tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605625879464789847.post1413589365187211001..comments2024-03-06T23:33:57.819-08:00Comments on Britain is no country for old men: Britain is still a country for a violent old villain called 'Mad' Frankie Fraser ...............................JohnBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12829858569457847265noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605625879464789847.post-90560231643087073242015-11-04T00:27:06.257-08:002015-11-04T00:27:06.257-08:00Cane Hill Hospital, London, is (or rather, was, fo...Cane Hill Hospital, London, is (or rather, was, forgive the ageing slip) in Coulsdon, Surrey, one of the many mental hospitals built in the leafy southern surroundings of London by the late Victorians to house those with whom they were medically ill-equipped to deal, out of sight of normal folk, but within contact owing to the recently-developed railway system which has now become the life-blood of the city. <br /><br />Coulsdon only (reluctantly) became part of London in 1965 as part of the new London Borough of Croydon.<br /><br />Interestingly Sir Stanley Baker (aka “Sir Yobbo of the Valleys” as kindly nicknamed by Private Eye during his lifetime) was memorably Sir Maurice Micklewhite's (Michael Caine's) co-star in the 1963 film “Zulu”. Unknown to Michael/Maurice, his own half-brother, was an inmate at the time of the same Cane Hill Hospital. I wonder if he and Mad Frankie overlapped?allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10013621713858773603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605625879464789847.post-28132470356406332532013-06-19T05:57:19.988-07:002013-06-19T05:57:19.988-07:00Phew! That was close. Thanks for that.Phew! That was close. Thanks for that................................JohnBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829858569457847265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-605625879464789847.post-23948349771935816532013-06-18T23:42:09.146-07:002013-06-18T23:42:09.146-07:00'Stanley Baxter'? More like 'Stanley B...'Stanley Baxter'? More like 'Stanley Baker' - best correct it (before Frankie sends the boys round!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com