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Tonight BBC1 at 9pm. Robin Gibb of the BeeGees
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I have it on series record!
Kooky
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(Think its episode #7 ??)
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It's been rather boringly done (the presentation, not necessarily the story) although the weaving is interesting.
However I looked up warrant officer and it turns out that anyone promoted to warrant officer had to be be literate. This throws a whole new light on Matthew Gibb's supposed "drunkenness". The fact he became a warrant officer and then was demoted and then learnt to read and write was specifically mentioned so I can't imagine that the researchers don't know this - so why leave it out?
Hope it becomes a bit less lethargic!
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I agree, I'm finding it very dull so far, maybe his maternal side will be more interesting.
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i am sky plussing it as watching Brighton vs Liverpool
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I'm now watching grand designs :)
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The second boring one in a row
following two of the best!
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I'm waiting for the chauffeured driven Mercedes to pick me up tomorrow when I am going to the archives. ;D ;D Whats good enough for them is good enough for me I say.
panda
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Rather a slow episode, some interesting ideas for research, but not a gripping story.
I noticed in the Radio Times that this was no. 9 of 10 programmes with no. ten next week, Richard Madeley.
Have I missed the prog on Len Goodman as I can't remember seeing it or being out on a Wednesday evening?
Confused of Suffolk ::)
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Not had one on Len Goodman yet; there's also Tracey Emin. This was number 7 (June Brown, JK Rowling, Seb Coe, Larry Lamb, Emilia Fox and Alan Carr have been shown).
I've got a certified midwife in my tree; must look for some records for her. :)
Nanny Jan
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I agree the pace of the program was too slow
I felt it needed additional material or should have covered another line
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The most interesting bits for me weren't anything to do with FH !
His house ...
His toupée ...
His need for a magnifying glass ... his eyesight must be awful, poor guy !
But I've learned a bit more about Paisley weaving and ragged schools, so that was good.
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Thank you Nanny Jan ;D
Feeling much better now.
I'd forgotten about Tracey Emin - no doubt we shall be travelling to Turkey with that one? The information in the RT is incorrect.
Panda, wouldn't that be just great :D
Pat ...
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Yes, have to agree this was rather a S.L.O.W one. Tho' I did give Robin a cheer and thought "to get 'um" when he went after the records that were closed until 2013.
Imagine Robin knocking at your door ;D I really liked Mary Cherry too!
Wonder who's up next week :-\
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Next week Richard Madeley according to the RT, but they have the number of episodes wrongly calculated so who knows?
Pat ...
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BBC WDYTYA website shows Richard Madeley (8/10) as the celebrity next week.
Nanny Jan
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Didn't the lady whom Grandma Lynch delivered look like Robin Gibb?!!!!! Even her sister with her rounder face looked a bit like another of the Gibb brothers. Or maybe I'm just seeing likenesses where none really exist!
Was it actually verified that James Lynch was Grandma Lynch's husband? Or maybe pre 1948 qualified midwives were different from qualified nurses and allowed to marry? Were midwives not viewed as nurses? The word 'wife' in this case within the narrow parish/diocese (Catholic and C of E) surely could be a bit ambiguous with midwives being called mid-wives and wif also being a term for a woman! Like the use of the word "constable" in the parish. Mind you, I suppose the word "nurse" can also have ambiguous meaning - nurse, wet nurse, nursemaid etc, although once nursing was formalised into a profession with a national qualification it becomes more definite in certain contexts.
Some people would say the Midwifery Council was rather narrow in not refering it to the GMC, as it was a communicable disease, and there was a doctor involved. The academic was very insistent wasn't she that the Midwifery Council was run by doctors (I think there is still a big doctor input with the Council although we're not going backwards nowadays, I hope!)?
It struck me there obviously there was a large amount of prostitution in these urban areas but the wives or women living with men didn't of course have to be prostitutes when the men brought gonorrhea into the home from the outside.
It would have been interesting if we could have known a bit more from the obituary. I noticed she was born in Birmingham and there was something about an RC school and "St Mary's".
Noticed at the beginning Robin Gibb did mention about madness and then turned out to have a poor ancestor classifed as being mentally ill for being depressed re his destitution! He doesn't seem to have been so prescient in mentioning his mother's remark about selling children, thank goodness!
There is a rather important weaving connection in the family which wasn't mentioned at all.
http://www.brothersgibb.org/history-part-1.html
Sir Samuel Crompton who invented a spinning machine, the mule-jenny.
