rob237 89 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Well known TV & screen voice...but not for 20 years.... Passed away last week at his Spanish home, aged 80. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Is that Robert Dougal with hair? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 No it's not Robert Dougall,not sure who it is but it's definately not him BF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 ..."Men of Harlech"... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I agree with Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Ivor Emmanuel?? !tony! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Well done Caz.... B) Nice gesture if you share some of your £500 prize money with Admin....cheque in the post... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Of course cheque is on it's way !tony! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 "...Ivor Emmanuel had a moment of fame as the Welsh soldier who, in the film Zulu (1963), rallies a handful of men of the South Wales Borderers in their valiant stand against the four thousand warriors of Chief Cetewayo at Rorke's Drift in 1879. As Private Owen, he inspires the company with a spirited rendering of "Men of Harlech", the regimental marching tune. As the Zulu Impis advance wave upon wave, rattling their assegais against their shields and chanting their blood-curdling war cries, he turns to Stanley Baker with the nonchalant comment, "They've got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenor, that's for sure," then bursts into song, the English words of which he had written specially for the Paramount film. The film, based on a story by John Prebble, cost Paramount about $1.5m and had its world premiere in Johannesburg during the years of apartheid. Emmanuel was among those who were appalled to learn that the Zulus who had taken part in the film were banned from seeing it, the Publications Control Board having deemed it "unfit for black African consumption". In Wales, the heroism of the South Wales Borderers at Rorke's Drift (after which 11 VCs were awarded) has become something of a legend, punctured only by the irreverence of the comedian Max Boyce, who retells the story by making one of the soldiers say to Emmanuel, as the Zulu fighters relentlessly resume their attack, "For God's sake, Ivor, sing them something they can join in!" Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Lol just in case we missed it the first time hey Rob? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I still think Boyces' story is funny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 It was a great Film. The bit I remember most, was the Train Like sound coming over the mountain. The Zulu Horde banging their shields in time. Guaranteed to scare the $h1t out of the waitng enemy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Anybody would think it was a true story? Bip, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Get rid of the pig Den it's bloody evil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Get rid of the pig Den it's bloody evil I'll second that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 That's 2 then Den,anybody else want to eradicate the swine? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Looks like my cousin's husband..... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I quite like it .It reminds me of when I look in the mirror Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Christ on a bike, you lot hang around with some ugly people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Christ on a bike, ... Where the 'eck did you come up with that one? I nearly had coffee down my nose! I gotta remember it - Americans think I'm nuts when I come up with these strange sayings - and I like to keep 'em guessing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Ha Ha i'm not sure Limey,glad you like it. Another good one is "the things you see when you aint got a gun" my old mum used to say that when we were kids B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Are we not in the wrong forum now boys and girls (As an afterthought an old expression used in the same way as' Gordon Bennett' 'Christ on a bike 'Jesus wept' etc ,was, 'f**king spiders,' and I ain't got a clue where that came from) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Ayup Rob, Just as a point of interest, Lt Gonville Bromhead, junior officer at Rorkes Drift was bought up in the next village to me at Thulrby hall, his family home, although born in France and eventually died in India, there is a stained glass window in Thurlby church to the memory of him, sorry to be a bore but if you're proud of British achievements why not boast about them. Cheers Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Well said Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Intereting, a Notts Connection, Must be a picture somwhere? Could be a Quest? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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