#AlanSimpson, who owns a shop in #Guisborough, North Yorkshire, is infuriated by tax hikes and has now banned Labour MPs from attending his salon!
#RachelReevesMP #UKlabour #BritishBusinesses
#RachelReevesMP #UKlabour #BritishBusinesses
January 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM
#AlanSimpson, who owns a shop in #Guisborough, North Yorkshire, is infuriated by tax hikes and has now banned Labour MPs from attending his salon!
#RachelReevesMP #UKlabour #BritishBusinesses
#RachelReevesMP #UKlabour #BritishBusinesses
Before Morecambe and Wise, there was Hancock's Half Hour!
From The Jewel Robbery (broadcast on 26th October 1955)
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheJewelRobbery
From The Jewel Robbery (broadcast on 26th October 1955)
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheJewelRobbery
January 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Before Morecambe and Wise, there was Hancock's Half Hour!
From The Jewel Robbery (broadcast on 26th October 1955)
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheJewelRobbery
From The Jewel Robbery (broadcast on 26th October 1955)
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheJewelRobbery
Tony: What an exhibition, sheer unadulterated piggery! What a way to abuse a cakehole! How you can sit there and stuff like that on Boxing Day after what you shovelled yesterday and the day before is beyond my comprehension!
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour
December 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tony: What an exhibition, sheer unadulterated piggery! What a way to abuse a cakehole! How you can sit there and stuff like that on Boxing Day after what you shovelled yesterday and the day before is beyond my comprehension!
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour
Tony: How much does the jackpot stand at this year?
Sid: 4 nicker exactly, there's a bit of luck eh?
Tony: A bit of luck! He cooks it, stays up half the night segregating it, and he says "A bit of luck!"
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #EricsonTheViking
Sid: 4 nicker exactly, there's a bit of luck eh?
Tony: A bit of luck! He cooks it, stays up half the night segregating it, and he says "A bit of luck!"
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #EricsonTheViking
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tony: How much does the jackpot stand at this year?
Sid: 4 nicker exactly, there's a bit of luck eh?
Tony: A bit of luck! He cooks it, stays up half the night segregating it, and he says "A bit of luck!"
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #EricsonTheViking
Sid: 4 nicker exactly, there's a bit of luck eh?
Tony: A bit of luck! He cooks it, stays up half the night segregating it, and he says "A bit of luck!"
#TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #EricsonTheViking
"More carol singers, where's me shotgun? I'll spray 'em with buckshot!"
#TonyHancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #HancocksHappyChristmas #Christmas2025 🎄🎅🎁
#TonyHancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #HancocksHappyChristmas #Christmas2025 🎄🎅🎁
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"More carol singers, where's me shotgun? I'll spray 'em with buckshot!"
#TonyHancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #HancocksHappyChristmas #Christmas2025 🎄🎅🎁
#TonyHancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #HancocksHalfHour #HancocksHappyChristmas #Christmas2025 🎄🎅🎁
Radio voice: Flying doctor calling Wollumboola base. I'm on my way Mrs Fraser, just wrap him up and don't move him.
Tony: That's good isn't It, short wave 11.5 metres. I must call him up one night and have a chat about my backache!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheRadioHam
Tony: That's good isn't It, short wave 11.5 metres. I must call him up one night and have a chat about my backache!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheRadioHam
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Radio voice: Flying doctor calling Wollumboola base. I'm on my way Mrs Fraser, just wrap him up and don't move him.
Tony: That's good isn't It, short wave 11.5 metres. I must call him up one night and have a chat about my backache!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheRadioHam
Tony: That's good isn't It, short wave 11.5 metres. I must call him up one night and have a chat about my backache!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #TheRadioHam
Tony: Hello, hello, there goes Mrs Biggs. There she goes, look, up to the old Hand and Racquet.
She'll be there til chucking out time. "I'll have a small treble gin please, dear".
I got caught one year, I'll never ask 'er again!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #TheElopement #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
She'll be there til chucking out time. "I'll have a small treble gin please, dear".
I got caught one year, I'll never ask 'er again!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #TheElopement #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
October 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tony: Hello, hello, there goes Mrs Biggs. There she goes, look, up to the old Hand and Racquet.
She'll be there til chucking out time. "I'll have a small treble gin please, dear".
I got caught one year, I'll never ask 'er again!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #TheElopement #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
She'll be there til chucking out time. "I'll have a small treble gin please, dear".
