Bizarre job titles

[Andrew353w]

Nothing against them...thanks for reminding me! (David Nixon was a 'magic show' person wasn't he? When not doing WML, that is.)

He was also very amusing in "Many A Slip", again with Isobel Barnett!

[cloughie]

Nothing against them...thanks for reminding me! (David Nixon was a 'magic show' person wasn't he? When not doing WML, that is.)

David was always the Good Guy as a foil to Grumpy Gilbert!

[Serial_Apologist]

Wonderful! I hope Gerard Hoffnung was 'up there' enjoying it.
Do you happen to know what key it was in?

Ooooer!!! I suppose it takes all types!.,..

[ronidaho]

Planetary Protection Officer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40809566

[Serial_Apologist]

Planetary Protection Officer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40809566

Obviously a job with global reach.

Welcome to the forum, ronidaho!

[LMcD]

Planetary Protection Officer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40809566

By Jove! That looks like an interesting job. Preference given to Freddie Mercury and Gustav Holst fans, presumably. Welcome to For3!

[kernelbogey]

'No reversing without banksman' at building sites has always intrigued me. It that all the chap does?

Perhaps TSB have a vacancy this week?

[Stanfordian]

By Jove! That looks like an interesting job. Preference given to Freddie Mercury and Gustav Holst fans, presumably. Welcome to For3!

A job ideal for Prince Charles, a campaigner on climate change. The same Prince who also has his own special carbon footprint, that one created by the trips he takes on his private plane.

[Tevot]

Best Boy...

(handy if you have a Key Grip)

[vinteuil]

Best Boy...

(handy if you have a Key Grip)

... o, why be a Best Boy when you might be a Gaffer?

And why be a Key Grip when you might be a Dolly Grip??

( ... tho' none of us can aspire to Rostrum until Ken Morse passes on.)


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[Richard Tarleton]

'No reversing without banksman' at building sites has always intrigued me. It that all the chap does?

Actually I think banksmen have to have their wits about them - they're the ones who stare into the hole to make sure the digger driver is not about to hit a gas main/electricity cable/water main that wasn't on the plan, also who signal to the driver to stop when he unearths a partial skeleton which will form the basis of an episode of Midsomer Murders or a series of Unforgotten. I'm not sure that they were obligatory at the time of Endeavour. See here https://www.hst.uk.com/news/vehicle-banksman/

[eighthobstruction]

... o, why be a Best Boy when you might be a Gaffer?

And why be a Key Grip when you might be a Dolly Grip??

( ... tho' none of us can aspire to Rostrum until Ken Morse passes on.)


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Is Ken Morse still working?....of course not he'd be 95 surely....them were days Arthur Neagus - Johnny Morris....

[eighthobstruction]

Anyone old enough to remember What's My Line? Eamonn Andrews, Isobel Barnett and Gilbert Harding?

....Oh definitely....Pete Murray....David Jacobs....Malcolm Muggeridge....

[vinteuil]

Is Ken Morse still working?....of course not he'd be 95 surely...

... only 74!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Morse

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[kernelbogey]

they're the ones who stare into the hole to make sure the digger driver is not about to hit a gas main/electricity cable/water main that wasn't on the plan,

Thank you Richard - a mystery solved.