Grimethorpe

We met up with Sir Charles Court, the former Premier of Western Australia (and whose son is the current premier): he had been a champion cornet player in his youth and had won a national championship playing the same solo that the Grimethorpe cornet player chose.

Journal for 9 March 1999 Alex Allan 2009

Being up in Grimethorpe today reminded me of a wonderful anecdote about Uncle Bernard's own uncle, Gerard, which was related to me a few years back and has always stayed with me concerning his dog.

Archive 2006-09-01 Kerron Cross 2006

To say that Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives are not popular in Grimethorpe is a bit of an understatement.

Feeling Brassed Off Kerron Cross 2006

Grimethorpe is the town immortalised in the film Brassed Off.

Archive 2006-09-01 Kerron Cross 2006

Anyway, Bernard's brother Father Joseph did the mass, burial and send off - accompanied by about a dozen priests and a 90 year old monsigneur who was apparently very popular in Grimethorpe in the 1940s for providing chocolate.

Feeling Brassed Off Kerron Cross 2006

To say that Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives are not popular in Grimethorpe is a bit of an understatement.

Archive 2006-09-01 Kerron Cross 2006

Grimethorpe is the town immortalised in the film Brassed Off.

Feeling Brassed Off Kerron Cross 2006

Anyway, Bernard's brother Father Joseph did the mass, burial and send off - accompanied by about a dozen priests and a 90 year old monsigneur who was apparently very popular in Grimethorpe in the 1940s for providing chocolate.

Archive 2006-09-01 Kerron Cross 2006

Being up in Grimethorpe today reminded me of a wonderful anecdote about Uncle Bernard's own uncle, Gerard, which was related to me a few years back and has always stayed with me concerning his dog.

Eh Up, Brutus! Kerron Cross 2006

One interesting thing about Uncle Bernard's funeral is that it took place in a small town called Grimethorpe.

Archive 2006-09-01 Kerron Cross 2006