimdo.com/10-a-write-carry-on/"><strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">With ‘Convenience’ a lot of audience goodwill went out the window. In a time of bitter industrial disputes, scriptwriter <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745349/"><strong>Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell</strong></a> explored the political themes of the trade union movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pecking order when it came to selecting the aural ambience of his abode, especially
on those rare weekends when the stars came out and illuminated the sleepy
little Sussex village of <a href="http://www.fulkingvillage.co.uk/"><strong>Fulking</strong></a><strong>.</strong></div>
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But Babs was no shrinking violet, and often once the whisky
and wine was in full flow, Tolly’s wall mounted speakers would throb to the wah-wah
guitars and hard driving beat of The Temptations ‘Cloud Nine’. That’s when
things got interesting .. especially if <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams"><strong>Kenneth Williams</strong></a> was in residence!</div>
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At first Kenneth would moan and bemoan the sudden
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‘Turn it up, Barb’, he would scream. ‘Come on everyone, are
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After stuttering on for another four films, there would be a
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The ‘big four’ from the past to join the project were Jim
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The reviews were as disappointing as the film itself, but
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opportunity to quiz <a href="http://julianclary.co.uk/"><b>Julian Clary.</b></a></div>
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The unplanned meeting was a few years back at the Sussex
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At the time of '<st1:city w:st="on">Columbus</st1:city>,'
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He also loved Tolly’s many great comedy moments that brought
the very best out of Frankie Howerd, in<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Pompeii!">Up Pompeii.</a></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And it was with Frankie that he seemingly identified the
most. Julian admitted to the same self-doubts and anxieties, as well as the
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So when the call came with an offer of a part of in
‘Columbus’ the fact that Frankie was to be on board was a big plus point. Sadly
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If he’d been born twenty years earlier, no-doubt Julian
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">The South <st1:place w:st="on">Downs</st1:place> has a
life all of its own. Running from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to
Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east; and I have walked its
hundred-plus miles on more than one occasion.</span><br />
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chalk encrusted paths it’s best to remember that the seasons are never to be trusted.
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gargoyle-wearing prey as they innocently wander the nooks and crannies of the supposed
sleeping giant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">On both occasions I found myself in Fulking, the home
of Carry On scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell.</strong></a> And on the second occasion
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Kenneth was bleating. He did that a lot. If you were in another room with a crowd of chattering people, then that not-so-far-away sound of bleating was more than likely to be <b>the sound of Kenneth Williams</b> holding court. <br />
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<b>‘Is this where you get felt?’</b> These were the first words Kenneth Williams uttered in my presence. I was barely into my teens and took his query to be one pertaining to non-woven cloth and not the sexually charged nod-and-a-wink meaning he had in mind.<br />
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Jim Dale piped-up in my defence and asked Kenneth to pipe-down. <b>‘He knows I’m only having a laugh, don’t you?’</b> I smiled back. Kenneth then asked my name and how come I happened to be at Tolly’s gaffe at the same time as comedy royalty.<br />
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I explained that <b>Tolly and my dad</b> had been friends since school and that we were often here at weekends. ‘Well, good for you. And what fine profession have you got your eye on,’ inquired Kenneth. <br />
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‘I <b>want to be a vet.</b>’</div>
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‘<b>James Herriot</b>. Well his books, I love them.’<br />
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guests at a<strong> </strong><a href="http://prestonnomads.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Preston Nomads</strong></a> versus celebrities charity cricket match.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell,</strong></a> was an </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">honorary</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> member of the club. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">We’d spent the morning at Tolly’s while my dad took it
upon himself to be chief motivator and bottle washer .. i.e he was getting in
the way and taking the coming proceedings far too seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sid James, Peter Butterworth and Jim Dale arrived just
before we left for the game. I sat next to Jim Dale on the short journey and
I’m sure I sensed nerves among his quick wit and boyish charms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">From the first over onwards it became pretty clear
that the batting total of the local Preston Nomads side was likely to cause
embarrassment to the celebrities’ final score. So Eric Sykes took it
upon himself to the play the clown, a role he was born too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">His one-liners, fake falls, mimed catches and
impersonations brought the host side to its knees .. not an easy position to
bat from. The obviously superior Nomads side saw their batting order collapse
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Victory was theirs, and the drinks were free. Celebrations
went on long into the evening and my dad rescued me from the debauchery not
long before its effects would’ve left a permanent scar on my emotional development!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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family driveway, dripping petrol and oil fuel mixture and rust. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">On a whim and a
prayer I rose one Saturday morning and decided that I was now competent enough
to dispense with endless rides around local streets and cut a path across the South
