Comments on: Arts And Entertainment http://www.bloggingwv.com/arts-and-entertainment/ (The West Virginia Blogger) Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Oil painting art http://www.bloggingwv.com/arts-and-entertainment/#comment-10088 Oil painting art Tue, 27 May 2008 05:28:14 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/?p=1426#comment-10088 60% of the list you have shared with us are unknown to me. I have bookmarked your section and shared it to my friends. My favorite is this - The music hall entertainer Nosmo King derived his stage name from a ‘No Smoking’ sign. 60% of the list you have shared with us are unknown to me. I have bookmarked your section and shared it to my friends. My favorite is this - The music hall entertainer Nosmo King derived his stage name from a ‘No Smoking’ sign.

]]> By: Keynes http://www.bloggingwv.com/arts-and-entertainment/#comment-10074 Keynes Sun, 25 May 2008 20:29:49 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/?p=1426#comment-10074 => The fictional highwayman Dick Turpin’s horse was called Black Bess He was very much a real person. Born Richard Turpin in September 1705 and executed in York in 1739. He was a much more unpleasant character than the lovable rogue of legend. There are many areas in which the history and legend follow different paths, but continue to be related during Turpin's real life. James Sharpe has undertaken and published a great deal of historical research in his book, <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n03/woot02_.html" rel="nofollow">Disk Turpin: The Myth of the English Hywayman. => The fictional highwayman Dick Turpin’s horse was called Black Bess

He was very much a real person. Born Richard Turpin in September 1705 and executed in York in 1739. He was a much more unpleasant character than the lovable rogue of legend. There are many areas in which the history and legend follow different paths, but continue to be related during Turpin’s real life. James Sharpe has undertaken and published a great deal of historical research in his book, Disk Turpin: The Myth of the English Hywayman.

]]> By: Ted Wioncek, President W.C. Fields Fan Club http://www.bloggingwv.com/arts-and-entertainment/#comment-10007 Ted Wioncek, President W.C. Fields Fan Club Sun, 18 May 2008 15:01:18 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/?p=1426#comment-10007 TRUE, W.C. Fields did die on Christmas Day, 1946. He was born on January 29, 1880, by the way. FALSE, his tombstone does NOT read "I'd rather be in Phildelphia ..." or anything like that. In fact, W.C. Fields is not burried in a grave in the ground with atombstone at all! He is inturned in a niche, above ground final resting place at Forest Lawn in Glendale, CA. His niche marker simply reads "W.C. Fields 1880-1946" Ted Wioncek, President W.C. Fields Fan Club PO Box 506 Stratford, NJ 08084-0506 E-Mail; WCFieldsFanClub@comcast.net Ted Wioncek, President W.C. Fields Fan Clubs last blog post..1 TRUE, W.C. Fields did die on Christmas Day, 1946. He was born on January 29, 1880, by the way.

FALSE, his tombstone does NOT read “I’d rather be in Phildelphia …” or anything like that. In fact, W.C. Fields is not burried in a grave in the ground with atombstone at all! He is inturned in a niche, above ground final resting place at Forest Lawn in Glendale, CA. His niche marker simply reads “W.C. Fields 1880-1946″

Ted Wioncek, President
W.C. Fields Fan Club
PO Box 506
Stratford, NJ 08084-0506
E-Mail; WCFieldsFanClub@comcast.net

Ted Wioncek, President W.C. Fields Fan Clubs last blog post..1

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