Carry On, Carry On's

[Donald the Great]

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I think Carry on Darkly brought up Sid's fondness for gambling. If I remember correctly, it said his wife tried to keep it under control by giving him a weekly allowance. I also read somewhere that Sid loved to read crime fiction.

I watched that and that is correct about Sid's gambling and the weekly allowance. That reminds me of when I was first married.

[staffslad]

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He was great in Carry On films and i think his 'rough around the edges appearance' worked in his favour. I think i read somewhere he was a gambler and fritted away most of his money on the horses.

I think Carry on Darkly brought up Sid's fondness for gambling. If I remember correctly, it said his wife tried to keep it under control by giving him a weekly allowance. I also read somewhere that Sid loved to read crime fiction.

[Danniella]

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spooky indeed Nugs. "apparition looked ghastly" Well Sid was no oil painting when alive either.ha ha

He was great in Carry On films and i think his 'rough around the edges appearance' worked in his favour. I think i read somewhere he was a gambler and fritted away most of his money on the horses.

[Donald the Great]

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I think i've read about this before staffslad, it's very spooky and i would never step foot into that dressing room if i was an entertainer!

spooky indeed Nugs. "apparition looked ghastly" Well Sid was no oil painting when alive either.ha ha

[staffslad]

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I think i've read about this before staffslad, it's very spooky and i would never step foot into that dressing room if i was an entertainer!

Dawson is also reported to have seen the apparition of a little girl singing Ring-a-Ring-o'-Roses in his dressing room, though I am not sure if that was also at the Sunderland Empire. I am usually sceptical on such matters, but Dawson was a very intelligent man, knowledgeable and able to converse on a wide range of subjects, so it does make me stop and think.

[Danniella]

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In 1989, Les Dawson was playing the Sunderland Empire, where Sid James died in 1976. Dawson was in his dressing room, sitting at his dressing table, when he heard a familiar and distinctive laugh, and saw Sid James reflected in the dressing table's mirror. Dawson said that the apparition looked ghastly, and before it vanished it spoke to him, though Dawson never revealed what it said. The incident affected Dawson so much that he never worked at that theatre again. The dressing room was allegedly the one used by Sid James the night he died.

I think i've read about this before staffslad, it's very spooky and i would never step foot into that dressing room if i was an entertainer!

[staffslad]

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In 1989, Les Dawson was playing the Sunderland Empire, where Sid James died in 1976. Dawson was in his dressing room, sitting at his dressing table, when he heard a familiar and distinctive laugh, and saw Sid James reflected in the dressing table's mirror. Dawson said that the apparition looked ghastly, and before it vanished it spoke to him, though Dawson never revealed what it said. The incident affected Dawson so much that he never worked at that theatre again. The dressing room was allegedly the one used by Sid James the night he died.

[staffslad]

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I saw most of the early (b&w) ones at boarding school. The later ones on television. Terrific movie Mosquito Squadron.. David McCallum. Can still hear the soundtrack in my mind.

Mosquito Squadron is a good'un. It was part of a series of WW2 based war films made by the same company in the late 60s. Others include Attack on the Iron Coast and the 1,000 Plane Raid.

Carry on Dick was Sid James's last Carry On film. He had agreed with the producers that it would be his last, so even if he had not died in 1976, we would not have seen him in any more.

[Donald the Great]

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Just wondered if anyone managed to see any of the series on the big screen?

The ones I can remember seeing are:

Regardless--a 16mm print at a church hall. It may have been a fundraiser for Toc H.

Again Doctor and Camping my mum took me to see at our local cinema when they were released.

Columbus my wife and I saw at our local cinema when it was released.

Again Doctor and Camping were double bills. I think the supporting film for Camping may have been Mosquito Squadron, a low budget WW2 action drama.

I saw most of the early (b&w) ones at boarding school. The later ones on television. Terrific movie Mosquito Squadron.. David McCallum. Can still hear the soundtrack in my mind.

[staffslad]

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Just wondered if anyone managed to see any of the series on the big screen?

The ones I can remember seeing are:

Regardless--a 16mm print at a church hall. It may have been a fundraiser for Toc H.

Again Doctor and Camping my mum took me to see at our local cinema when they were released.

Columbus my wife and I saw at our local cinema when it was released.

Again Doctor and Camping were double bills. I think the supporting film for Camping may have been Mosquito Squadron, a low budget WW2 action drama.

[staffslad]

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That's a nice touch. Robertson Justice was a natural for Sir Lancelot, and was in lots of things in the 60s. He's very good in a couple of comedies with Stanley Baxter...The Fast Lady and Father came Too, both from the early 60s.

[Donald the Great]

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In DOCTOR a portrait above the hospital lifts depicts James Robertson Justice, who played the formidable Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Carry Ons rival Doctor series of films. The painting bears the legend "Sir James R. Justice - Founder".

[Donald the Great]

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That is pretty amazing. Not sure i'd like to predict my own passing though

Like I say.. eerie. having said that she must have been quite ancient.. as she already looked oldish in Camping. But certainly more than a coincidence.

[Danniella]

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shouuld have read "during filming on Camping"

That is pretty amazing. Not sure i'd like to predict my own passing though

[staffslad]

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shouuld have read "during filming on Camping"

Like someone had heard what she told Laye and granted her wish.