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« Reply #40 on: March 01, 2010, 20:45:49 PM »
ok try this one.Who was the pre-WW1 band leader who had three letter O's in his first and second names ? ie 3 in total.This for music lovers and any one else.



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« Reply #41 on: March 01, 2010, 22:18:15 PM »
Scott Wood. and his Orchestra:P

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« Reply #42 on: March 01, 2010, 22:38:27 PM »
Nope!

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« Reply #43 on: March 01, 2010, 22:44:43 PM »
I'm afraid I couldn't name one pre-WW1 band leader, irrespective of the number of O's  :-\

Should that be Os..?

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« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2010, 23:15:57 PM »
No - O + OO He was also known for his charity work.

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« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2010, 23:31:37 PM »
Ahhh

Is it  Doctor Barnardo and his Big Band Swing Experience?

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« Reply #46 on: March 02, 2010, 00:50:31 AM »
Slow slow quick quick slow - the dance band leader who was never without a Malborough as it was his middle name and born in 1900

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« Reply #47 on: March 02, 2010, 08:07:28 AM »
No to the good Doctor.Clue 3 - he was often in trouble with the Old Bill.

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« Reply #48 on: March 02, 2010, 08:52:59 AM »
On Nelson Mandela House. In real life it was Harlech Towers. Hence the connection is ... we were both named after Welsh coastal resorts.

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« Reply #49 on: March 02, 2010, 09:05:40 AM »
Yeah that's it :D




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