Thought for the day from HMHB

[Joe Hutch]

If you look carefully in the background of The Scream the couple on the bridge are both Robson Green.

 

[Norman Green]

I just don’t like that picture - at all.

Is it a scribble with crayons- gone wrong?

The background is an improvement on the foreground.

What’s that spidery thing in the water?

It’s all a little strange.

Who be Robson Green ?

 

[Joe Hutch]

Who be Robson Green ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_Green

Robson Golightly Green was born in Hexham, Northumberland,[1][2] and baptised in Bethel Chapel, (Ford's View), and named in Northeast tradition as first son after family surnames: Robson is his grandmother's maiden surname, while Golightly is after the surname of his maternal grandmother, Cissie Golightly (*born 1906 in Seghill, Northumberland), daughter of William Golightly, born 1874 in Felling, a miner and a famous trade union leader in the 1920s.

Green grew up in Dudley, a small mining village a few miles north of Newcastle, where his privately educated father worked down the coal mining pits. After being inspired by over-flying jets, he decided he wanted to join the Royal Air Force. On starting at Dudley Middle Comprehensive School, he joined the Air Training Corps,[3] and also picked up a guitar for the first time, later forming his first band, Solid State, in 1982. Latterly he also spent one night a week at Backworth Drama Centre, and then played in a series of productions at both school and Backworth.

On leaving school at 16 with five O-levels,[4] he joined Swan Hunter's shipyard as a draughtsman, and on one occasion tried his hand at professional boxing (actually attended 3 boxing training sessions for a play Francie Nichol in which he played a boxer). After two years at Swan's and having decided against a career in the RAF after two weeks at an officer training camp,[4] he decided on a career in acting. After auditioning began training under the tutelage of artistic director Max Roberts - his director previously at Backworth. During his training he continued his musical career, as one member of a successful local band, the Workie Tickets. By 1988 he had started his screen career, featured in the award-winning series Shields Stories,[5] a series of short stories about social issues made by Amber Films.

Green first made his name as an actor in the BBC series Casualty, but after three series moved to national prominence as Fusilier Dave Tucker in the drama series Soldier Soldier. One episode in 1995 called for Green and co-star Jerome Flynn to sing "Unchained Melody." Subsequently ITV was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by Simon Cowell to release it as a single - a double A-side with White Cliffs of Dover. It stayed at No. 1 for 7 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, selling more than 1.8 million copies and making it the best-selling single of the year, and winning the duo the Music Week Awards in 1996 for best single and best album. Subsequently they had two further No. 1 singles and two No. 1 albums, all re-makes of standards.[6]