Downs and pay a visit to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)" target="_blank"><strong>Carry On</strong></a> scriptwriter, and firm family friend,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot 'Tolly' Rothwell.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span><br />
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the moped, it was chocks away - followed by a frantic pedal - and the engine
spluttered into some semblance of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">The journey, from my <a href="http://brighton.co.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Brighton</strong></a> home to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_971557856"><strong>Fulking</strong></a></st1:placename></st1:place><a href="http://www.fulkingvillage.co.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>,</strong></a> was both slow and painful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">I arrived without warning and was greeted by Tolly as
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">He parted with the shocking news that he was having to
dictate the script to his daughter so that even though the deadline had been
missed, at least the it would eventually make it on to the desk of Carry On
producer, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rogers" target="_blank"><strong>Peter Rogers.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span></div>
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cut of, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1340538511&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><strong>A Write Carry On.</strong></a> Take, for instance, the one about <a href="http://www.kennethwilliams.org.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Kenneth Williams</strong></a>
and the showgirl.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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slink off home after a long day's filming and prefer the company of his mother
than that of his fellow actors. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">But on occasions he'd venture out and, when he
did, he would more likely be the life and soul of the gathering. For all his professional
bravado, Kenneth was inwardly shy and full of self-loathing. So when a fan all
but lay at his feet in awe of his talent, he wasn't one to walk away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Unbeknownst to Kenneth she was madly
in love with him and had thoughts of a short engagement, luscious wedding and a
long and happy married life with Kenneth and their four children!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Miss Lash latched onto Kenneth at one of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank">Talbot ‘Tolly’Rothwell's</a></strong> soirées. She was there at the behest of my brother, Martyn. He was a
wild card was Martyn, if the unexpected was expected, then, and only then,
would he do the expected. Miss Lash certainty wasn't on Tolly's guestlist!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">She waltzed in arm-in-arm with my brother. As the
room's attention turned to the somewhat inebriated couple, Kenneth swung round
to see what or whom had stolen his spotlight. He liked what he saw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Miss Lash had the verbals, as well as the attitude.
There was no-way he could compete, so he needed her onside. He raised his
nostrils into the attack position and, to everyone's surprise, poured
compliments on to the unsuspecting Miss Lash. She fell hook, line and sinker
for his manufactured charm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and compliments, she managed to extract Kenneth’s contact details from his
nemesis, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James" target="_blank"><strong>Sid James</strong>.</a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sid knew the score, and he wasn’t going to miss the
opportunity to let Kenneth score an own goal! By 4am the next morning Kenneth
had his phone off of the hook and a mood that carried a cloud the size of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. She’s a busy freelancer working out of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Portland</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state></st1:place>,
and I thought she’d be sympathetic to a new book I was undertaking (<strong>The
Americana Hour</strong> – coming March 2013). But all Cass wanted to talk about was my
current book, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340183666&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><strong>A Write Carry On.</strong></a> No probs, I thought, so here’s what wasn’t
meant to be .. Cass Adams interviews me about A Write Carry On!</div>
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<strong><u>Cass Adams (CA):</u></strong> Mike, it’s so great to be able to chat with
someone who actually met the Carry On cast. Here in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> we love the
English humour, though I think sometimes the lines get blurred. Were the Carry
On films of the late 60s and early 70s really like life on the streets of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<br />
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<strong><u>Mike Cobley (MC):</u></strong> Well it’s good to hear the Carry Ons are
appreciated away from these shores. I guess, in all honesty, that period you
mention was, in actuality, very different from what was on screen. I think that
had to be the case really, otherwise people wouldn’t have been drawn to the cinema.
Movies are an escape from real life. No-one wants to work Monday to Friday and
then pay to go and see their life reflected back at them from the big screen.<br />
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But having said that, they do need to identify with the
humour and characters. Much like music, there has to be a connection. Whether
it is a bumbling doctor, scary matron or leery older man, they all know someone
in real life who fits the bill.<br />
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<strong><u>CA:</u></strong> Kinda guess that makes sense. But what about the sexual
politics? No way, these days, could men be so overtly sexist and controlling of
women. How did women view the Carry On humour back then?<br />
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<strong><u>MC</u></strong>: I remember being in the pub (bar to you guys) and
hearing women turn on Talbot Rothwell (the Carry On scriptwriter) and tell him
that if their husbands treated them that way they’d be out the door with a good
clip round the ear. Then again, in the same breath they admitted they found it
funny. Because, if you watched closely, often the women came out on top anyway
(no pun intended). Yes it is cringe worthy viewing now, and much of the humour
is of its time, but what is timeless is the Carry On cast. People’s love for
the likes of Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Charles Hawtrey and
the rest, burns as bright today as it did back then. Sometimes it’s hard to
separate the actors from the characters.<br />
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<strong><u>MC:</u></strong> Yes, the unsung heroes! That’s why the full title of my
