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RIP Rog. Rewatched The Trip a couple of weeks ago. Such a great film.
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Rewatched The Trip a couple of weeks ago. Such a great film.
Can’t believe I’ve not heard of that before! Got a copy on its way and looking forward to that!
Death Race 2000 is in my cult films collection but I didn’t register it was Corman. Looks like I’ve got my work cut out catching up!
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I haven't watched this since the 80s, time to remedy that!
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The lady who is eaten at the start of Jaws, 77:
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/susan-backlini-jaws-shark-stunt-death-77-b1157315.html?
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Super Gran, (Gudrun Ure) aged 98.
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Wasn’t Geoff capes a rozzer? Bet no-one attempted to “knock the tit off his head” (sorry for the un PC ness of this comment- no pun intended)
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Tory party a dead man walking
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Simon Doughty
As many will already know, this week we heard the very sad news that Simon Doughty had recently passed.
Simon was a lovely, funny person as well as a highly respected rider and talented author. Everyone liked Simon for his crazy sense of humour, his ability as a cyclist and his comprehensive knowledge of cycling technology and nutrition for cyclists. He was ahead of his time.
Simon wrote a couple of excellent books –
“The Cyclist’s Training Manual: Fitness and Skills for Every Rider”
and
“The Long Distance Cyclist’s Handbook”Both books are still in print and available on Amazon. They are remarkable reads and cover every aspect of cycling.
Simon also ran a successful bike business, called NTi and was one of the first people to sell telescopic forks in the UK. When the business folded he became a senior level professional coach with BC, it was a dream job for him. But it was to be short lived as he was hit by a drunk driver as he was cycling to work one morning at the Manchester velodrome. Simon sustained catastrophic head injuries and needed 24 hour care after that and was also wheel chair bound.
I believe he must have been around 63 years old when he died.
Mark Brooking and Simon were great friends and they were the youngest riders on the Brindisi Seven ride, which is one of the early prestigious rides in the AUK world. Between them they set some WCC club records and I think Simon was highly placed on the famous Mersey Roads 24 hour TT.
Miles Back
https://www.willesdencyclingclub.co.uk/simon-doughty-2/
He literally wrote the book on long distance cycling “The Long Distance Cyclist’s Handbook” which I own and read for tips as it was his club 24hr record I aimed to beat back in 2011 which sent me on my ultra distance cycling path. Unfortunately we never met - he'd been hit by a drunk driver around the time I joined Willesden CC and was in care.
RIP Simon, you were a direct inspiration for much of the last 10+ years of my life.
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A lovely tribute.
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What a shit disease that truly is.
Yeah, it's horrible, have seen my dad's cousin and one of my best mates from school die from it. The fundraising and awareness work that Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield have done, as well as Doddy Weir, has been very inspiring. I hope the money they've raised goes a long way to finding ways to treat it.
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Colin Gibb, who gave the world Agadoo. Tragic.
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They did help give British cinema one of its most glorious scenes though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShoL4DEWto
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Roger Corman. Film-making giant (or possibly an ordinary-height film maker filmed close up from a low vantage point).