British singer-songwriter/comedian George Formby was true to form as your archetypal ‘cheeky chappie’.

IT’S been a long time since I started looking backwards instead of at what’s around me. Call it snobbery or a mere desire to gain perspective but I tend to wait until all the hype dies down before really giving something the time of day. In the mid 1980s when I began this habit, most of my classmates would be found watching Family Ties or Growing Pains, whereas I’d be into the wierd and wonderful world of Monty Python and the Carry Ons.