Spike Milligan's Grave - Famous Graves
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- Todays Famous Grave is, Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 - 27 February 2002) was a British-Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright.
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Some of the information used in this video is citied from Wikipedia
Had a few camera issues on this one so it's a bit shaky towards the end sorry.
Hi Paul.Just to let you know great watching you but the volume was very low
Have you tried out a DJI gimbal
works with phones will make your video super smooth or a Go pro 10 does the same ?
@@hypemotomotorcycleadventures Hi, I’m just in the process of ordering a new camera over the next couple of weeks. With a gimble included, for the short term I have bought one that’s more stable. I did use it on the Mike Reid video that was filmed after this one…. 🙏
@@UnusualThings1 main thing is don’t spend loads like I did as it not always the best
DJI works as I have them on the drone too
@@hypemotomotorcycleadventures cool, ok cheers buddy…. I’ll keep that in mind. 🙌
I remember Spike doing a show in Birmingham in the 80s and tickets were expensive for a lot of people. Spike Milligan arranged for the doors to be opened half way through his performance for the unemployed public to watch the rest of the show. I was one of them, the show was terrific. I particularly remember him reading his poetry. It was awesome. What a nice gesture and what a nice man.
What a lovely story.
I saw him in Norwich theatre.
They'll never be another Spike 💜
It is very rare in life .....that genius walks amongst us mere mortals.......Spike did thankfully!
I used to live in Reigate, Surrey in a house once occupied by Spike's family. In one of his books he describes how he visited there when suffering from a bad depressive episode. He said how he slept on the floor in the bay window and I often imagined him laying there. He was a very talented man who didn't have things easy.
Interesting by life’s coincidence that you lived in his ex family home but your right I recall that he suffered from deep bouts of depression but you would never have known from his public facade.
'I told you I was ill' is just utterly wonderful, & befitting of his genius.
I remember one of his famous odes, “The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled, What a Prat” 😂
They were a crazy trio. I loved Harry S. laugh. He could brake out in song unexpectedly. Thank you for taking us to Spike’s resting place.
Break out.
Tha last line on the stone reads " Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite" which is Gaelic for "I told You I was ill". Spike always said he wanted that as an Epitaph but the Church Authorities would not allow it to be put on the stone in English
Thank you for that clarification....I was always under the impression, for some reason, that it was on the rear of the headstone.
Bruce Maclennan (above) will be pleased!
Your absolutely right! The company I use to work for supplied the stone, I enameled the letter... we applied for the permit and it was refused because of the I told you I was ill... so it was written in Gaelic and was approved!! Lol
Síle (his daughter) is pronounced as Shelagh/Sheila . Definitely doesn't rhyme with mile.
Maith an fear Spike, go raibh míle maith agat. ☘️✨
Puckoon is the funniest book I have ever read. Used to get some funny looks when reading it on a train because I was always bursting into laughter 🤣🤣🤣
You are only allowed to stare at your phone these days...... Read a book and you are avoided as some kind of weirdo!
@@patagualianmostly7437 This was in a time when the only phones were plugged into a wall 🤣🤣🤣
Spike has always been a legend to me and I had the privilege of meeting him and shaking his hand at a poetry recital in Enfield in 1990. I remember the year because it was in the middle of Italia 90.
He was the special guest but up until three quarters of the way through it was dull, dull, dull. No sign of the great man then suddenly he appeared at the back! From that moment we were in hysterics.
He read some of his childrens poetry and a heartfelt recollection of the death of his great friend and wartime C/O Anthony Goldsmith in North Africa.
To get to meet and talk to this wonderful actor, singer and musician, author, war veteran and humanitarian is one of the most cherished memories that I will take out of this world. In 2003 when my son was only six months old we visited Winchelsea and payed our respects.
I showed my boy Spike's resting place and Spike my son.
Spikes writings were every bit as good as Roald Dahl's but he was never given his due respect.
Spike, thanks for making me laugh and cry and for making me stop and think.
You ARE Irelands greatest son and the day you left us the world grew a bit colder.
Yours, a grovelling little bastard...
great comment thanks buddy
Spike kinda freaked me out as a kid. It wasn't until I read his war diaries that I realised the depth he had as a writer, fantastic descriptive qualities of Italian locations during the war with more than a few gags thrown in. Human insight too. And who could forget the moment he referred to Prince Charles as.....'a groveling little b*stard!'😂 A comedy great.
