You were born at an early age. The eldest son of
Robert William and Florence Blenkinsopp at the Princess Mary Maternity Hospital
in Newcastle. The year is 1930 George V is on the
throne and videos have not yet been invented. However fortunately due to the
marvels of modern technology we do have photographs tracing your early years.
When you first arrived you made a less than favorable first impression with
your Auntie Mary who described you as "looking just like a skinned rabbit."
Stories abound about how you at first slept in a drawer and one of your
sayings apparently was "Thank you Lord for what I've had and if there's any more
I'll be very glad." As it turns out you were almost a southerner you were
whisked down to Talworth in Surrey at only six weeks old. You stayed in
Surrey until the age of 8 when you returned north to Sunderland.
When war broke out you were evacuated with your younger
brother Jack to the bishop Auckland area. With the war over and having returned
north you started work at the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal limited as office
junior. At about the same time your hobbies included camping. Here we see you
in a rather fetching pair of shorts with your camping colleagues.
Another great love of yours was the theater
St. Columba's drama group had a young 'Olivier' in the making.
At the age of 16 you and your brother Jack decided to undertake a bicycle trip
to London and back. Now, you thought tonight he was in Newcastle but we have
news for you because live via satellite we're proud to present your younger
brother Jack Blenkinsopp
Hello Bob. Hi. Its great to be involved in this world wide linkup. Just thought I'd give
the people who are listening, the thousands who are sitting waiting, some information about us when we were travelling
on our bikes. Photograph of bike herewith.
you remember the YHA hostel somewhere north of London and at that point you
could get your your own food made up on one side of a little a little archway
and on the other side we had to take our food so that we could eat it and as I
remember it you went to get our porridge for breakfast on one side of the kitchen
and as you were walking through the little archway I remember a bloke was cycling
through on a bike and whallop! Hit you flat in the middle and the walls were streaming with
with plates of porridge. One of the small things that happened on our way around
and I remember the other one as well when you, and I still swear blind
that you pretended that you'd hurt your ankle remember and we picked up two
other Geordies on the way and they were coming north so we took it in turns all
three of us to push you because you said in inverted commas that you would hurt
your ankle and couldn't pedal yeah typical I suppose. Anyway good luck Bob
glad to be part of the this do here and I wish you well and they say all the all
the thousands who will join in this sort of big cheer up for Bob reaching the big 60.
Thank you Jack Blenkinsopp.
The year is 1948 and your country needs you. You join the Navy and so begins a
two-year adventure of travel and hard work. Friendships were made and in
particular with Doogie gray. One of your commanding officers was Prince Philip
the Duke of Edinburgh who became such a good friend of Able Seaman Blenkinsopp
that he granted permission for you to discontinue shaving after all these
years we have news for you you thought that tonight he was walking
the corgis at Buckingham Palace but he insisted that he wanted it to be part of
your special evening so tonight live via satellite we reunite you with the Duke
of Edinburgh
Can you hear me Sir.
"Hello."
Do you have a message for Bob Blenkinsopp?
"Bob who?"
Sorry we seem to be having a little trouble with our satellite link-up we
will try to return to Prince Phillip as soon as possible.
So you obviously struck up such a friendship with
Phillip that he will never forget you however
upon being demobbed your parents had rather forgotten about you as they
neglected to inform you of their change of address. Feeling lost and unloved your
thoughts turned to women...
And what a woman! in 1950 you met Dorothy daughter
of Molly and Bill Nicholson her older brother well remembers the impression
you made upon Bill. We're now pleased to go live over to Malton to interview
Raymond Nicholson. Can you tell us Raymond what Bill had to say when Bob
came calling..
Bob who? Oh you mean Deadwood dick. well my father always described Bob as
Deadwood dick or Dean swift I don't think he ever quite made his mind up for
the nickname. Dad used to have a nickname for everyone
and Bob was Deadwood dick or Dean Swift take your pick. I never know why he
chose those two nicknames but, but certainly he did and from the moment Bob
walked into our house Deadwood dick or Dean Swift we knew who he was talking
about that was the chap that Dorothy was was going out with. There's no
question about it Bob changed things enormous when he came to Rodsley Avenue.
First of all Dorothy who had never shown the slightest inclination in
sport was to be seen on the tennis court at Saltwell Park within a few weeks of
Bob arriving well it didn't last very long but at least Bob had the
satisfaction of getting Dorothy on to a tennis court I'm not sure whether she
ever actually hit the tennis ball but she was certainly on the court.
Thank you Raymond Nicholson
On October the 8th 1955 you married at St. John's Church Sheriff Hill. The best
man was your brother Jack. Your father unfortunately was too ill to
attend the wedding ceremony itself.
The honeymoon was spent in Bournemouth and
here is Dorothy to tell us some of her honeymoon memories.
What a honeymoon. You had your
first married migrane at about 2 p.m. on Sunday October the 9th. You went to
bed and I walked around Bournemouth kicking the lovely autumn leaves and
feeling very much alone now. Now 35 years,
two sons and hundreds of migrane's later
you are still the only man for me. I love you Mr. B
Your first house was 63
Beechwood Avenue and here we see you hard at work engrossed in one of your
favorite pastimes decorating.
Your working life saw you moved to George
Hogg and Co, then to the Sunderland Echo as advertisement representative and then
back to Newcastle again as Classified Advertisement Manager for the Kemsley
group. Your favorite sport was golf and Raymond remembers you playing for a
certain trophy. Can you hear me again Raymond Nicholson?
