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Humphrey Lyttelton passed away on 25 April 2008. The week before, he sent a message to be read out at the ISIHAC live show in Bournemouth. It read: I m sorry I cannot be with you this evening. I m in hospital...' followed by a typically wonderful Humph pause, he continued, what a good idea, I wish I had thought of this earlier. As a tribute to this wonderful man we present Humphrey Lyttelton s Britain, a tour of this Septic (or is that Sceptred) Isle in the hands of a national treasure
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The I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue team of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, have been recording their BBC radio show around the UK for longer than any of them can remember ... that's about week - or twenty minutes in the case of Barry Cryer. At each venue Humph would present a short history of the location, written by Iain Pattinson, to the mutual delight of the audience, the team and their delightful scorer Samantha (who somehow always found time for a rewarding poke in the area's backstreets). We are privileged to present, in gazetteer form, the very best of Humph's local histories from Radio 4's multi award-winning `antidote to panel games'. As accurate as Wikipedia and as comprehensive as Reader's Digest, this unique guide tells you everything you never knew you wouldn't ever need to know about the background and inhabitants of Britain's most prominent towns and cities.
Humphrey Lyttelton passed away on 25 April 2008. The week before, he sent a message to be read out at the ISIHAC live show in Bournemouth. It read: I m sorry I cannot be with you this evening. I m in hospital...' followed by a typically wonderful Humph pause, he continued, what a good idea, I wish I had thought of this earlier. As a tribute to this wonderful man we present Humphrey Lyttelton s Britain, a tour of this Septic (or is that Sceptred) Isle in the hands of a national treasure
From the Back Cover
The I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue team of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, have been recording their BBC radio show around the UK for longer than any of them can remember ... that's about week - or twenty minutes in the case of Barry Cryer. At each venue Humph would present a short history of the location, written by Iain Pattinson, to the mutual delight of the audience, the team and their delightful scorer Samantha (who somehow always found time for a rewarding poke in the area's backstreets). We are privileged to present, in gazetteer form, the very best of Humph's local histories from Radio 4's multi award-winning `antidote to panel games'. As accurate as Wikipedia and as comprehensive as Reader's Digest, this unique guide tells you everything you never knew you wouldn't ever need to know about the background and inhabitants of Britain's most prominent towns and cities.
The intelligent reader will waste no time in adding it to their collection.
Bristol
It was from Bristol in 1497 that John Cabot set off to find a new route to the Spice Islands by sailing north-west. He instead discovered a strange, hostile world which he named `Newfoundland', until the natives explained that they actually called it `Swansea'.
Nottingham
It's well documented in official records that the city's original name was `Snottingham' or `home of Snotts', but when the Normans came, they couldn't pronounce the initial letter `S', so decreed the town be called `Nottingham' or the `home of Notts'. It's easy to understand why this change was resisted so fiercely by the people of Scunthorpe.
Brighton
A settlement is first recorded in Brighton as long as ago as 3000BC, when Celtic Druids practised their ancient worship of oaks, mistletoe and virgins, and indeed, oaks and mistletoe are still plentiful in Brighton.
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