He was a Man of great knowledge .. I must've known every Bird call by name before i was out of Nappies and "Fishing??" He was gifted ..He didn't need all the fancy gear and state of art Fishing gear ,,he had his trusty hand built Bruce and Walker and Mitchell 300 reel and off we would go .. The River Frome was teeming with Brown Trout and Grayling and many Sundays we would have a Hearty meal by mid morning.. There were things he taught us that only Country Folk would know like making chewing gum from Ears of Wheat.. Here's what you do..You take a handful of Wheat and rub then blow off the Chaff ,next you crunch the Wheat making sure not to swallow and after a while it turns into chewing gum.. He taught us about campanology too.. He was a great man for the outdoors and he sold the TV for our own good but we still had the old Valve Radio which we would listen to Steptoe and Son and the Goon Show.. He liked the slapstick style comedy of Sellers et al and that was even evident during the Comic strip era of the 80's and the writings of Ben Elton .. He had an appreciation for well written comedy and would use some of it in his own material..

Your right about Rolf Harris .. We would go Swimming in Gloucester and the kids would just stare ..There was a TV commercial on at the time with Rolf recalling his childhood when he nearly drowned. It still makes me laugh .. I remember the day my Dad shaved his beard off ..There was a knock at the door and this clean shaven person was asking me if my Father was home ..I literally did not recognize my Father without his Beard and i said "No" and slammed the door.