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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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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life - Oscar Wilde
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Siege of Derry Begins - 1689, Opening of the Natural History Museum - 1881, Republic of Ireland established - 1949
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