I met Spike shortly before he passed and treasure the autograph I got. You got to admire a man who called Prince Charles a 'grovelling bastard'!
....And Charlie laughed along with the audience...... But, Like Charles...I too was glued to the radio listening to The Goons.
(So much better than the crap we have to endure now.... like "Britain's Got Talent"....see....even the title is a lie!)
If you’ve never listened to his War Diaries, you’ve missed out on a treat. They are hilarious, sad, scary and simply brilliant. The army barrack humour is unbeatable. I listen to them all 4-5 times a year and still laugh each and every time.
My dad met Spike, whilst in the army. He died in November 2020 at the age of 94 & we played the Ying-tong song at the end of his funeral, as he loved Spike Milligan & the Goon show.
Nice tribute, thank you. I saw Spike in 1970 at a gig at City Uni in London. I remember at the end he shouted "knock knock" "who's there?" "John" he said, "John who?" Spike said "John the Baptist" and sprayed us with water.
I loved Spike's sense of humour... probably the first comedian that made me laugh out loud.
"They gave me a picture of Hitler.. they said..this is your enemy, find him a kill him. ... I searched the entire train, he wasn't there.... so I went home"
RIP Spike
I really thought he had "I told you I was ill "engraved on his headstone, not so - obviously another of his brilliant jokes.
@@brucemaclennan9879 Yes...Me too, Bruce! His one-liners live on. Very funny man.
@@brucemaclennan9879 His selfish third wife had that quote removed from his gravestone to make room for her own name.
@@mjh5437 Incorrect. If you read the comments that are after yours, for eg Alan Prince, you'll see that it was the church authorities who wouldn't allow those words.
I've been a life long Spike fan so thank you for the vid, visiting his grave is on my list - it's a shame it looks a bit neglected but I think he would probably find that quite funny. As far as interactions go; I worked at a bookshop here in Bristol in the early 80s where he did a signing of his book of kids poetry. He was on top form and insisted that the kids approached his table without their parents so he could talk to them one to one. He spoke to each one of them and it was amazing to see him chat on their level and how they reacted to him. He also did a proper one man show around that time and I got front row for two nights, again in Bristol. An incredible experience and both performances were completely different. On the second night he proclaimed that he was bored with the show, sat on the edge of the stage, told some very personal stories and took questions from the audience. Genius is a word thrown around a lot, but he certainly was one.
I seem to remember reading something of his and it ended "By Spike Milligna that well known typing error". 🤣
A very funny man! I remember his book of children's rhymes I had as a child. Loved the Ning Ning Ning rhyme 🤣🤣🤣. Also I once had a book by him called Tombstone humour!! Quite apt for this 🤣🤣
I saw Spike Milligan when I was really young, he was playing 'Jim' in Treasure Island on WestEnd, oh so many years ago. He ad-libbed his way all through it, causing the rest of the cast to be in constant state of giggles. It was brilliant! Loved the Goons too!!
Hi Paul. Another good one! A shame Spike didn’t get his way with his memorial. It’s also a shame that we rarely got to hear him sing properly, especially as he cut his teeth as a jazz singer and musician. I remember watching him on a midweek episode of Parkinson and at the end he sang the show out with Kenny Ball and his Jazz Men, Spike was just amazing! This is the only occasion I can recall of seeing him sing on TV. Also, I was once fishing one evening on Stanmore Common in the late 70’s when an elderly gent stopped to talk. I can not recall his name unfortunately but he told me he was a friend of Spike’s and served with him in the army. He said they would meet up occasionally and on one such occasion not that long before our conversation, the gent told me that Spike had turned up at his house unannounced. The gentleman told me that he asked Spike to accompany him to his daughter’s house so he could introduce Spike to the daughter. Spike agreed and when they got there the gentleman told me that he introduced Spike to his daughter and Spike denied he was Spike Milligan and no amount of cajoling would get Spike to acknowledge that it was indeed him! Lol Typical Spike!
Thats a great story and I can just imagine him doing that… A great big, loveable kid.. 🌹🫶🥂🍾
Spike was my hero growing up and I read all his memoirs many times over.
Strangly I always find myself drinking coffee watching your uploads, so many talented stars you cover, RIP to them all, they gave us all amazing memories, the crime ones you cover most taken to soon, and in such tragic ways. Rip to them too.
