Brits to be proud of

[brucespanner]

It would seem so! Maybe this proves the point.

 

He's not especially recent but at least he's the last decade - I'm gonna go for Paul Abbott, writer of Shameless (even though the show itself is not up my street, his creativity and drive in light of a difficult life is inspirational).

 

I met Paul Abbot, and his wife and daughter I think, at an Ane Brun gig. My ex 'worked in tv' and was eager to meet him so she made me go up and say hello, by this point I'd had about ten cans of Red Stripe and a hip flask of single malt, pretty far gone!

 

Anyhow's I stroll over and the only thing I could pronounce at this point was 'iygiugouiguiogigi', I had no idea who he was in truth so I had no intention of standing on ceremony, he took it in good humour and the ex ended up talking to him and his family for ages and making some good contacts, all the while I drowned more Red Stripe and had the time of my life with the head line act.

[VladimirIlyich]

The fact that i havent heard of almost any of these people shows the state the media in this country and a need to shake up things in a big way.

Great shout with Dennis Skinner,a hero of mine but at 77/78 years old im not sure if he meets the criteria.

Granted hes a bit younger than my Stan Laurel nomination!

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I met Paul Abbot, and his wife and daughter I think, at an Ane Brun gig. My ex 'worked in tv' and was eager to meet him so she made me go up and say hello, by this point I'd had about ten cans of Red Stripe and a hip flask of single malt, pretty far gone!

 

Anyhow's I stroll over and the only thing I could pronounce at this point was 'iygiugouiguiogigi', I had no idea who he was in truth so I had no intention of standing on ceremony, he took it in good humour and the ex ended up talking to him and his family for ages and making some good contacts, all the while I drowned more Red Stripe and had the time of my life with the head line act.

 

That's beautiful mate!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

 

Jessica Ennis. Not just the best in her field, but very, very doable.

 

Not really. If she ran away from you, she'd make it.

[Anubis]

Not really. If she ran away from you, she'd make it.

 

She looks a bit like Laurel from Emmerdale, who I've always had a thing for, and an Olympic class arse. I'm with the 'slappa.

[Stu Monty]

Without wanting to go to the dark side, whoever The Guardian's Secret Footballer is he is a nice antidote to the typical gaggle of moneyed pricks at the top of the sport. Thoughtful and interesting. Hardly solving world poverty but still, worth celebrating a little.

[cochcaer]

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

 

‘My basic feeling politically is that I’m an American Democrat. I believe (that British prime ministers should be restricted ? )in only two terms of four years. There you can’t come back again like we can here. I believe in the socialist system in a capitalist world. I believe the cake has got to be sliced up to help those who are needy and you’ve got to keep someone there who’s going to make the cake. Here we always destroy the people who make the cake. That’s the problem. That’s my political view. “

 

He corrects recent reports that he will once again leave the country if his tax band is raised to 50%. Citing his grandchildren as the reason to stay, “My daughter had a baby last year and then twins last week.”, he also much prefers England now than the country he left under Callaghan in the mid 7os, when he was taxed at 82% under what Caine believed to be an almost Communist tax system.

 

Nice to hear him say this.

[polymerpunkah]

I was in the bakery Friday afternoon, and I hear the cashier say to the person in front of me in line: "I'm surprised to see you here".

 

I realized it was my local doctor. I then realized that in the last 15 years I'd rarely ever seen him anywhere but at his clinic or at the local hospital.

 

I live in a small town, and though we get locums in, for the past few years he's been the only regular doctor in town. A busy man.

 

Imagine having an entire town as your practice, from birth to death, and everything in between.

 

Plenty of people worthy of admiration out there. It's just that many of them aren't recognized, or not looking for recognition.

[silverlining]

I was in the bakery Friday afternoon, and I hear the cashier say to the person in front of me in line: "I'm surprised to see you here".

 

I realized it was my local doctor. I then realized that in the last 15 years I'd rarely ever seen him anywhere but at his clinic or at the local hospital.

 

I live in a small town, and though we get locums in, for the past few years he's been the only regular doctor in town. A busy man.

 

Imagine having an entire town as your practice, from birth to death, and everything in between.

 

Plenty of people worthy of admiration out there. It's just that many of them aren't recognized, or not looking for recognition.

 

Has the baker been there long? Or is he/ she less worthy of recognition?

[polymerpunkah]

Don't quite understand your point.

[Lee909]

He is not British but was born in India in 1911 when it was part of the empire and he lives here now as far as i can tell,so I putting him forward anyway

 

 

Updated: October 16, 2011, 8:09 PM ET

Fauja Singh, 100, finishes marathon

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Associated Press

TORONTO -- A 100-year-old runner became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon when he finished the race in Toronto on Sunday.

 

Fauja Singh earned a spot in the Guiness World Book of Records for his accomplishment.

 

It took Singh more than eight hours to cross the finish line -- more than six hours after Kenya's Kenneth Mungara won the event for the fourth straight year -- and he was the last competitor to complete the course.

 

But his time wasn't nearly as remarkable as the accomplishment.

 

Event workers dismantled the barricades along the finish line and took down sponsor banners even as Singh made his way up the final few hundred yards of the race.

 

Family, friends and supporters greeted Singh when he finished the race.

 

"Beating his original prediction, he's overjoyed," his coach and translator Harmander Singh said. "Earlier, just before we came around the (final) corner, he said, 'Achieving this will be like getting married again.'

 

"He's absolutely overjoyed, he's achieved his lifelong wish."

 

Sunday's run was Singh's eighth marathon -- he ran his first at age 89 -- and wasn't the first time he set a record.

 

In the 2003 Toronto event, he set the mark in the 90-plus category, finishing the race in 5 hours, 40 minutes and 1 second.

 

And on Thursday in Toronto, Singh broke world records for runners older than 100 in eight different distances ranging from 100 meters to 5,000 meters.

 

The 5-foot-8 Singh said he's hopeful his next project will be participating in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games. He carried the torch during the relay for the 2004 Athens Games.

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Saw that on the news yesterday, fucking class.