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'I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.'

'Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.'

Born in Oldham, Lancashire
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/s/sykes_eric.shtml BBC Profile
http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hissykes.htm Biography

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The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters - Robert Morley
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Trial of Oscar Wilde begins - 1895, Tussauds Finally Reopens after Fire, - 1928, Guernica Bombed - 1937, Chernobyl - 1986, Death of Jill Dando - 1999
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