You missed out his most iconic and, to me , funniest TV comedy programmes The Q SERIES - Q5-Q9 and “There’s a lot of it about” which played on the BBC in the 70s . This is when I discovered the brilliant anarchic and zany humour of Spike and I now have them on DVD and watch them regularly.
A great comedian sadly missed.
To find a monument to one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time you have to go to a quiet, unassuming cemetery in East Sussex. For such a huge character somehow his grave seems rather insignificant and small.
Spike has forever been a hero of mine. I just love his work, especially his Q series, he was a true genius!
Thanks Paul for your time and I enjoyed your experience
From Ben Murphy
My family loved Spike. My brother and I met him at the 'Save the whale' march in Hyde Park around 1982. I still have his autograph in a scrap book next to a photo I took of him. He called me 'Tex' as I was wearing a cowboy hat on the day!
Along with Peter Cook and the Pythons, Spike my comedy hero. A absolute genius. Sadly missed.
Only been twice to the grave but will visit again.
Subs are flying up. You had 600 when i joined and now nearly 19k.. Hope it keeps growing for you like it is 💪 sending love from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪👍
❤❤Thank you so much for showing the grave of spike milligan. He was so funny and always made me laugh. It was very emotional. Thank you for the laughs spike. May he rest in peace ❤❤
My brother in laws sister used to be his cleaner, the stories she used to tell me about him were very funny and there were times he used to prank her, what a character he was, sadly missed
Aww I loved spike ❤
Thank you for your amazing efforts 👌 appreciated very much. I really liked your Terry wogan video the UK 🇬🇧 people really adopted him and made him their own and he loved them right back. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Hello Paul, Thank you for doing Spike, so interesting and Spike being a true Legend. Would you kindly take a look and show us maybe the grave of , Sir John Mills , buried in St Mary the Virgin, Denham, Bucks
It's a beautiful churchyard and also contains the grave of Sir James Martin who co-founded the Martin Baker aircraft ejection seat company. The church has also appeared in many films as Pinewood isn't far up the road.👍
I don't care when I've gone if I offend anyone but I'm so having SEE I TOLD I WAS ILL on my grave stone because I love to make laugh.
Spike to me is an utter legend.
R.I.P. big fella!!!
I absolutely love this channel. Thank you for all your hard work 👍
A man of great words and stories. He definitely was a one off.
Thank you for doing this video. The department store that you are talking about, is in Commercial road, Portsmouth. It was first named Landport and then changed to be called Allders. Born and raised in Portsmouth.
Spike had a house in Hadley/Barnet that looked like a church near my Nan's house. There was always a Mini parked outside which made me chuckle because he could have had any car but chose a Mini.
There's a story about Sellers buying a Rolls Royce and discovering a leak or funny noise. He visits Milligan at 2 a.m. Sellers drives around with Milligan in the boot which is believed to be the source of theproblem. Sellers gets pulled over by the police. Copper opens the boot,sees Milligan, says, "Oh, it's you."
The whole of the world is a better place, because Spike gave us his heart, mind and soul to making us happy. He will never be forgotten.
I wrote to Spike many years ago and asked him if he would send me a signed photo. To my delight not only did he send me what I had requested, but also a lovely letter telling me how nice it was to have received my initial letter and how much it had meant to him. I really must frame what I have and put it on my wall. Thank you for this video.
That’s awesome 🙌
Spike also suffered from really heavy depression too He spoke more about that in later life It always fascinated me that a lot of the great comics had a dark side I suffer myself nothing too heavy but I can empathise totally The Goons were funny Peter Sellers was bi polar I think Now he was dark very deep indeed lol 🍀💭🤔
Great comedian was Spike, missed his work since, I very often watch videos on you tube with him in it, I grew up with Spike on the radio and it’s was hilarious.
I was lucky to visit there a few years ago, the church has such a fantastic interior as well 👍🏻
I loved Spike, remember him being on TV alot in the 70's & 80's, loved him in Life of Brian x
Spoken like a true native!!! 😂
I always appreciated his humour & he did make me laugh quite a lot but I never really got 'into him' but i did appreciate his talent. R.I.P Spike
How strange i was in Winchelsea today , and this is the first video that appeared when I turned on CZcams lol
i told you i was ill ???. cant wait mate.
I was just going to say 🤣. What a bloke he was!
I forgot about the Gaelic language. I’m sorry I had to step out but I was still listening. That is hilarious he told you to jump off. 😂 Thanks for sharing.
