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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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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite - GK Chesterton
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On this day:
Death of Richard I - 1199, The Declaration of Arbroath - 1320, Dover Straits Earthquake - 1580, First Modern Olympics - 1896, America Enters World War One - 1917, Salt March Ends - 1930
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