Would have been nice to know something about the PASS family as well.
Still the access to the disciplinary records must be useful for many, although when he asked for an alternate avenue, I did wonder whether the local newspaper would be mentioned (it must have been a big case locally both about the midwife and the doctor) or even the local health board records. Unless the authorities wanted to keep anything to do with venereal disease out of the newspapers.
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I kept shouting "Freedom of Information Act" :)
Robin Gibb came over as being a bit cold and distant.
And, Mr Gibb, all of us who have ancestors who lived through the 1800s have HEROES in our families !
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However I looked up warrant officer and it turns out that anyone promoted to warrant officer had to be be literate. This throws a whole new light on Matthew Gibb's supposed "drunkenness". The fact he became a warrant officer and then was demoted and then learnt to read and write was specifically mentioned so I can't imagine that the researchers don't know this - so why leave it out?
I don't think you have this correct. When he was demoted for drunkenness he held the rank of Corporal which is NOT a warrant officer. That being the case the rest of the supposition falls. (Warrant Officer was not introduced into the army until 1879 ie long after the drunkenness episode)
I do agree with you thought that it was a poorly put together programme - perhaps it was a rush job
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It was a bit slow but there was some interesting stuff in there. And he did seem genuinely interested in it all which is always nice to see.
I agree with Lydart though - it was a lovely house - I especially liked his big stone fireplace/chimney... And he has beautiful gardens. ;D ;D
Milly
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Thankfully,I found out I'm not related.that would have been a 'Tragedy' ;D
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I found the programe slow also, but was very interested in the 'Ragged School' as I had a relative who was in Paisley Industrial School at the time of the 1891 census.
Related thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,521483.0.html
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I fell asleep not long after it started!
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i havent yet watched the program but i dont think any of them are very well put together and havent been since Nick Barratt stopped having input.
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I found this interesting in that it was about ordinary people, and didn't suddenly take us off to an archive in Outer Mongolia where the majority of us ordinary folk ain't ever likely to go...
I think this is the first time a FOI request has been mentioned?
I retired to bed with a headache after viewing his jackets.
I wanted to know about the PASS family as well: they might have been related to my Passes!
Cati
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I would like to know how long his FOI response took.
Midwife history was quite interesting. I can't say it was a gripping or exciting episode, but, to be fair, if you did my family history in a tv programme it would be full of quite ordinary people too!
His jackets were quite startling at times, but, brightened up the rainy days when he was filming.
I agree with Toni*, since Nick Barratt stopped being involved in the show it has changed quite a lot. The researchers seem to miss out quite a lot of important points.
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Do they have archives in Outer Mongolia ?? ;D ;D ;D
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I also found it a little slow but did feel sorry for poor William dying of destitution after his wife died. My Grandad went the same way after Gran died. Some men cant move on. Bless.
I did find watching Robin very funny as I was amazed at all his tram lines. He is very old looking for his age and for someone who has had money in his pocket for about 50 years now it was a surprise. The house was great.
I bet he did feel sad about William with no money and the Gibbs brothers having lots.
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I agree with many of the posts on this thread - yes it was rather a slow programme due in part to Robin's quiet and unemotional approach (no bad thing really). However it did touch on some interesting subjects, Paisley shawl-weaving, the midwife's story and ragged schools, so overall I did enjoy it. I loved his house too!
Chirp
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Another viewer who admired his house & garden!
I enjoyed the programme. I found the military detail a bit overdone (the expert duplicating the basics of cousin's note on the service records) though the explanations of the lifestyle and the education certificate added to the picture. The information on the Ragged Schools & then the details from the poor house records added to the newspaper reports on the state of trade I thought made a good social history (and I loved the paisley shawls & patterns).
It was a change to concentrate on a female ancestor's career - I've read some of the midwife memoirs & she seemed to fit in with those.
I did get the impression that he was interested and enjoyed meeting the sisters delivered by his great-grandmother.
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This may have been a bit of a rush job as someone has mentioned.
It should be noted that Robin has been very busy for the last couple of years with the efforts to build a lasting memorial to the brave men of Bomber Command. (Opens next year in Green Park, London).
I think you have to go into each `show` with an open mind, those featuring celebrities you like are sometimes a disappointment, whilst l find the opposite true about celebrities l am not keen on.
Having said the latter, l am looking forward to next week.
