Here I am aged 11 with my family playing on TV AM wearing a Whitesnake T-Shirt. I get kicked by Nigel Dempster who is standing next to Rory Bremner. The legendary Rusty Lee is also looking on
Roy was one of the best entertainers this country has ever seen! I was privileged enough to grow up with him on telly. I’ve often wondered whether my late Grandmother was any relation to him. She was a ‘Castle’ before she married my Grandad, & was originally from Home-on-Spalding-Moor. 😊
Ah, thanks for your comment David. I know shamefully little of his family tree and don't know any other relations of his or previous generations with the Castle name, except his dad, so we could find out we're related!
This made me smile so much! I'm a rusty flute player (I'm rusty, not the flute) and I've just started playing again. This was a great arrangement and well done you for not fluffing your solo intro on national TV! Your dad always seemed to be such a genuinely lovely bloke. You must all miss him so much... And he missed too much of your lives, too. Thanks for posting this :)
Antonia & Fiona (mum) don't look much different today and still always smiling when ever i see them through G.X or Peters. Your father's an amazing entertainer.
I am a year younger than Antonia and three years older than Ben! By the way, my brother Anthony is the same age as Julia and two years younger than Daniel.
Sweet! Like the stonking middle bit. BURNING, man. Would have preferred you to kick the toad Nigel Dempster but you can't have everything. "Into each life a little rain must fall."
