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'I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.'

'Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.'

Born in Oldham, Lancashire
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/s/sykes_eric.shtml BBC Profile
http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hissykes.htm Biography

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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die - Robert Southey
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Henry VIII ex-communicated - 1538, 1st Bowler Hats go on sale - 1849, The Wright Brothers take Flight - 1903, Mary Bell found Guilty - 1968, IRA bomb Harrods - 1983, Work begins on the Channel Tunnel - 1988, Ian Huntly found Guilty of Soham Murders - 2003
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