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Although not especially exciting I found the program of interest because I could relate the stories of both his heroes to my tree.
He had a big advantage though with regard to his soldier ancestor because he had lived to retirement - I'd like to know how they would have traced his record if he'd died in service. One of my ancestors who served with the army in India committed the cardinal sin of dying whilst in service (having escaped the vicious diseases rife in India he died of flu on return to England). There is also a strong family story that he blotted his copy book and lost a stripe though that was for hitting his commanding officer. I'd love to know the details of that one!
The other story of interest to me was that of the mid-wife. My dear old spinster great -aunt Doss was a mid-wife around Devizes. I remember well that she was definitely of the 'no nonsense' school when it came to applying first aid but she was much loved. The newspaper article on her retirement reckoned she must have brought 3,000 - 4,000 locals into the world and the civic dignitaries launched an appeal to fund her old age as she had been seriously under paid. Her subsequent funeral was very well attended. I am glad that such as she are getting the recognition that they deserve.
Phil
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Must have been a slow one, I kept dropping off every few minutes which is usually unheard of when watching WDYTYA!
However having said that I didn't know Paisley came from Paisley so I found that quite interesting!
Was nice to have someone stuck in UK for a change
Kerry
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I think they usually try to put the weaker episodes in a series like this in the middle.
Having said that, I did enjoy this one, maybe all the more for having seen it in three distinct sections, owing to unexpected visitors last night.
I wasn't too interested in the military bit, I think many of us have ancestors with very similar careers. I've got one drummer who was promoted and then reduced in rank over and over again.
I was interested in the handloom weaver and the history of the Paisley hand loom weaving industry. It didn't seem that the Paisley area adopted powered looms, maybe they didn't have the water or the coal. My home based hand loom woollen weavers in Yorkshire carried on with their trade and with farming their bit of land, while their sons and daughters went to work in the mills down in the valleys.
Really good to have ordinary people discussed in this episode, rather than the more exotic. I thought Robin Gibb came over as down to earth and seriously interested in what was discovered.
Anne
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Despite the issues raised I still enjoyed watching it and loved his home too. It all adds to our interest and knowlege base AND its an hour of decent tv ( despite any shortcomings :))
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Must say that on the whole this series has lived up to my expectations!!!!
Robin Gibb was so boring. No feeling at all, he did seem to become more enlivened once they got onto his mothers side, which was very interesting.
And although his family reflected that of many of ours in the abject poverty of the weavers and the Ragged Schools, he was just too unemotional. No I do not want weeping and gnashing of teeth, just something.
Larry Lamb was the best so far.
Such a shame about Emilia Fox's being so contrived. See the letter in this weeks Radio Times. Her 'unknown' actress and philanthropic Samson Fox, were both subjects in a book written by her aunt a few years ago. Boy were we all conned on this one!!!!! >:(
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Despite the issues raised I still enjoyed watching it and loved his home too.
My thoughts exactly!
Yes, it was a bit slow - but I dont put that down to the personality of the celbrity - I couldnt care less who it is or what they are like.
I put it down to the slowness in doing the research!
They found MAtthew with his family in one census. Then in the next they found him in a ragged school, and kept on and on saying I wonder what happened to the family, and then whizzing off to explore weaving and the downturn in the industry. I was chomping at the bit to look in the cesnus to see where the rest of his family were! Or through BMD's to see if they had died.
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Must have been a slow one, I kept dropping off every few minutes which is usually unheard of when watching WDYTYA!
Kerry
Me too had to keep rewinding Sky, found it pretty boring to be honest
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Crikey, so many RCers who seem to be able to fall asleep at the drop of a hat....is there a plague of tsetse flies? :D
I found it rather interesting, especially after last week's inferior programme. I did glaze over for the first few minutes when we were covering the army yet again but then it became interesting, what with the ragged schools and the hand loom weaving, both of which must feature in most people's ancestries.
I too loved Robin's home (I watched Location, Location, Location before this so I'm now thinking of putting in an offer for it!! As if!! ::) ) I had to smile when he said he was a down to earth kinda guy and then proceeded to be chauffeur driven about for the rest of the programme. However, I didn't find him cold. I thought he was totally absorbed in the subject, determined to get to the bottom of the case against his midwife ancestor and had some really intelligent questions and comments.
All in all, QI!!!!
Jill
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The second boring one in a row
following two of the best!
