I have always wondered what would happen if all my odd ball characters ever got together so I created the party of all parties at the Tidy Arms and damn it I still couldn’t get them all in.

Composer Tim Rice said: ‘Bill will be missed not only for his great talent but for his warmth, wit and wisdom.’ A stage musical based on the series, entitled The Cloggies, ran at the Theatr Clwyd in Mold, Wales. [7] The production was given a limited run from 24 October until 12 November 1983. [8] [9] The Cloggies experienced several issues with special effects and sound during its opening performance, prompting complaints from the audience. [10] [11] The play was later described as a failure by the Evening Post in 1995. [12] There are too many to mention but I hope you will enjoy seeing who else you can spot in the melee." “Is there Any News of the Iceberg?”Month after month, Kegbuster and his faithful whippet fought the good fight for cask ale against the machinations of big brewers, pin-striped executives and steely-eyed marketing men, all the time finding time for a pint or three of his beloved Crudgington’s 6X. Victor, Terry; Dalzell, Tom (2007-12-01). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p.1979. ISBN 978-1-134-61533-9. Bill was a firm family man. Bill married his wife Rosa in 1960, and they had two children, Sylvia and Robert. Sadly, Rosa died in 2019, shortly after he had a stroke.

Critical reception at the time was negative, with journalists criticizing the musical for its humor. [11] A journalist for The Chester Chronicle panned the portrayals of the titular Cloggies while citing Stephen Nallon's impression of Margaret Thatcher as a highlight. [13] The Liverpool Echo's Walter Huntley also reviewed the musical, criticizing it for its poor sound quality and humor. [14] Exhibitions [ edit ] I should have said “No, mum! This is a major turning point in my young life. I must get my pencil and-” but my mum could handle drunken sailors three at a time so I put my career on hold till the end of the war and waited for the next one. Korea.

Neville Grundy said: “Bill Tidy was a neighbour in the early 1980s when our family lived in Birkdale. He used to enjoy a pint in the long-gone Berkeley on Queens Road where I occasionally saw him. Tributes also poured in from famous faces including Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes who simply said that Mr Tidy was a ‘very special man’ who ‘will never die’. The strip served as a satire of northern English male culture and focused on a team of men who took part in what the group called Lancashire clog-dancing. This version of clog-dancing involved two teams dancing towards each other in formation, followed by each attempting to cripple their opponents with gracefully executed knee and foot moves. His career took off and some of his strips had astonishing longevity. The Fosdyke Saga ran in the Daily Mirror from 1971 to 1985 and stopped only when the paper’s owner, that well-known humorist Robert Maxwell, said he didn’t find it funny. Millions did and loved its wry working-class re-working of the John Galsworthy novels and TV series the Forsyte Saga that followed the sexual misadventures of upper-class families living in Dorset and London.

Even the Red Baron made it, turning up fresh from enjoying his WW1 aerial duels with Josh’s son Tom.

One night, Tim is amazed when his bed takes him to a rehearsal for a grand flypast of all the world’s beds. Tim realizes that some of the most important beds are missing, and speaks up – with dire consequences. With around half a million print readers a week and over 1.5 million web views per month, EWN has the biggest readership of any English language newspaper in Spain. The paper prints over 150 news stories a week with many hundreds more on the web – no one else even comes close.

The Cloggies were undisputed champions of their ‘sport’, usually inflicting grave injuries before repairing to the nearest pub. Their capacity for beer was legendary; their home venue, the Clog & Bells, Blagdon, where Doris the barmaid was always in a welcoming mood. There were also unorthodox activities involving the use of ferrets. I drew them on the paper lids on jam jars and people would gather round and say ‘What a clever little boy!” It really irritated me. Avis Fawcitt, the Leicestershire music teacher who devoted her life to the Orphean Youth and Concert Orchestra.Bill sporting a PCO badge with former PCO ‘Chairleg’ Bill Stott, Photo by Rob Doyle kindly supplied by Chris Williams.