{"id":4091,"date":"2012-07-05T14:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2012-07-06T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T13:26:05","slug":"jolly-boys-outing-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/jolly-boys-outing-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Jolly Boys Outing Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who was on the Jolly Boys Outing coach in the 1989 Episode?
\nBy Tom Griffith (Griff)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the most memorable episodes of Britain\u2019s best loved sitcom would have to be \u2018The Jolly Boys Outing\u2019, screened in 1989. My personal faveourite episode. I love watching this episode on a Friday or Saturday afternoon\/evening for some reason \u2013 I guess it\u2019s the kind of feel I get when watching the episode. If I was to go on a Jolly Boys Outing, it would be a Friday or a Saturday. And, for some reason, I find myself watching this episode with a cold beer and a curry on a typical Friday or Saturday! I also love this particular special as it includes all of the main cast.<\/p>\n

\"Jolly<\/p>\n

The episode included all of the boys joined together enjoying their bank holiday break on the east-coast of Margate.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say that most of us often wonder who else was involved in the day trip to Margate in this episode. Along side Del Boy, Rodders and Uncle Albert, were the likes of Trigger, Boycie, Mike, Mickey, Jevon, Uncle Albert, Denzil, Sid, Alan Parry and coach driver Harry \u2013 who else was sat on that famous coach? (before it blew up!).<\/p>\n

Well, unless this question has been cleared up officially by the great man himself in the past, John Sullivan, or anybody else that has a reliable source, I would like to speculate who would have likely been involved in all of the boys\u2019 fun in that very eventful episode.<\/p>\n

Many of you beady eyed viewers will have recognised who I believe is Young Towser, who was sat at the back of the coach. You see him clearest when the lads are singing along to Bananarama\u2019s version of \u2018help!\u2019 and just after Del Boy sets up Denzil with the brass bell ringer where everybody engages in a raw of laughter and mickey taking out of poor old Denz.<\/p>\n

We do see Young Towser in a couple of the earlier episodes\/specials, albeit very briefly and seemingly by different actors. If my memory serves me correct, we see him in \u2018Healthy Competition\u2019 and \u2018To Hull and Back\u2019. You would bet a score that he would have been involved in the Jolly Boys Outing carnage. Other times, we only hear of Towser if Del Boy is referencing him regarding a deal for example.<\/p>\n

So, either this was Young Towser, or the same actor playing a random mate of Del\u2019s. Or I\u2019m completely wrong!<\/p>\n

Next analysis of who was sat on the Jolly Boy\u2019s coach \u2013 Sun Glasses Ron. Could this have been the bloke sat right at the back, with his sunglasses on and mini-afro? Nobody knows for sure of what race Sunglasses Ron is, but I would bet my double-headed coin that this was Sunglasses Ron himself in the 1989 episode.<\/p>\n

So, who else was on the coach then? My speculation leads me to suggest the following characters surely would have made Del\u2019s guest-list:<\/p>

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