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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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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. - W H Auden
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St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
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