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The comedian, who died with Covid-19 last year, left a gross estate of £19,023 but after his outstanding affairs had been finalized, this produced a figure of just over £2,000, which goes to wife Christine. ....
Did much-loved comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor have the last laugh when it came to leaving his affairs in order? For the Goodie, who died from Covid-19 in April last year, has shocked friends by leaving just £2,390 in his will, according to figures released by the probate office in London. Brooke-Taylor, 79, who was best known for the television show The Goodies in a career which spanned more than 50 years, left a gross estate of £19,023. But after his outstanding affairs had been finalised, this produced a figure of just over £2,000, which goes to his widow, Christine. Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, left a gross estate of £19,023 but after his outstanding affairs had been finalised, this produced a figure of just over £2,000, which goes to his widow, Christine (pictured together) ....
Like several classics penned during the golden age of children’s literature, The Wind in the Willows was written with a particular child in mind. Alastair Grahame was four years old when his father Kenneth then a secretary at the Bank of England began inventing bedtime stories about the reckless ruffian, Mr Toad, and his long-suffering friends: Badger, Rat, and Mole. Alastair, born premature and partially blind, was nicknamed “Mouse”. Small, squinty, and beset by health problems, he was bullied at school. His rapture in the fantastic was later confirmed by his nurse, who recalled hearing Kenneth “up in the night-nursery, telling Master Mouse some ditty or other about a toad”. ....
Village road to be closed for five days A road in Cookham Dean will be closed for five days for fibre optic ducting works. Church Road will be shut from its junction with Spring Lane and Stubbles Lane between Monday, January 4, and Friday, January 8. Church Road in Cookham Dean will be CLOSED from its junction with Spring Lane & its junction with Stubbles Lane, between MONDAY 4 Jan & FRIDAY 8 Jan, from 8.00am – 6pm, to allow fibre optic ducting works. For more about roadworks across the UK visit: https://t.co/dah3Jc9PtZpic.twitter.com/SnWpfOBfT8 RBWM (@RBWM) January 2, 2021 The road will be closed from 8am-6pm. ....