I agree both Alan Carr and this one were boring. My two faves to date (that I can remember!) are Davina McCall who I'm not really a fan of and Jason Donovan - ditto for him but very interesting tales to be had in both progs.
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I had to smile when he said he was a down to earth kinda guy and then proceeded to be chauffeur driven about for the rest of the programme.
I wondered whether it was connected with his apparent sight problems (need for magnifying glass sometimes & possibly the tinted specs)?
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I enjoyed this one! Robin's naturally lugubrious expression may have given the impression of disinterest. However I found him genuinely interested in all the information he was given. He also had a 'go' at censuses 8)
He was moved by Matthew Gibb's plight. He was also determined to find out about Cecilia Lynch's prosecution.
There was a great deal of social history, right down my street!
Kooky
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I don't think you have this correct. When he was demoted for drunkenness he held the rank of Corporal which is NOT a warrant officer. That being the case the rest of the supposition falls. (Warrant Officer was not introduced into the army until 1879 ie long after the drunkenness episode)
I do agree with you thought that it was a poorly put together programme - perhaps it was a rush job
Hi David,
Thanks for your answer. I'm no expert on this - what led me to this was that it was said, if I remember rightly, that he was demoted from being a corporal and then took eight years to become a corporal again? Or perhaps the latter was a warrant officer and not a corporal? I'll have to look at the programme again. But they did make great play about him being made to read and write without explaining how this was fundamental to becoming a "warrant officer".
My hunch about the several programmes in this series so far is that family members may have already done much of the research, sometimes not being acknowledged at all, which is rather rich for a genealogy programme! The cousin Anne mentioned may have done a lot on the GIBB side and it seems very, very disingenuous not to mention Samuel Crompton (the "Sir Samuel Crompton" on the website I previously cited seemed to be mixing him up with a politician - altho' genealogy has taught me it could be the spinning jenny mule Samuel Crompton was from a poorer side of the family?). It's also to be noted that he seems to have been a talented violinist as well! What was also not mentioned in the programme is how the weavers went from being wealthy to amongst the poorest in society which is why it is quite possible that Samuel Crompton and Sir Samuel Crompton were related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Crompton
http://bit.ly/r73pC1
http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=603&language=eng
http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/local-history/local-life/samuel-crompton/
http://www.bolton.org.uk/samuelcrompton.html
It may be this connection helped Matthew Gibb.
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.......... if I remember rightly, that he was demoted from being a corporal and then took eight years to become a corporal again? Or perhaps the latter was a warrant officer and not a corporal?
Hi
the way i remember the programme is he was a corporal and got busted for drunkenness. It then took eight years for him to become a corporal again. However this was not the end of the story as in time he did go on to become a Staff (?) sargeant by the time he retired, which they seemed to equate with being a warrant officer (or perhaps he was retired as a warrant officer - its not unknown to promote someone just before retirement to give them a bigger pension)
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I agree both Alan Carr and this one were boring. My two faves to date (that I can remember!) are Davina McCall who I'm not really a fan of and Jason Donovan - ditto for him but very interesting tales to be had in both progs
I think that my favourite so far has to be David Dickinson; and what about Matthew Pinsent descending from God!
Anna
The first two lines of this are quoting Petros
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The other story of interest to me was that of the mid-wife. My dear old spinster great -aunt Doss was a mid-wife around Devizes. I remember well that she was definitely of the 'no nonsense' school when it came to applying first aid but she was much loved. The newspaper article on her retirement reckoned she must have brought 3,000 - 4,000 locals into the world and the civic dignitaries launched an appeal to fund her old age as she had been seriously under paid. Her subsequent funeral was very well attended. I am glad that such as she are getting the recognition that they deserve.
Phil
Hi Phil,
I'm glad as well! :) Maybe you can answer the question I asked earlier. You say your great aunt Doss was also a midwife. I assume she was also formally qualified through the Midwifery Board? And that she remained single?
I know that nurses had to "retire" when they married. Did the marriage bar also apply to midwives?
I did ask whether it was verified that James Lynch was in fact Cecelia Lynch's husband - the head of the household didn't necessarily mean that the person was the husband. I noted he was a "cow man", maybe very handy for a mdiwife dealing with babies! But seriously, if she wasn't married to him and he was perhaps her brother or cousin for example it throws up all sorts of questions as to who the children in the household were. The programme by mentioning "head of household" could have led viewers to assume James was the husband, along with the *crossed out* "wife". But it wasn't really verified. And as we know, censuses are often a little dodgy ....
