re the radio show
'lofty' was from 'it ain't half hot mum'.
100% FACT
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lazygamer VS tittybiscuits,
Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:20,
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Lofty was
Gunner Sugden, played by Don Estelle.
He did Whispering Grass which got to number one.
(The B side was 'I should have known')
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blyerkit e k trilby,
Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:23,
archived)