Your videos are strangely addictive. Loved the goon's 👍😎
A great video! Spike is a comedy hero of mine, I’ve read his wartime memoirs and have all the Goon Shows radio shows! They’re absolutely brilliant. His mental problems were caused by his wartime experiences, we call it PTSD now, and I think his style of comedy and wit were his way of dealing with it! Thank you for sharing this with us all! I look forward to seeing more!
What an absolutely amazingly talented man that will be forever remembered by so many. RIP SM -- your a very special talent -- God Bless You!¡!
One the most funniest men even on TV thanks for the video Paul brilliant x
Think your channel is amazing and appreciate all the effort and time in doing your channel.Showing your respect to all the amazing stars and taking us along to remember and respect them too.Thank you.👍
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Great video,that ying tong song..my dad used to go around singing it. X
Thank you for this. I loved Spike Milligan, very much missed. ❤❤
Spike came out with a classic when he was informed of Peter Seller's death, they were due to meet the next day for dinner and when he found out he'd just died he said " Typical Seller's, anything to get out of paying for the meal!"
Thanks Paul. Very enjoyable and informative.
I get quite a lot of alerts, but when I get one for this channel I'm immediately drawn! Technically your videos are very basic but this actually makes them feel much more focused on the person you talking about. Sometimes simplicity is so much more powerful! The fact that you come across as warm, personable and natural only enhances the ambience of the videos. You come away from them with a good feeling. Really well done Paul.
Thank you Monro, yes I don’t want to many graphics and things. I keep it real and easy on the eye for the viewer. Thank you for watching. 🙏
My first memory of Spike Milligan is in 1981 as a young 6 year old hearing the Goons song Ying Tong Song on the radio, I had no idea what it was about but the sheer silliness of the noises they were making tickled my young and impressionable funny bone and it cracked me right up! :D
Yet another performer I worked with as an extra on his Q tv show some 40 years ago; this is beginning to make me feel old.
Hi Paul.
Another interesting video.
Thanks for all your hard work and long drives getting to these places. Looking forward to your next one. Regards, Robert
I enjoy watching you
You are very clear in explaining and professional.
Spike was brilliant and so funny thank you Paul for telling us his life story it’s so interesting I think your videos are great I always enjoy watching them 😘
Great channel this, seen a few of them now and think you do an amazing job with the added info so well put across.... thanks....
Another fantastic Video. Well researched Paul , I love watching your Video’s , top man 👍👍👍
Thank you John 🙏
I loved spike thank you for this one xx
Landport and Allders in Portsmouth god I’m getting old ,I used to love the Christmas rides they put in every year when I was a kid, I think since Debenhams went under its now being turned in to student flats .
Loved The Goon show very funny and Spike thank you so much for this vidio .
Spike planted a tree outside a nursery in Rushey Green, Catford only a few Streets form where I grew up on. Also the boys school where spike once attended ( demolished in 94 I think) was also a stone throw from I had grown up.
Thanks Paul. 👍 Another great portrayal of a legend.
Spike was a Genius,an incredibly funny and clever man.
Oh God, the Ying Tong Song takes me right back to being a little boy. I thought that song was the funniest thing ever.
A comic genius, I wrote to spike many years ago, and asked if he would be so kind to send me a signed photograph, and he did, I used to write to the stars as a hobby, got quite a lot of signed photographs, some no longer with us, and some are.
Hi! Once again as a French man i didn'nt know unfortunately Spkie Milligan! As i have noticed he was very famous in England! By reading other commenteries i knew he wrote books for children ! On your video i have seen a picture showing him drinking a glass with now the king Charles the third! I'd love when you said shut up to the sea gulls!!! Very good video Paul!!! And Rest in Peace Mister Milligan.Denis.
Really enjoyed this one !! He was so funny loved him !!❤
Hello from Australia, I really enjoy your work, love seeing the sights in England 🏴 thank you
Thanks for watching!
Hi Paul. Another great video, and very informative, as always! Spike was a fantastic comedian, much loved, sorely missed, who influenced so many other comedians. I had the good fortune to be in the studio audience when he appeared in one of the series of Noel Edmonds House Party. He had everyone in stitches of laughter. A great day. Keep up with your videos 👍
Thank you and that’s awesome, you got to see him. I used to love Noel’s house party lol 😆 🙌
Great vid and info on Spike there Paul, Spike was brilliant and a genious in his own rite.👍
New to this channel..,it’s great and appreciate your research on the show.thanks Paul.
