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| Paul Eddington | ||||||||||||||
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Meet Jolly good Jerry, Margo's mate. Known as Paul Eddington in the boring real world. A lifelong actor in theatre. He was also best known for his starring in the British comedy programs "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" Below is a short narration of his life as is recorded in his biography "So Far, So Good". Unfortunately, he is no longer with us and he has definately left a large void in the field of entertainment. He will be greatly missed. |
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Paul was born on the 18th of June on a Saturday in 1927. A descendant of the "Clark/ Eddingtons of the mid 17th century who were the fist to form the "Society Of Friends", A Quaker outfit who were kind of like the Amish in that they are noted as being pacifists and prone to gather together in communities of like minded people. The Quakers Got their name by visably trembling at church when the Holy Ghost fell on one. However, different from the "Shakers" Paul's great, grandfather was a water colorist from a shoemaker family in Somorset. His name was "William Clark" He soon learned of another watercolorist by the same name so he adopted "Eddington" taken from the maiden name of his mother. Paul's grandfather married his housekeeper which made a second marriage for both of them. This didn't go to well with their Quaker friends, in fact a whole lot of Paul's relatives married twice. Paul rebelled and only married once and stayed married. Good for you, Paul! Paul's father was an engineering draftsman until WW1 wher he joined an artillary division stationed in northern France I assume by then he was not a practicing Quaker. He loved gambling and would bet on the horses and dogs. On Paul's mother's side, that lot was Irish Catholics. She obtained absolution by the church providing she agreed to raise the children as Catholics. That promise she kept. She was born in a workhouse that her parents ran in Leek Staffature. Her father had a wandering eye with the ladies and her mother would drink. After passing out at a party she was commited to an asylum where she later died. Very sad. Paul's mother's first job was at the Savoy Hotel where she met Paul's father during a trip home. Her main intrest was politics after seeing her father turn a hose on some protesters at the workhouse. She thought her father was all wet and sided with the protesters. When paul was 15, his parents separated leaving Paul and his older sister "Shirley" to live with their mother. They attended 16 different schools and never owned a house. (Sounds a bit like me!) Paul liked going to the movies and got along best with adults. He attended a Catholic church regularly and became an Altar boy. He had a desire to one day be able to swing the incense but that dream was never realized. Another disappointment for Paul was when he came home and found that his pet dog "Rusty" had been removed from the home due to his parents divorcing and having to move. (Why didn't they just shove a railroad spike in his eye and be done with it?). Along with that came the wonderful news that he will be attending boarding school. It was to be a Quaker school and in those days you could be accepted under the grandfather clause. (If your grandpa was a Quaker) and so Paul stayed with distant relatives in the country and attended that Quaker school. He didn't have to live in the dorm then because they were full but he was considered a boarder. |
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