One of the things of course we did a lot was to play golf. Bob, my father and I
used to play a lot and we had a trophy called the NBG trophy,
the Nicholson Blenkinsopp trophy
or as the cynics would call it
the no bloody good trophy
which we used to hand around each each week as depending on who won the
actual competition but seriously Bob I'm delighted to be on this tribute today
63 score 10 that's tremendous I hope you've gone to many many more was tell
the story, the most famous story of our golfing exploits was one we're playing
one day at Embleton up on the Northumberland Coast. Dad had been at great pains
to tell us that he bought some cheap cheap golf balls from somebody on High
Street, Gateshead and he's delighted to look forward as we're going up in the car
to put them into use but in fact when we got on the golf course Bob and I had this
brilliant idea that we'd swap the ball that dad had put on his tee and substitute
are made of soap. So of course dad who spent an age always preparing himself to
hit the drive waggling the club was well above the ball eventually hit this ball
made of soap because he wasn't aware. The expression on his face when the ball
simply exploded and was stuck on the face of his club was something I always
remembered Bob and I were literally lying in the bunkers laughing at it
because it was absolutely tremendous plan. A great great time and we all enjoyed
ourselves. Bob it gives me the greatest, greatest pleasure indeed
to wish you very very many happy returns on your 60th birthday. I hope you have a
super day, I know you will and all I can say is all the best and "Lang may yer lum reek"
Thank you again Raymond Nicholson
in December 1959 your work in advertising led you to a new life and a
new house "Cherry Trees" in Scarborough. In January 1961 8 Dovetail Avenue welcomed
a new arrival Stephen Robert Blenkinsopp christened on March the 5th 1961 here we
see both sets of grandparents with the new arrival.
The early 60s were exciting
times and golfing friendships were struck up with Mike Wilson and in
particular with Reg Shales. Your golfing capabilities came to the fore when you
won the Wilding trophy in what you describe as the best game you ever played.
The 60s will also be remembered for summer seasons of the Futurist
with "The Black and White minstrels" and "Ken Dodd" top of the bill
Your interest in photography developed and you became Competition Secretary of the Scarborough
Camera Club and great friends with Mick McHale.
David Raymond Blenkinsopp arrived in June 1968 three years before you were to move to
Devon. Through your own photography we can now retrace these early years of
Stephen and David from Scarborough in the 1960s through to Devon in the 1970s
January 1971 and you become the holiday advertising specialist for South Devon
and Cornwall and the family move to Brentwood Drive, Paignton in Devon.
Many friendships were made during those Devon Days including Tony and Jan, Dennis
and Barbara and neighbors the Parnell family amongst many others. November 1972 and
Molly moves into the extension that you and George built together.
Your enthusiasm for photography continues and you become the chairman of
the South Devon photo color society. One of the highlights of your years as
chairman was a talk and slideshow given by mountaineer Chris Bonnington to a
packed house at Torquay Town Hall. Now you thought he was up Mount Kilimanjaro
but tonight live from the Lake District we bring you Chris Bonnington...
Chris can you hear me Chris.
Yes I can hear you
what do you remember about your evening with Bob?
Bob who?
Um ... sorry we seem to have lost a signal .... meanwhile
back in the studio David remembers your achievements in the
Camera Club.
Hello Dad. Yes, I can remember your achievements. You seem to have a new
trophy on the mantelpiece every year
Thank you David Blenkinsopp.
A change in the world of advertising meant a return to the north to Hunmanby in fact
for a short-lived partnership in a photographic business before eventually
purchasing Gordon's Gallery on January the 1st 1980.
and in October of 1980 you and mum celebrated your silver wedding
anniversary
Your eldest son Stephen got engaged in 1982 to a lovely girl by the name of Sheena.
Thank you Bob for the lovely engagement photos you took.
in 1984 Stephen and Sheena married and here we see you offering Sheena
assistance for the first time as a father-in-law
The 1980s also saw you fall in love for the second time with Austria.
1990 sees you entering your 60th year as a grandparent James Robert Blenkinsopp
your namesake arrived at 20 minutes past midnight on your wedding anniversary the
8th of October so making you the youngest looking grandfather around.
Here is James with a special message for you.
(James sneezes)
And here are the rest of the family with their own birthday messages.
Many happy returns Bob and many congratulations thanks for being a super
father-in-law and an extra-special granddad thank you cheers Bob
Happy Birthday dad. Thanks for the encouragement you've given me over all
the years.
Many Happy Returns Bob pet from your child bride.
I only hope I look as good as you when I get to your great age.
Happy Birthday Dad. here's to the
next 60 years. Hope you like the video we've all had a lot of fun putting a lot
of work into it we hope you get a lot of pleasure from it many happy returns
James Robert Blenkinsopp. This is Your Life. Cheers.
yeah I made one mistake I forgot the other ending it's all about
yeah I'm have to go can I see you in a minute. Yeah sure.
Does it take good photographs? Yes.
Bob Who? Oh you mean Deadwood dick or Dean Swift well certainly that was the name that
dad gave to Bob when he arrived as courting Dorothy
he always had a nickname for people and as far as Dad was concerned it was
Deadwood dick or Dean swift delight absolutely delighted Bob to be part of
this tribute today on your 60th birthday it's a great milestone and everyone in
the family is delighted that you're spending it in a special way with your
family okay yeah that's great is that the lead-in
you wanted. yeah Are you gonna run it through again can you run it through. no
you need a screen across. I need a screen, yeah. You think that'll be all right
yeah yeah sorry I've got you to dash David. okay then can you come back just when you got a
minute to do the other one right okay yeah yeah okay thanks
it's recording now David. Hurry up.
oh it's recording now.
Please. Please.
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