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Jom (Jim or Tom, entrepreneur) 156–7
Kelly, Henry 199
Kilty, Craig ‘The Monster’ 296, 300
Lambert family 21–2, 190–2
Lancashire, Jennie 5–6
Langland, Gina 110, 110–11n
Lewis, Sue 226
Lewis-Smith, Victor 27
Lisa (Peartree researcher) 93, 98, 101
Littlejohn, Richard 204
Lynam, Des 84–5, 161n
Maclean, Scott 114
Malick, Jon 8
Matt and Mario 211, 212
Matthews, Bernard 75–6, 104, 219
Maul, Ted 81
Maxwell, Jed 169, 172–8, 179
May, Rosie 65, 66, 81
McAllister, Forbes, death of 112, 113–14, 116–20, 132, 162, 211, 289
McCombe, Steven 24–6, 27
McMahon, Bridie 27, 116
Michael (Travel Tavern employee) 80n, 151, 152–3, 154, 171–2, 177n
Millicent, Dave 18, 20
Moore, Roger 65, 110
Morgan, Piers 90
Morgan of Glossop, Lord 97, 98
Morris, Christopher 65, 81
Noden, Vic 74
Norfolk
backward underachievers of 24
Broads 201–2
‘development’ in 15–16
first-class countryside 1, 2
Gabitas’s enemies in 194
Round Table 9
Royal Norfolk Show 72, 179
sex in 2n
starvation in 228
summer roadshow, Carol Partridge at 121
Swaffham Country Fayre 179–80
North Norfolk Digital (né Radio North Norfolk)
Bedtime with Branning 287, 292–3
loses FM licence 277
Mid-Morning Matters 10, 248, 258, 282–4, 286–9, 291–3, 307–9
‘Mid Morning Matters, mid-air’ 297–300
rebranding 279
Norwich
bus system, seeking snivels on 86
Café Symphony 102, 106
Choristers Country Club 256, 259
City Council 238
Mead Hotel 273
Metropole 152
Nando’s 106–8
Our Price store 49–51, 52, 73, 215–16
Playhouse 274
Ponder’s band as fixture 101, 102
Richer Sounds 272–3
Rita’s café 37–8
St Luke’s Hospital 46–8
Thorburn’s pronunciation of 211
train station 239–41
Waterstone’s 233, 237
see also Radio Norwich
Oddie, Bill 124, 127, 166, 173, 180n, 210, 224–5, 226
O’Hanraha-hanrahan, Peter 65, 81
Parry, Keith (ex-father-in-law) 39
Parry, Stella (ex-mother-in-law) 39
Parry, Ben E. 280
Parry, Tim (ex-brother-in-law) 60, 123
Partridge, Alan Gordon
as author and writer
book titles, meaningless 227n
Bouncing Back 222n, 233–43, 271
describe mother’s death, how to 247
Funny Thing Happened, A … 235
hope for current volume 310
ideas for books 247
love of alliteration 281–2
narrative techniques 4, 118, 168, 217
positioning books in-store 237
pulping and recycling 241–4
rhetorical devices 29, 168–9
run-writing 234
search for publisher 235–6
selling units, methods 238–41
awards
Booker Prize (deserved) 233
Channel 4 100 best catchphrases (84th) 95
TV Quick’s Man of the Moment 27
as businessman
Apache Group of Companies® 256–7
Forward Solutions™ 266, 267, 268–73, 274–5
Partridge’s Nest 155–8
philosophy 158, 257
Travel Tavern’s understanding of 161
see also below under Peartree Productions
childhood, school and poly
A-level results 28–30
beatings 8–9
birth 3–4, 42, 248
bullying 1–2, 24–5, 26–7
choice of newspaper 204
Christmas 5
dance, as self-expression 248
East Anglia Polytechnic 30–4
‘Fartridge’ affair 23–4, 27
first words, car-related 204
funeral/burial of Barney the dog 244n
hardship of 13–15, 20
as ineffective leader 19–20
inquisitiveness 6–7
as lepidopterist 7
living with parents as student 30–2
as only child 4–5
as precocious reader 13, 14, 204
and privet sweepings 9, 21
Scouting 17–20
shoe-horn/shoe-tree fixation 7
tree as doppelgänger 2–3, 15, 302–3
dress and grooming
aftershave (Pagan Man) 122
beard, temporary 209–10
Burton’s Gold Card 76, 310n
dressing gown, when alone 132
hair, luxuriance of 98
side parting 51, 160, 297
smart/smart casual 98, 284
as student 31, 32
talc and deodorant 91, 163
underwear 245, 260
waterproof trousers, discounted 302
food and drink
as accompaniment to BBC news 68
Alan’s Cookie Jar 290
baking soda metaphors 155, 170
beer on Xmas morning 131–2
birthday cake 13–14