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19-10-2009, 14:52 #1Senior Member
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Ludovic Kennedy
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Which allows me to mention, again:
Nurse at vasectomy whispers: "He has the word Ludo tatooed on his wotsit"
Other nurse: "It's not Ludo... it's Llandudno"
Edited for doh!
Titfer pls waiter."As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her - her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye."
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19-10-2009, 15:11 #2Senior Member
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Re: Ludovic Kennedy
Try 'Sub Lieutenant, a Personal Record of the War at Sea', Ludovic Kennedy, Batsford 1942. LK served on board HMS Tartar on the Bismarck chase and other adventures. His father lost his life in 1939 in command of HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser, converted P&O liner) engaging the Nazi battle cruisers Scharnorst and Gneisenau and thereby foiling those ships' breakout into the Atlantic. RIP.
Dr Johnson: 'Any man thinks less of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been to sea.'
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone: 'Moderation in war is imbecility!'
Douglas MacArthur: 'There is no substitute for Victory!'
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19-10-2009, 15:14 #3Senior Member
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Re: Ludovic Kennedy
Very sorry to hear about Ludo's death, despite his advanced age. RN veteran, fine journalist and a liberal in the best sense of the word.
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19-10-2009, 15:39 #4Senior Member
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I remember he had the slot on Radio 4 right after a ship was announced as sinking in the falkands, he seemed very moved at the time.
Trotsky
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19-10-2009, 16:05 #5Senior Member
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Re: Ludovic Kennedy
Pro euthanasia advocate . He'll be missed :(
Not to be confused with Spenny from Edinburgh
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19-10-2009, 16:08 #6Senior Member
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Agreed. Sad news.
Originally Posted by Krek_Brizzle
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19-10-2009, 16:14 #7Senior Member
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Ludovic Kennedy, RIP. Another of the 'Greatest Generation', fades away.
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19-10-2009, 16:17 #8Senior Member
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Sadly there's no other place a reformed liberal could go.
RIPI bought a military watch. It didn't tell me the time, it told me to get my hair cut.
Scribbler of long and boring stories since 2006 with most of them chucked in HERE.
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