Found myself in Richmond, so I sallied forth to One Paved Court to re-enact the intro to Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch - you're forced to! Photos and video by Gemma Harris
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Sunday, 23 June 2019
Re-enacting the intro to Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch
Found myself in Richmond, so I sallied forth to One Paved Court to re-enact the intro to Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch - you're forced to! Photos and video by Gemma Harris
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Kenwood Blue Plaque Unveiling Media Round-Up
What a wonderful occasion the Kenwood Blue Plaque Unveiling at 79 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey was on 7 Sept 2017 in memory of Kenneth Wood. I certainly enjoyed delivering my talk on Ken's life and work at The Lightbox afterwards and meeting past and present Kenwood employees. The event certainly generated a lot of media interest!
My heartfelt thanks go to Woking Borough Council and The Lightbox.
The next big event will probably be Kenwood's 80th anniversary! See you there!
Just as a reminder, if you have any Kenwood memories you'd like to share, please post them here: www.facebook.com/KennethMaynardWood
7 Sept 2017 - BBC Radio Surrey: John Wood's interview on the James Cannon Show
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12 Sept 2017 - Portsmouth News : Havant firm celebrates its 70th anniversary
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22 Sept 2017 - Woking News and Mail: Blue plaque in honour of Kenwood Chef inventor
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8 Sept 2017 - Woking Borough Council: Mayor unveils new blue plaque to honour father of Kenwood Chef
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Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Monty Python is all around me!
Places mentioned in Monty Python sketches are all around me here e.g. one train station on the way to London is Purley (Say No More!); I used to live in Dorking ("Mr Ken Dove, the most interesting man in Dorking"); and in this sketch, "Picasso, painting whilst cycling":
I went to school in Chichester; I use the A272 regularly; Hindhead is just up the road from my mum's; I use the A3 to get to my mum's; I used to live very near Kingston; Ewhurst was the next door village to where I went to school (it's where Eric Clapton lives); I drove through Gomshall and Peaslake (which Palin mixes up - we'll never know why - and says "Gomslake and Peashall") to get to my mum's on Xmas Day; and my chemistry teacher lived in Wisborough Green. I just love it!
The three Picasso (1881-1973) paintings that Graham Chapman (as Ron Geppo, British Cycling Sprint Champion and this year's winner of the Derby Doncaster Ralley) mentions are:
Geppo: "Well Reg, I think Pablo should be alright, provided he doesn't attempt anything on the monumental scale of some of his earlier paintings, like 'Guernica' or 'Mademoiselles d'Avignon' or even his later 'War and Peace' murals for the Temple of Peace chapel at Vallauris, because with this strong head wind, I don't think even Doug Timpson of Manchester Harriers could paint anything on that kind of scale."
And, just for the sake of completeness, here are the other artists in the race, according to John Cleese (as Sam Trench):
Observation: only 8 of the 19 painters mentioned (in bold above, plus Picasso himself) were actually alive when this sketch was first broadcast on 5 October 1969!
I went to school in Chichester; I use the A272 regularly; Hindhead is just up the road from my mum's; I use the A3 to get to my mum's; I used to live very near Kingston; Ewhurst was the next door village to where I went to school (it's where Eric Clapton lives); I drove through Gomshall and Peaslake (which Palin mixes up - we'll never know why - and says "Gomslake and Peashall") to get to my mum's on Xmas Day; and my chemistry teacher lived in Wisborough Green. I just love it!
The three Picasso (1881-1973) paintings that Graham Chapman (as Ron Geppo, British Cycling Sprint Champion and this year's winner of the Derby Doncaster Ralley) mentions are:
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| Guernica |
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| Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
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| The Picasso Museum, War and Peace, at Vallauris |
And, just for the sake of completeness, here are the other artists in the race, according to John Cleese (as Sam Trench):
- Kandinsky, 1866-1944
- Braque, 1882-1963
- Mondrian, 1872-1944
- Chagall, 1887-1985
- Ernst, 1891-1976
- Miro, 1893-1983
- Dufy, 1877-1953
- Nicholson, 1894-1982
- Pollock, 1912-1956
- Buffet, 1928-1999
- Brancusi, 1876-1957
- Gericault, 1891-1924
- Leger, 1881-1955
- Delaunay, 1885-1979
- De Kooning, 1904-1997
- Kokoschka, 1886-1980
- Klee, 1879-1940
- Schwitters, 1887-1948
Observation: only 8 of the 19 painters mentioned (in bold above, plus Picasso himself) were actually alive when this sketch was first broadcast on 5 October 1969!
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Spamalot Woking - my 7th time
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| We eat ham and jam and Spamalot! |
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| Marcus Brigstocke and King Arthur and Hayley Tamaddon as the Lady of the Lake |
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