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Dick Strawbridge
British
Entertainer
Born:
Sep 3
,
1959
Army
Challenge
Energy
Family
Me
Work
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My body was built through years of good food - and beer.
Dick Strawbridge
Good
Food
Beer
Through
Built
Years
Body
Good Food
I'm a very simple person.
Dick Strawbridge
Simple
Simple Person
Very
Person
My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.'
Dick Strawbridge
Song
Made
Daughter
Favourite
Charlotte
Recorded
Empires
Sand
Album
When I joined the Army in the late '70s, there was a real threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, so all of the '80s, I was engaged in what could be classed as conventional operations - that involved digging lots of trenches in Germany.
Dick Strawbridge
Army
Digging
Late
Trenches
Eastern
Eastern Europe
Threat
Joined
Could
Involved
Operations
Real
Lots
Germany
Soviet
Soviet Union
Conventional
Engaged
Union
Europe
I love a challenge and a bit of fun.
Dick Strawbridge
Love
Challenge
Bit
Fun
I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me.
Dick Strawbridge
Me
Side
Rugby
Brothers
Were
After
Captain
Two
Although I am the oldest with the biggest moustache, my brothers are progressively taller; I put it down to the extra potatoes they were able to eat after I left home.
Dick Strawbridge
Home
Down
Extra
Able
Eat
Brothers
Potatoes
Put
Although
Taller
Am
Were
Left
Moustache
After
Biggest
Oldest
I was still a serving officer when I competed in 'Scrapheap Challenge,' initially as a major and then a lieutenant-colonel when I was joined by my brothers in a team called 'Brothers in Arms.'
Dick Strawbridge
Challenge
Brothers
Joined
Major
Arms
Still
Officer
Then
Team
Initially
Serving
I passed the 11-plus and went up to the senior school, where my two older sisters had already gone. I was in the 'A' stream, but in the third year, they asked me to give up Latin; no one had ever got 7 per cent before.
Dick Strawbridge
Me
Stream
School
Year
Before
Gone
Older
Latin
Per
Give
Had
No-One
Got
Passed
Up
Sisters
Senior
Where
Cent
Asked
Ever
Two
Third
For me, London seemed to be frantic without going anywhere.
Dick Strawbridge
Me
Frantic
London
Seemed
Without
Going
Anywhere
We forget the importance of engineering, but it's been used to design everything from St. Paul's Cathedral to The Shard.
Dick Strawbridge
Engineering
Design
Everything
Importance
Cathedral
Been
Forget
Paul
Used
I had an idyllic childhood with the freedom to go and play.
Dick Strawbridge
Freedom
Had
Idyllic
Go
Childhood
Play
As one of seven children, our family life was full of energy and fun - we all knew how to laugh and work hard.
Dick Strawbridge
Life
Work
Family
Work Hard
Energy
Our
Seven
Laugh
Knew
How
Family Life
Children
Full
Hard
Fun
Sadly, I have very vague memories of Burma. The family was forced to leave when the generals took over.
Dick Strawbridge
Family
Memories
Took
Generals
Over
Sadly
Forced
Leave
Very
Burma
Vague
My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.
Dick Strawbridge
Man
Old
Say
Would
Something
Argue
Accept
Leg
Donkey
Old Man
Used
Agree
Prepared
I love the whole idea of family and what gets left behind when you are gone. I'm very proud of my children; I was one of seven.
Dick Strawbridge
Love
Family
You
Gone
Seven
Idea
Proud
Left
Very
Gets
Behind
Children
Whole
With a little bit of common sense, anything is achievable.
Dick Strawbridge
Achieve
Sense
Bit
Common
Anything
Common Sense
Little
Little Bit
Nature is so phenomenal.
Dick Strawbridge
Nature
Phenomenal
Cooking is about ingredients.
Dick Strawbridge
Cooking
About
Ingredients
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