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There's something that used be on everywhere when I was younger in the early 80's.
You used have TV shows, Adam Ants 'Stand and Deliver' and nearly every sketch show seemed to have a Dick Turpin 'Money or your life' sketch.
I think there was a Carry on Dick, Carry On film?
Never here it mentioned much anymore.
Thank fcuk if you ask me used to get on my tits
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  • Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    8801 wrote: »
    There's something that used be on everywhere when I was younger in the early 80's.
    You used have TV shows, Adam Ants 'Stand and Deliver' and nearly every sketch show seemed to have a Dick Turpin 'Money or your life' sketch.
    I think there was a Carry on Dick, Carry On film?
    Never here it mentioned much anymore.
    Thank fcuk if you ask me used to get on my tits

    I know what you mean.

    You don't see quick sand on TV much anymore either. I used to be terrified of the stuff as a kid!
  • exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    That other highway robber has taken over, South Eastern Trains..
  • sutiesutie Posts: 32,645
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    8801 wrote: »
    There's something that used be on everywhere when I was younger in the early 80's.
    You used have TV shows, Adam Ants 'Stand and Deliver' and nearly every sketch show seemed to have a Dick Turpin 'Money or your life' sketch.
    I think there was a Carry on Dick, Carry On film?
    Never here it mentioned much anymore.
    Thank fcuk if you ask me used to get on my tits





    Ah well. Every cloud as they say.
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    I was younger in the 80's too, now there's a coincidence
  • BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    Dick Turpin was a much misunderstood character.

    In real life he was an evil nasty bad tempered sod, not a lovable rogue as shown in books/tv and films. He got arrested in York for shooting a chicken in a rage, was correctly identified and then hung.
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,089
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    I had a nice winner on Dick Turpin when he beat his much more fancied stable mate, Canford Cliffs, in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury 2 or 3 years ago..............

    So..............not all bad...............
  • Bulletguy1Bulletguy1 Posts: 18,429
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    Bungitin wrote: »
    Dick Turpin was a much misunderstood character.

    In real life he was an evil nasty bad tempered sod, not a lovable rogue as shown in books/tv and films. He got arrested in York for shooting a chicken in a rage, was correctly identified and then hung.
    He used to stay at a Coaching Inn which is now a Pub in my local town. Remnants of it's days as a Coaching Inn are still evident too.....though Turpin has long gone! A couple of miles out of the Town Centre there is a large estate which used to be farm fields when I was a young lad. A rough track and path led down toward these fields and at the bottom stood a huge old Oak tree which was used as a Gallows. Whether or not Turpin met his end there is a much debated local matter.

    The tree has long gone and the road which goes past the estate is named Gallowstree Lane.
  • exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    Bungitin wrote: »
    Dick Turpin was a much misunderstood character.

    In real life he was an evil nasty bad tempered sod, not a lovable rogue as shown in books/tv and films. He got arrested in York for shooting a chicken in a rage, was correctly identified and then hung.

    Turpin or the chicken?
  • BastardBeaverBastardBeaver Posts: 11,903
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    I once did a play about Dick Turpin, in Epping Forest :D
  • HogzillaHogzilla Posts: 24,116
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    Apparently his old schoolteacher recognised his handwriting after he was arrested but using a nom de guerre.

    Turpin, not the chicken.

    Some of the feats attributed to him were actually done by the highwayman Swift Nick Nevison.
  • Madridista23Madridista23 Posts: 9,422
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    HAND OVER YOUR LUPINS!!! :cool:
  • BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    exlordlucan wrote: »
    Turpin or the chicken?
    Turpin, silly.

    Turpin used to interrogate victims for their wealth by holding them in front of a fire.
    Most of his fictional nice guy image came from other highway men.
    Speed cameras and fixed penalty tickets are the new highway robbery.
  • BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    Dennis More and his lupins.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtVaTWs6II

    Audio and song, last 15secs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Y_KA7OnR8
  • sutiesutie Posts: 32,645
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    Our son thought he was called Dick Turnip until he was about eleven, because we were such evil parents we couldn't bring ourselves to tell him the truth. :o
  • BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    Until proven otherwise, Robin Hood was fiction.
  • HogzillaHogzilla Posts: 24,116
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    Bungitin wrote: »
    Until proven otherwise, Robin Hood was fiction.

    To be fair, there is more hard evidence of him than there is for Jesus.:D
  • droogiefretdroogiefret Posts: 24,117
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    One of Turpin's descendants is a close friend of mine.
  • LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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    Cant talk about Dick Turpin without these 2 clips from You Tube :D

    Horrible Histories.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KbXyALq7uA


    Most Haunted.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZCChwZL17A



    You will never be able to think of Dick Turpin in the same light again lol....especially the MH one ;)
  • BastardBeaverBastardBeaver Posts: 11,903
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    Hogzilla wrote: »
    To be fair, there is more hard evidence of him than there is for Jesus.:D

    My mums maiden name was Hood, and she told me we were related to Robin Hood when I was growing up - and I believed that until I was 19! :o :mad:
  • HogzillaHogzilla Posts: 24,116
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    BastardBeaver wrote: »
    My mums maiden name was Hood, and she told me we were related to Robin Hood when I was growing up - and I believed that until I was 19! :o :mad:

    Oh poor Bastard!
  • feckitfeckit Posts: 4,303
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    droogiefret wrote: »
    One of Turpin's descendants is a close friend of mine.

    Is that Betty Turpin the famous hotpot maker from Manchester?
  • LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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    feckit wrote: »
    Is that Betty Turpin the famous hotpot maker from Manchester?

    You mean Salford :rolleyes:
  • droogiefretdroogiefret Posts: 24,117
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    feckit wrote: »
    Is that Betty Turpin the famous hotpot maker from Manchester?

    She's dead I'm afraid.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,223
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    'Turpin' is an oldé word for 'sucker.'
  • VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    Robin from Robin's Nest played him if I remember right! Lots of wenches and horses.
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