*Just to correct the above. Cecelia was married to James Lynch and married him before she started to practice. Thanks to the BBC board for this info!
From what was said in the programme, midwives were paid fees by the families whose babies they delivered. In a poverty-stricken area, this must have been very difficult. In a sense, the midwife was doing a job for, if we bring it down to pre-NHS days although the state was already encroaching with National Health Insurance for men (although not women and children), panel doctors and health boards, the councils and parishes. And of course many of the guys within the councils did get salaries and occupational pensions.
By 1948 GPs surely must have been getting a steady income from "fees" from insurance companies because National Health Insurance was administered through insurance companies "The Man from the Pru" for working men but there wasn't anything comparable for midwives? And the working men were supposed to pay for the ailments/child bearing of their wives and ailments of unmarried sisters etc as "dependents"?
There was a hotchpotch of state legislation coming in, National Health Insurance, Adoption legislation and registration, council regulations etc etc.
Maybe midwives were supposed to be dependent on the GPs and by trickle down, once the state through various health boards (and there was increased coverage for children as well through schools), county councils and insurance companies came in, were supposed to get fees from the GPs for their services and not from individuals? This might also explain why the academic in Salford was so forthright about the doctors running the Midwifery Board? Maybe the GPs were still trying to make out they were not being paid by corporations and the state to cover healthcare in their local areas?
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While he wasn't demonstrative, Robin Gibb was clearly passionate about clearing his great grandmother's name.
I was interested in the handloom weaver and the history of the Paisley hand loom weaving industry. It didn't seem that the Paisley area adopted powered looms, maybe they didn't have the water or the coal. My home based hand loom woollen weavers in Yorkshire carried on with their trade and with farming their bit of land, while their sons and daughters went to work in the mills down in the valleys.
No land in the centre of Paisley to farm! Paisley had plenty of water though with the White Cart Water running through its centre and plenty of mills close by.
The mills took over from the weavers. The town then became a major centre for cotton thread. Coats were a major employer.
But it was exciting seeing references to Causeyside Street - a place which always seems to crop up in conversations between my better half and her mother about their home town of Paisley.
JULIAN
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.......... if I remember rightly, that he was demoted from being a corporal and then took eight years to become a corporal again? Or perhaps the latter was a warrant officer and not a corporal?
Hi
the way i remember the programme is he was a corporal and got busted for drunkenness. It then took eight years for him to become a corporal again. However this was not the end of the story as in time he did go on to become a Staff (?) sargeant by the time he retired, which they seemed to equate with being a warrant officer (or perhaps he was retired as a warrant officer - its not unknown to promote someone just before retirement to give them a bigger pension)
It could well be about the pension. as you say especially with the Samuel Crompton connection. Even at the beginning of the National Health Service, the GPs claimed they did not want to become employees because of "clinical independence" but didn't demur when offered an NHS pension so got a nice little set up like the MPs, 'self employed' for tax purposes but with an occupational pension although I believe in the NHS terms of service for GPs there was a regulation that they were not allowed to accept outside fees except from health service authorities!
as far as I know welfare legislation before the coordination of all the legislation of 1948 was really based on Bismarck's "warfare state" and not about welfare per se. It was to make sure there was a ready supply of healthy males for the armed forces and to defend the Empire. So the public health boards, as well as being about communicable diseases, and other public health provisions at both local and national levels were very much tied up with the provision of men for the armed forces in every county. So it was in the interests of local government to make sure there were enough health workers. I guess now it's the United Nations at the top of the tree providing soldiers from all around the world for the many conflicts around the globe!
The later theories of the US doctor, Dr Spock, whom some here may remember was based on slightly different lines - to provide babies who would be good workers in factories and for conveyor belt manufacturing industries - hence the emphasis on not picking up the babies when they were crying, feeding them at set times etc etc as Dr Spock and his acolytes were under the illusion this would somehow provide punctual workers used to routines!
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+73 Informative :D
Fascinating!!!
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I never considered Dr. Spock`s aims were to produce babies who would become good workers on conveyor belts in factories!
His ideas were to give young parents confidence in their role as parents and to trust their natural instincts. He told them that they knew much more than they thought they did and not to be afraid of
loving and enjoying their baby.They know their baby better than anyone.
He does warn against becoming a "slave " to a baby by not using common sense but by actually wanting to be a slave to them by spoiling. However he does say that a baby is not spoiled by being comforted when in distress through hunger, pain or discomfort.A baby not so comforted will grow up cold and unresponsive .
