My Randolph Turpin day

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  1. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    On Tuesday I travelled to Leamington Cemetery to pay my respects to Randolph Turpin.

    I used the 64 Day Hero documentary to find his grave, but it still took over half an hour to find it.

    When I was there I met Eric, a man who knew the Turpin family and we spoke for nearly two hours. I had intended to also visit Turpin's gym but the time I spent talking to Eric was far more informative and interesting. Eric also gave me a brief description of where Randolph's brother Jackie is buried in Warwick Cemetery.

    As I had travelled quite a way to visit Leamington I decided that I should use the opportunity to try and find Jackie's grave even though the sun was going down and it was getting dark.

    Eric told me that Jackie is buried in the area of the cemetery where there are back-to-back headstones. So I scoured Warwick Cemetery for this area and once I was there I ran from one grave to another to find Jackie's grave.

    It was a bit like Eli Wallach at the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!

    Fortunately, I found the grave by which time it was 6.30pm and very dark. Ironically in the same area of the cemetery where Jackie is now resting is the grave of one Raymond Robinson!!

    I've posted the photos I took below. These include the house where Turpin was born on Willes Road, Leamington and also his family home on Wathen Road, Warwick.

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  3. salsanchezfan

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    Very cool......
     
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  4. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thank you :)
     
  5. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ???

    My YouTube account has been suspended for violating terms of service?

    What???????

    :fusmile
     
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  6. SHADAPBLAD

    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    It happens
     
  7. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    But why does it happen?

    I can't see what the issue is. I posted two videos, one where I walked from the cemetery entrance to Turpin's grave and another where I walked round his grave.

    I don't see what rules have been broken here.
     
  8. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Great item, many thanks. Enjoyed your Eli Wallach moment, could hear Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold playing in my head!
    Weird reaction from You Tube, beyond me.
     
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  9. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks :)

    Fortunately I didn't have Lee Van Cleef stalking me but I was alone in a dark cemetery which was quite unsettling!
     
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  10. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My YouTube account has been re-instated!

    What's going on?:duh
     
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    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Now that normal service seems to have been resumed, here's my other shorter video:

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  12. SHADAPBLAD

    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Sometimes it just happens for really no reason. My guess is that or the algorithm that skips through a video to look for things like porn or gore picked up something in your video. Perhaps it assumed grave desecration
     
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  13. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Maybe it thought the groaning noise I made because of my sore knees when I crouched down was a well suppressed orgasm!
     
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