Rob Shaw contacted us here at the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society with an idea that takes the Freddie the Frog episode and the local church stained glass window. It’s a very interesting plot….over to you Rob.
Hello. for some years I have been amazed that an existing story line was /has never been used to restore the families fortunes.
In Freddie the Frog episode where Del meets Triggers Aunty Rene at Triggers nieces wedding finding out that stolen gold bullion has been left to him and Rodney but has been hidden at/ buried at sea.. Del exclaims towards the end of the episode that the sea shall not have it. Prior to this Del discovers from the vicar that Freddie Robdil was a benefactor at the local church paying for a stained glass window. This is where I believe this existing story line was never used.
A few years ago I was told how the Army used a system of fixed points and known distances to find terrorist arms . Basically once you know roughly where some thing is hidden fixed points are used to cross reference the hiding place.
The problem that Del had was that the gold was hidden at sea and could be anywhere. A part from Feddie who dumped the gold no one knew where it is. What Freddie would have required to find it at some further date was two fixed points and the distance between the two.
So here we go. It’s mentioned that Freddie had a chalet near the sea point 1. The church faced the sea point 2. all that is now required is the Distance and so that this was never forgotten Freddie puts the distances in the stain glass window basically making it a map with the instructions where the gold is.
There is a lot of mileage in this as It could be used to mark Triggers passing as in the original episode was at Triggers nieces wedding and could open with him being laid to rest in the Church yard facing the sea.
I hope that people agree that there is mileage in this and could develop it into a full blown episode. Oh and before anyone points out that they couldn’t sell the gold they will claim the reward which with inflation has also grown to Avery substantial sum . I hope that someone agrees that this worth pursuing.
Loads of ideas for new episodes…………!
Best and safest and easiest thing to do would be a light hearted Green green grass xmas special 2014 where del boy and Rodney visit Boycie. Lovely Jubbly everyones a winner.
And this can be done as Jim wrote loads of GGG!
Ive said it before and will say it again, the can NEVER be new episodes of Only Fools And Horses without John Sullivan, get it through your thick heads