book is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340183666&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><strong>A Write Carry On: The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows.</strong></a> Because someone
like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot Rothwell</strong></a><strong>,</strong> who scripted twenty of the series, was so pivotal to its
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<strong><u>CA:</u></strong> Was very interested that in A Write Carry On you mention
how outside of the circle<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Howerd" target="_blank"> <strong>Frankie Howerd</strong></a> was. There’s a sad little bit where
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<strong><u>MC:</u></strong> I was sat on a hill observing all those great actors as
they stumbled out of Talbot Rothwell’s front door and were whisked away in a
fleet of vehicles. Sid James was all touchy feely, Kenneth Williams was loud,
brash and appeared to believe the party had been in his honour. Meanwhile poor
Frankie Howerd emerged into the fading daylight with his head bowed and
shoulders slouched. He looked so detached and
lonely, much as he had at the party. Tears of clown, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I guess! </span>
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<strong><u>CA:</u></strong> Finally, I feel I must ask you about Talbot Rothwell
himself. You describe beautifully your relationship with him (you as a shy and
awkward teenager and him as fatherly figure) but on his death bed you seemingly
would have nothing to do with him. What changed, what went wrong?<br />
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<strong><u>MC:</u></strong> It was all my fault. The only change in Talbot Rothwell
was his health. He suffered a depilating stroke, as well as an earlier
breakdown, and wasn’t able to speak for the last few years of his <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">life, whereas I went through puberty and emerged on the otherside as a punk/mod.</span> I still
believe totally in the ideals and beliefs I took from those movements, but what
I’m not proud of is how, in viewing Talbot’s generation as the old guard, I
dismissed a lot of relationships in my life which,
for one reason or another, I was never able to mend.<br />
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<strong><u>CA:</u></strong> I love the (book's) cover. Think I’m right in saying that the
faces we see are those of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James" target="_blank"> <strong>Sid James</strong></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Windsor" target="_blank"><strong>Barbara Windsor</strong></a>. But is that you with
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<strong><u>MC:</u></strong> You certainly are right about Sid and Barbara, but it is
Talbot Rothwell with his back to us.
The cover’s designer, <strong>Mandy Hills,</strong> was conveying Talbot’s
place as <em>‘the man in the shadows’</em>, when it came to the public’s perception of
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<strong><u>CA:</u></strong> Note you went with a publisher <a href="http://wholepoint.co.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>(Wholepoint Publications)</strong></a>
for the digital release of A Write Carry On. Wouldn’t it have been easier to
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<strong><u>MC:</u></strong> Wholepoint Publications is very much built around an
ethos, one shared by those with a Mod leaning. On these shores the whole musical
tribal thing defines many people’s lives from puberty to the grave. <a href="http://wholepoint.co.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>Iain Munn’s</strong></a>
digital publishing house is a <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mecca</st1:place></st1:city>
for those of us who believe in the Mod <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">maxim</span> of <em>'clean living under difficult
circumstances.’</em> I wouldn’t have considered putting the title with anyone else,
so it’s lucky for me Iain said ‘yes’!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<strong>With thanks to Cass Adams </strong><a href="mailto:c.adams@musicspectaor.com"><strong>c.adams@musicspectaor.com</strong></a><strong> for the use of this interview. It will appear in full in a Portland, Oregon, publication at a later date.</strong><br />
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are family gatherings, birthdays and long Christmas breaks spent with many-a
relative you would normally cross the road to avoid. Add to that torrid
adolescent mix a house full of<strong> </strong>iconic British comedy legends and what do you
have? You have my early life with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(film_series)" target="_blank"><strong>Carry Ons!</strong></a><br />
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The likes of <span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Frankie Howerd,
Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale and Kenneth Williams fell into my orbit via long-time
Carry On scriptwriter, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot ‘Tolly’ Rothwell.<o:p></o:p></strong></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Tolly changed, for the better,
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previously untold stories on the life and times of his Carry On years. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><em>Oooh noo, please, it’s wicked to mock the afflicted! Well it might be one of your own! Don’t laugh at her, she might want paying - I told her this was an audition! She’s known to me as Madam Vera Roper, but she’s known to everyone else as The English Open!</em><strong> (<em><span style="color: black;">Frankie Howerd introducing Mrs Vera Roper, his pianist, who was deaf.)</span></em></strong></span></div>
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The catalyst for my meetings with the cream of saucy British comedy was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Rothwell" target="_blank"><strong>Talbot‘Tolly’ Rothwell.</strong></a> Tolly wrote the scripts for twenty-two of the big-screen Carry Ons, and was a close family friend for all of those glorious mega-grossing box office years. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Write-Carry-On-ebook/dp/B008BMEMQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1339934589&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><strong>A Write Carry On</strong></a> catalogues not only his eleven years with the Carry Ons, but also Tolly’s time as a Second World War captive at the notorious POW camp, Stalag Luft III (best known for two famous prisoner escapes that took place there by tunnelling, which were depicted in the films The Great Escape (1963) and The Wooden Horse (1950), and the books by former prisoners Paul Brickhill and Eric Williams from which these films were adapted). <br />
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Along the way you will get a behind-the-scenes peek at the lives and personalities of all the major Carry On stars. There were a lot of laughs but also a few tears. Oh, and the odd illicit affair too! <br />
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