"The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on."Sad news today - Ronnie Barker has died. Ronnie and his comedy partner Ronnie Corbett were a big part of my childhood. The Two Ronnies and Porridge were regular viewing in our house, but most beloved was Open All Hours - still one of the finest British sitcoms ever written, starring Barker as Yorkshire shopkeeper Arkwright and David Jason as his hapless nephew, errand boy Granville. The phrase 'like Arkwright's till' has entered familial vocabulary - used to describe any dangerously belligerent (seemingly) inanimate object.
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