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Article: Interview: Sir Norman Wisdom: Received wisdom
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- September 7, 2002
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Being bounced off the ceiling by his father taught young Norman
how to play the fall guy. But he's not bitter. In fact, an abusive
childhood and two failed marriages have only helped him to see the
world sunny side up, he tells Aidan Smith
Sir norman wisdom is the most famous old man in Epsom, a sleepy
little Surrey town that's full of them. On this sun-dappled morning,
they march, slowly, shakily, into the market square in their summer
bunnets, the ones with the perforated side vents. They're men on
missions, vowing to return with the Daily Mail or maybe some calf's
liver. And they're all wearing ties, which for pensioners is the
appropriate attire for every occasion.
The great knighted ...