One of the most unpleasant and elusive of the many figures who defined the 60s.
Given that not even Craig Brown seems to have been able to track him down, I’m
amazed he’s still alive
Beatles bete noire DI Norman (Semolina Pilchard) Pilcher sets the record straight
He still appears to speak like a geezer in ‘The Sweeney’: “If they were at it, we felt their collars.”
Most alarmingly, in his interview, he refers to “a person called Donovan” – seemingly unaware, as we all now know, that Don INVENTED the sixties!
and it’s spelt DONOVAN
Or is it spelled, Mmm, Donovan?
He’s run a care home, too – always an industry that attracts the most morally upstanding people.
The walrus was Paul, as any fule kno.
Well, it definitely wasn’t Pilcher.
He was, however, the inspiration for Spiny Norman, the hedgehog in Python’s Doug and Dinsdale Piranha sketch
SHUT THAT BLEEDIN’ DOOR….. mother
“I ‘ear you’ve been a naughty boy Clement”
“Foul language and insults” … if there were any more reasons to love Dusty Springfield …
I think Caroline Coon’s remarks at the end of the article are a fair summation of him. I certainly remember the allegations at the time about his crookedness.
He’s trying to paint himself there as a good guy surrounded by rotters. I’m sure the actual facts are somewhat different.
Expecting cash in LP anytime now called ‘A Man Who Once Arrested The Beatles – Live!’
So it took four weeks for The Guardian to re-phrase the Mojo article from last month. Is this a record?
Not yet, but see @BrilliantMistake‘s post above
I suspect Norm waited an entire career (in vain) to encountered a criminal named Hugh Slag… 🙂
…and his known associate Hugh Toilet.
And let’s not forget fellow gang member, Hugh Muppet
Thanks to @noisecandy on another thread – this on kindle for 99p currently. I hesitated as I didn’t really want to give this scrote any money, but he can’t be making much at 99p a pop.
He probably wouldn’t be making anything at all if it wasn’t.
Maybe he is a brilliant writer? The new D H Lawrence.
“Lady Chatterly? Put ’em on, love, you’re nicked.”