I find that big show biz people don’t have big,grand headstones..they just blend in with the others.
RIP SM -- what a fantastic talent in so many different ways. He's dearly missed to this very day -- 😂❤😂.
Great video ty. Loving the effort of uk stars not just my other USA channels 👍
Whenever there are photographs of the “Goons” 📻Michael Bentine always seems to be forgotten. Thanks for an interesting video.🎥
@@terrymurphy2032 Thanks for the information.🖊 Personally I too young too remember the original Goons shows. I have heard the occasional recording on radio. Thank you for taking the time to reply.🌞
@@alisonjordan My pleasure.
@@terrymurphy2032 I believe Michael Bentine ( Now there was another comedy genius AND a very intelligent man too, ) left The Goons early, whether it was an 'amicable separation' or not I don't know.
@@Mackeson3 With Bentine it meant there was two highly talented leading comedy writers and not enough room
for both so Michael left to pursue his own career. His wartime recollections are every bit as funny as Spikes but should probably have been filed under 'fiction'.
I don’t know how I came across your channel, but it was about a week ago - ever since I’ve been obsessed with it! What an amazing idea and so well edited and with wonderful tributes to each person. I absolutely loved the George Michael one. Do you think you would ever do a meet up it would be so cool to have like minded people meet up maybe in a graveyard somewhere central. Amazing channel - keep up the good work and thank you for bringing us such special videos xxx
Have visited his grave, its a beautiful little village he is burried in, so peaceful
Brilliant video mate .. well covered . Great hosting as always 👏
I thought his head stone said “I told you I was ill”. Don’t know where I got that. I absolutely adored him. Totally his own person in a world that I would love to be in 🧙🏻♀🧙🏻♀💐💐
I also thought that was said in his gravestone.
Good video, thanks for sharing. Nice to see the Irish script on his grave.
Hiya Paul, Sorry i missed the premiere. I was lucky enough to share a lift at London's Heathrow Airport With Spike and he's wife. They were flying out to America, which was to be he's last trip before he died. He was very unsteady on he's feet. he's wife had to keep hold of him. I didn't make a fuss about seeing him and later he's wife approached me and thanked me for that. He was my favourite Goon as well.
Another great video thanks for your time
Another good icon they don’t make shows like they did then the goons were fantastic I only got to listen to them as I got older thanks for sharing till the next one 😊
Thank you. Did not know his coffin was draped in the Tri-Colour. And good try with the Irish😉 Really enjoying your videos.
I loved Spike when I was a kid too, he & Harry Secombe used to laugh so much you could hardly understand them, but they always made me laugh, that daft song he did is so unique, funny & child like, no wonder he appealed to me! I wish his kids had had his belongings, sent to a the auction house, that's terrible, it sounds like his kids were right, she just wanted his money. Sad how some people act when they're near death. 🌺 RIP Spike 🌺
In the late 70's I was standing in line in a fish and chip shop in Noosa. I thought it looked like Spike in front of me. I said to the person with me "It isn't is it?" Spike turned around with a smile on his face and said "It is!" He was a very funny man.
Ian Young. Where is Noosa?
@@valeriedavidson2785 North of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His mother lived at Woy Woy (north of Sydney) and Spike spent some time in Australia.
@@ianyoung8725 My geography is pretty good but the average European wouldn't know that. I live in S.W. England. If I told you the name of a village up the road from here you wouldn't know where it was would you.
@@valeriedavidson2785 You are correct. But I probably wouldn't care. And. if I did, I would use Google Maps....
He was a very funny man, grew up watching him, brilliant dark humour x
Mrs H .....Loved Spike Milligan...He was a very funny guy but I can't help feeling for his kids when it came to all they Father's memorabilia being sold off...I find that extremely sad....RIP Spike...
Another very educational video. Thankyou !
Excellent very interesting you have got a very good memory.
Another good video, Thanks. I’d be interested in seeing some of the graves of key supporting actors from our favourite TV shows in the 70s and 80s, people like Dave the Barman from Minder, Gordon Jackson of the Professionals, maybe one or 2 from on the Buses.
I remember the Yin Tong Song and where I really started to love his sense of humour was the BBC's Q series which he had the comedic line every so often would end with "What are we going to do now....." and repeat
Hi, my brother in law is at that church yard. Love your videos
Hi Paul another interesting video thankyou 🙂 only recently found your channel but have watched all your videos and im very much looking forward to seeing whats next. X