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Andy Shearing

@handyshears.bsky.social

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Chap from East Dorset now living in Burmantofts, East Leeds.

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · Dec 17

That teaches me to be so pessimistic

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 3d

I ... want... to see a sketch of Eric's please

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 3d

Monty Python's Flying Circus (19th October 1969). 'Is your wife a goer, eh?'

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 3d

Object Z is a corking series.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 3d

My father in law once rented a room in Bradford from Bernard Hepton's stepmother #interestingfactoftheday

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 4d

Not an ideal result given the half time score, but the unbeaten run goes on!

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Saucy Seventies @saucyseventies.bsky.social · 10d

Happy 75th Birthday to the guvnor of the Saucy Seventies, Sir Robin Askwith!

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 10d

Chapman's great in this one.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 10d

Fascinating, tell me more.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 12d

Did someone say beveragino?

Terry-Thomas smoking a cigarette through a cigarette holder, with a glass of wine being offered to him by an unknown female.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 12d

That could have been a lot worse!

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 17d

The Cruisin' Casanova!

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 17d

Saucy humour with #BarryEvans in 🚕 ADVENTURES OF A TAXI DRIVER (1976) 9:45pm comedy on #TPTV Featuring #JudyGeeson #DianaDors

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 17d

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 19d

Does anyone know a good burger van? I'm ravenous #totp

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strangely-familiar.bsky.social @strangely-familiar.bsky.social · 19d

Roundhay Road, Leeds, 1970s

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 20d

Soo? That's really sad

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 20d

Closely followed by...

On 2 October 2025, John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver in London, using greyscale technology.

First, a ventriloquist dummy head, Stooky Bill, then a human being, William Edward Taynton, the first person to be televised in a full tonal range.

Peter Gabriel's 1980 self-titled solo album.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 20d

Sampled on a Jive Bunny single. If that's not a badge of honour, I don't know what is.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 20d

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 20d

Too bloody right.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 24d

High five to this one!

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 25d

And married to "that Edward Woodward" as my mother used to remind everyone.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 25d

My four previous visits to Elland Road supporting #afcb have brought four defeats. Not so today. UTC!

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · 26d

Ed Davey pills? This now makes sense...

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Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · Sep 21

Lawrence is still a genius.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · Sep 20

Bloody hell it's rainy.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · Sep 19

It was worth it for this email alone.

Andy Shearing @handyshears.bsky.social · Sep 19

I pity the fuel (sorry)

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