I got caught one year, I'll never ask 'er again!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #TheElopement #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
3pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
September 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
3pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
6:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 1958, s5 Ep 2 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The Scandal Magazine” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
From 1958, s5 Ep 2 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The Scandal Magazine” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hancock's Half Hour, Series 5, The Scandal Magazine
The Lad Himself takes action over claims in a scurrilous article.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
6:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 1958, s5 Ep 2 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The Scandal Magazine” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
From 1958, s5 Ep 2 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The Scandal Magazine” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
6:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 1958, s5 Ep 1 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The New Radio Series” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
From 1958, s5 Ep 1 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The New Radio Series” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hancock's Half Hour, Series 5, The New Radio Series
Big-headed from TV success, the Lad is set to retire until he discovers his replacement.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
6:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 1958, s5 Ep 1 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The New Radio Series” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
From 1958, s5 Ep 1 of 20 of #Comedy 📻 #HancocksHalfHour - “The New Radio Series” written by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #TonyHancock #SidneyJames #BillKerr #KennethWilliams #HattieJacques
6pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
June 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
6pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
The 1963 #Comedy #Crime film🎥 “The Wrong Arm of the Law” directed by #CliffOwen & written by #JohnAntrobus #RayGalton #AlanSimpson #JohnWarren + #LenHeath
🌟 #PeterSellers #LionelJeffries #BernardCribbins #NanetteNewman #BillKerr #JohnLeMesurier
Police radio: Car 35, Car 35, report received drinks being served in Three Kings, Agamemnon Road at 11.15. Investigate please.
Tony: Three Kings, Agamemnon Road, that's not bad, 11.15. I'll have to remember that!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
Tony: Three Kings, Agamemnon Road, that's not bad, 11.15. I'll have to remember that!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Police radio: Car 35, Car 35, report received drinks being served in Three Kings, Agamemnon Road at 11.15. Investigate please.
Tony: Three Kings, Agamemnon Road, that's not bad, 11.15. I'll have to remember that!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
Tony: Three Kings, Agamemnon Road, that's not bad, 11.15. I'll have to remember that!
#TonyHancock #Hancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
9:55pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1964 #Comedy film🎥 “The Bargee” directed by #DuncanWood from a screenplay by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #HarryHCorbett #HughGriffith #EricSykes #RonnieBarker #JuliaFoster #MiriamKarlin #EricBarker #DerekNimmo #RichardBriers #BrianWilde
The 1964 #Comedy film🎥 “The Bargee” directed by #DuncanWood from a screenplay by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #HarryHCorbett #HughGriffith #EricSykes #RonnieBarker #JuliaFoster #MiriamKarlin #EricBarker #DerekNimmo #RichardBriers #BrianWilde
May 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
9:55pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1964 #Comedy film🎥 “The Bargee” directed by #DuncanWood from a screenplay by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #HarryHCorbett #HughGriffith #EricSykes #RonnieBarker #JuliaFoster #MiriamKarlin #EricBarker #DerekNimmo #RichardBriers #BrianWilde
The 1964 #Comedy film🎥 “The Bargee” directed by #DuncanWood from a screenplay by #RayGalton & #AlanSimpson
🌟 #HarryHCorbett #HughGriffith #EricSykes #RonnieBarker #JuliaFoster #MiriamKarlin #EricBarker #DerekNimmo #RichardBriers #BrianWilde
"It seems ages since I had a natter with old Yoki Suji in Tokyo.
I wonder how his wife is, what was her name? Radiant Flower of the Devine Heavens.
I wonder if her feet are still playing her up?"
#Hancock #TonyHancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
I wonder how his wife is, what was her name? Radiant Flower of the Devine Heavens.
I wonder if her feet are still playing her up?"
#Hancock #TonyHancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"It seems ages since I had a natter with old Yoki Suji in Tokyo.
I wonder how his wife is, what was her name? Radiant Flower of the Devine Heavens.
I wonder if her feet are still playing her up?"
#Hancock #TonyHancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
I wonder how his wife is, what was her name? Radiant Flower of the Devine Heavens.
I wonder if her feet are still playing her up?"
#Hancock #TonyHancock #TheRadioHam #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
Sid: You know that horse I told you to put 30 quid on? That cast iron, dead cert, can't lose, sure fire, odds on favourite, the one you said wouldn't win?
Tony: Well?
Sid: It didn't, you owe me 30 nicker!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
Tony: Well?
Sid: It didn't, you owe me 30 nicker!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
May 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sid: You know that horse I told you to put 30 quid on? That cast iron, dead cert, can't lose, sure fire, odds on favourite, the one you said wouldn't win?