When it comes to discipline it all depends on what spirit is put into managing the child. Over harshness and excessive leniency are more damaging than good hearted firmness from a confident parent. Viiktoria.
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A very slow episode with far too much padding.
I enjoyed seeing his house though. ;D
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It is a shame that they didn't take Robin to the 'Sma 'Shot Cottages' in Paisley.
Allowing him to see a loom in situation and the size of a house, that his family
may have lived in.
http://www.smashot.co.uk this gives the 'story of Paisley's weaving heritage'.
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Hi there, hope I'm not butting in, I just wanted to say that I thought this programme was a bit on the slow side too, the one of this series that has stuck out for me was Larry Lamb, I found it so interesting and very emotional, I thought it was fantastic that he actually met a living relative.
Tricia :)
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But it was exciting seeing references to Causeyside Street - a place which always seems to crop up in conversations between my better half and her mother about their home town of Paisley.
JULIAN
My Kerr side were at No: 12 in 1851 , By 1861 they were in Glasgow - I often wonder why people moved but rarely check to see what may have prompted it.
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i actually liked this episode
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I found this episode interesting too...though, like others have already said, there were a lot of bits left hanging...like where were the family when Matthew Gibb was in the Ragged school.
The part about his great grandmother was very interesting to me, as I have a midwife/wetnurse in my direct line too...and she worked long after getting married and having children. I must see if I can find records for her somewhere now! It was great to get a bit of background on that.
Like others, I was fascinated by Robin's house, but had to laugh when he said he was a normal guy...followed by shots of him walking outside in a huge garden, with those two beautiful Irish wolf hounds (huge!!). Then when they said his house was a converted monastery, I was intrigued, but also amused...must have cost a FORTUNE to restore!
@ Trish...I don't think it's possible to butt in on a public forum on a thread that is open to all :)
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I think he probably considers himself a 'normal guy' in that he didn't come from money and he's earned what he's got.
How he chooses to spend it is entirely up to him. There are far worse ways than restoring a beautiful old building :) ::)
And yes, I would love to have a house like his :) :)
Linda
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Just imagine the heating bills ... ::)
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One other matter occurs to me: that of doctors' "confidentiality" regarding venereal disease.
After the troops returned from the First World War, laws of "confidentiality" were introduced so that not even a wife was informed by the doctor if her husband had venereal disease.
Apparently (possibly only in the case of wealtheir couples) doctors then even began to be summoned to court to give evidence in divorce cases.
Whatever, this "confidentiality" obviously clashed with public health initiatives and reportable diseases (and not least was heavily weighted against women and thus their infants, leaving the wives at risk of contracting venereal disease from husbands).
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Just imagine the heating bills ... ::)
I suspect he might just be able to afford them ;)
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Just wanted to add that I found this episode very interesting and not 'slow' at all, nor did I find Robin Gibb cold - just quiet, measured and interested ::)
I suppose it just shows the different things we all latch on to in these programmes...
The detail about midwives was very interesting and I did think it was one of the good ones (unlike the previous one for Emilia Fox which did nothing for me ::) )
I'm really glad the BBC is doing a decent range of types of people/programmes here, so we all get something that works!
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Just imagine the heating bills ... ::)
I suspect he might just be able to afford them ;)
Do the Bee Gees or a company of which they are directors still own the copyright for their songs? Surely it's possible the house and its expenses are under a company?
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The Bee Gees still own the back-catalogue of their songs, and they've set up an arrangement with Warner Records to redistribute digitally remastered versions of their past hits.
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The Bee Gees still own the back-catalogue of their songs, and they've set up an arrangement with Warner Records to redistribute digitally remastered versions of their past hits.
Good for them. It's always good when artists retain the copyright in works they have created.
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Just seen on another forum that Robin Gibb has liver cancer, which would explain why he looked so ill (in my opinion) on his show.
Good wishes to him and his family.
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I have just read Robin Gibb was rushed to Hospital this week,it seems he has been suffering from Liver Cancer for several months.
We too thought he looked ill on WDYTYA. :(
omega
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Thought he had lost alot of weight. God bless Robin and take care
regards Sandymc
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I'm sorry to hear that Robin is ill - all good wishes to him.
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Thanks for the updates on Robin's health - sorry to read it though it does explain his gaunt appearance.