Cerberus

It's possible that Ford's pardon of Nixon may have been a factor in him losing in '76, but Carter didn't win by that much and of course only managed one term.

Ian Redpath, Aussie batsman of the sixties and early seventies, dead at 83: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-australia-opener-ian-redpath-dies-aged-83-1460416 Signed up for Packer as I recall, to not much effect as he'd been out of top cricket too long by then.

I found it surprising, to say the least, that the BBC obituary of Timothy West made no mention at all of 'Edward the Seventh' - surely he's better known for that than for appearing in seven episodes of 'Coronation Street' in 2013. I remember that series very fondly - I was only 12 in 1975 but as it was deemed of historical value I was allowed to stay up once a week to watch it. Annette Crosbie was a perfect Queen Victoria. 'I, Claudius' a year later was a very different affair. TW was also memorable in the 'Royal Jelly' episode of 'Tales of the Unexpected' from 1980.

Falklands era Defence Secretary John Nott: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwygr73kg68o Here yesterday, gone today. Edit: just noticed posted elsewhere. Doesn't seem possible to delete a post, for some reason.

I wonder if there might be pardons for some of those doing time for the January 6 riots too - although I suspect he'd prefer not to remind everyone of that episode. And it's not as if any of those people could be useful to him now.

Three years on, to contribute lead vocal for a 'new' version of their 2004 chart-topper I'll Stand By You' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5wkyq37wvo

Still not picked up by Cricinfo after three weeks. Very unusual for them, especially for a former joint holder of a world record partnership. May I make a plaintive plea for Neil Harvey in the '25 List? Turned 96 two days before Hastings died.

I've just been perusing the inaugural deathlist from 1987. Some interesting selections were made there. Obiously, you knew that Les Dawson (56) was not very well. But what was 28-year old racing driver Andrea de Cesaris doing there? He's still with us as far as I can tell. Did he have a reputation for dangerous driving or something? Anyway, there are four other survivors that I know of: Ozzy Osbourne Sir Jimmy Saville Anna Wing Cive Dunn 18 years on, some of them still seem to have some gas in the tank.

I was wondering why I hadn't seen one of these yet. Perhaps I'll start to see them in my change now, as long as our friends the hoarders don't snap them all up first: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ejnv74dwno

Not mentioned in that report, but I read today in his obituary in the Cricketer magazine that he was briefly a housemate of John Lennon's - lodged with his aunt Mimi for a while. "We didn't have much to do with him, but heard him playing his guitar now and then." Yes terribly sad about Graham Thorpe. As anyone who's read David Frith's magnificent 'Silence of the Heart' would know, cricket seems to lend itself to suicide more than any other sport. I wonder what Jonny Bairstow must be feeling now.

If the woman next to her is her lawyer, I can well understand that expression.

Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian opener best remembered as one of Sunil Gavaskar's regular partners, dead at 71. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/anshuman-gaekwad-former-india-batter-and-coach-dies-at-71-1445591

And coincidentally Sir Garfield 'Gary' Sobers is 88 today!

So, somebody called Crooks tried to kill a crook. Life is full of little ironies like that. But it was a close call. He only missed his brain by three or four feet!

Also in cricket, although any player born in Northern Ireland is eligible for England! The last being Boyd Rankin in 2013, although he had previously appeared for Ireland in one-day cricket. While I'm here, can I just ask a regular, has the site ever gone six months without a hit before - as has happened today?

How prophetic this proved to be ... daughter and son-in-law now disqualified as charity trustees. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/captain-tom-daughter-her-husband-142101417.html

When she and William married, John Major and David Cameron (and their wives) were both invited, but not Tony Blair or Gordon Brown. Read into that what you will.

One individual interviewed while waiting for his notes on Wednesday claimed to have over £80 worth of Charles III 50p's. Tosser.

There was a queue at the Bank of England this morning for people to exchange their old QEII notes for new ones. Apparently the first was a coin dealer who has a shop near Leicester Square. So, if you want to know where to pick these up for only ten times face value, you know where to go!

I know some smartarse is going to say this has been posted here before - probably on the Covid-19 thread, about four years ago ... but what the hell, this is bloody brilliant. And as one of the YT commenters says, he never looks at his hands once. What could he possibly have been singing about I wonder?

Pleased to see this here. I was a big collector from around 2008-14, when I had a little extra disposable income, and discovered ebay. Bought hundreds of coins in that time, enough to fill three albums. Mostly milled (post 1660) but a handful of Roman and mediaeval too. A nice cartwheel twopence that's too big to fit in the albums! And yes a load of Royal Mint issues, £5 coins, silver Britannias, one sovereign (2009 I think), some miscellaneous oddments from the now defunct Pobjoy Mint. After that, I dunno, I just lost the bug I think. My main hangover from that time is my monthly Coin News which I never got around to cancelling. Mostly it deals with high-end auction stuff way out of the reach of ordinary collectors. Some nice pictures though.

As one of the biggest Pop Stars of his day, it wasn't unreasonable to find him in the Pop Stars thread. I would never have considered him a country singer, though he may have recorded some music in that style. Anyways, I'll leave it for someone else to cross-post in the Singles Chart section.

I would definitely be interested in that, and yes I agree about the hoarders. People boasting on SM about how many alphabet 10ps they've got, etc. I've got a couple of the 2022 50ps, got one in change in the pub and one from a vending machine. Prior to that I bought a couple on ebay - £3 each - and gave one to my partner. Don't need any more than that.

How the hell have you all missed Frank Ifield? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0vv1ngrq5yo Seems like one who ought to have been in the Fifty.

Jane Morgan, Number One in 1958 with 'The Day the Rains Came Down' - 100 today. No doubt mentioned elsewhere ... Only the second solo UK chart-topper to make three figures, after Dame Vera.