Tony: Well?
Sid: It didn't, you owe me 30 nicker!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
Tony: Well?
Sid: It didn't, you owe me 30 nicker!
#HancocksHalfHour #TonyHancock #SidJames #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
"I suggest to you there is some element of doubt in this boy's guilt.
As Shakespeare said in The Merchant of Vienna, when Portion accused Shylock Holmes of pinching a pound of meat, "The quality of mercy is not strained..."
#TonyHancock #SidJames #HancocksHalfHour #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
As Shakespeare said in The Merchant of Vienna, when Portion accused Shylock Holmes of pinching a pound of meat, "The quality of mercy is not strained..."
#TonyHancock #SidJames #HancocksHalfHour #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
May 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"I suggest to you there is some element of doubt in this boy's guilt.
As Shakespeare said in The Merchant of Vienna, when Portion accused Shylock Holmes of pinching a pound of meat, "The quality of mercy is not strained..."
#TonyHancock #SidJames #HancocksHalfHour #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
As Shakespeare said in The Merchant of Vienna, when Portion accused Shylock Holmes of pinching a pound of meat, "The quality of mercy is not strained..."
#TonyHancock #SidJames #HancocksHalfHour #RayGalton #AlanSimpson
"I hope it comes up soon!" - ALAN SIMPSON, This Senator Saved My Love Life, Death, Sex & Money #DeathSexAndMoney #AlanSimpson
April 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"I hope it comes up soon!" - ALAN SIMPSON, This Senator Saved My Love Life, Death, Sex & Money #DeathSexAndMoney #AlanSimpson
In fact, the government said the absence of any evidence itself was evidence of disloyalty...make that make sense...thanks @maddow.msnbc.com #AlanSImpson #NormanMineta #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR3...
Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In fact, the government said the absence of any evidence itself was evidence of disloyalty...make that make sense...thanks @maddow.msnbc.com #AlanSImpson #NormanMineta #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR3...
Another aspect of the #JapaneseAmerican incarceration & internment (concentration) camps was the fact that there was zero evidence of hostile act against their government or war effort at the time; thanks @maddow.msnbc.com #AlanSimpson #NormanMineta #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR3...
Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another aspect of the #JapaneseAmerican incarceration & internment (concentration) camps was the fact that there was zero evidence of hostile act against their government or war effort at the time; thanks @maddow.msnbc.com #AlanSimpson #NormanMineta #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR3...
March 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters, if you don’t have integrity nothing else matters.” -Alan Simpson
RIP kind sir.
#AlanSimpson
RIP kind sir.
#AlanSimpson
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) died at 93. A renowned figure known for his wit and bipartisan work, he served three terms in the Senate (1979-1997). He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022. #RIP #News
Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson dies at age 93
Simpson was “gifted in crossing party lines and building bipartisan consensus,” Colin Simpson, on...
www.nbcnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters, if you don’t have integrity nothing else matters.” -Alan Simpson
RIP kind sir.
#AlanSimpson
RIP kind sir.
#AlanSimpson
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters, if you don’t have integrity nothing else matters.” Former Alan Simpson #AlanSimpson
March 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters, if you don’t have integrity nothing else matters.” Former Alan Simpson #AlanSimpson
More #alansimpson
On Political Courage:
“People would rather be comfortable than be courageous.”
On Leadership and Accountability:
“When you’re in public service, you either do what is right and get tossed out, or you play the game and stay in.”
On Political Courage:
“People would rather be comfortable than be courageous.”
On Leadership and Accountability:
“When you’re in public service, you either do what is right and get tossed out, or you play the game and stay in.”
March 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
More #alansimpson
On Political Courage:
“People would rather be comfortable than be courageous.”
On Leadership and Accountability:
“When you’re in public service, you either do what is right and get tossed out, or you play the game and stay in.”
On Political Courage:
“People would rather be comfortable than be courageous.”
On Leadership and Accountability:
“When you’re in public service, you either do what is right and get tossed out, or you play the game and stay in.”
Here’s to #alansimpson Alan Simpson. A few notable quotes:
On Politics and Partisanship:
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
On Government and Spending:
“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.”
On Politics and Partisanship:
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
On Government and Spending:
“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.”
March 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Here’s to #alansimpson Alan Simpson. A few notable quotes:
On Politics and Partisanship:
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
On Government and Spending:
“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.”
On Politics and Partisanship:
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
On Government and Spending:
“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.”