People that have been dead for years but you've only just found out ......

[BrilloPad]

I always thought a goblin teasmade was a special gentleman's service in higher class hotels.

Imagine my disappointment to discover that it's actually an alarm clock thing that makes a mediocre cup of tea for you.

I always thought it was a special at Kings X.

[EternalOptimist]

does anybody know where Jeopardy is ?
thats where I want to live. Theres always thousands of jobs there, and peace and cease-fires.

[zoco]

Goblin Combe is real too.

Doubt if many of you have heard of it but whenever I tell people I've parked the car at Goblin Combe when I get a flight out of Bristol they think I'm having a laugh (especially when it's just down the road from Butt-combe).

[NickFitz]

I'm afraid I can't really make a connribution to this thread because I just can't think of anyone.

So I've hijacked the thread and changed the title because, after all these years, I've discovered there is a place called Knotty Ash!

I always thought it was where the Diddymen lived! Anyone here remember the Diddymen?

Being from Liverpool, I've always known about Knotty Ash being real; but I was still disappointed to learn that there weren't actually any jam butty mines there

[northernladuk]

Yeah, I do. Too more appeared after his tax evasion case. Diddypay and diddyfook...

Comic 'cheated Inland Revenue for years' Ken Dodd trial told of letters from Prime Ministers | Herald Scotland

[Gittins Gal]

Things you thought were fictional but are actually real

I'm afraid I can't really make a connribution to this thread because I just can't think of anyone.

So I've hijacked the thread and changed the title because, after all these years, I've discovered there is a place called Knotty Ash!

I always thought it was where the Diddymen lived! Anyone here remember the Diddymen?

[sbakoola]

Ok, I'll kick it off with ...

Robert Palmer