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Terry Ravenscroft

Goodreads Author

Born

in New Mills, Derbyshire, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.topcomedy.co.uk

Twitter

terryrazz

Genre

Biography, Humor and Comedy, Sports

Influences

Tom Sharpe, David Lodge, John Steinbeck, PG Wodehouse.

Member Since

December 2010

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/terryrazz

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The day after I threw in my mundane factory job to become a television comedy scriptwriter I was involved in a car accident which left me unable to turn my head. Since then I have never looked back.
Before they took me away I wrote BBC television comedy scripts for Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Ken Dodd, Roy Hudd, and several others. I also wrote the award-winning BBC radio series Star Terk Two.
I started writing books when I retired from scriptwriting in 1995. Up to now I have written sixteen, all of them humour.
Born in New Mills, Derbyshire, England in 1938, I still live there with my wife Delma and my mistress Divine Bottom (in my dreams).

My book Stairlift to Heaven is an ...more

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Terry Ravenscroft's Blog: Stairlift to Heaven

July 23 2014 SAWYER THE LAWYER

Here’s an extract from my forthcoming book Sawyer the Lawyer, out on Kindle on Sept 1.

Thursday 12 June, 2014.

Both Clive and the flat look respectable. Let’s hope I’m luckier this time. I’ve already had one piece of good fortune in spotting the advert in the early edition of the Manchester Evening News and am the first to view the flat. ‘First time advertised’ the advert said. ‘Will be snapped

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Average rating: 3.49 · 2,473 ratings · 263 reviews · 52 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dear Coca-Cola 3.28 avg rating — 1,069 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stairlift to Heaven 3.68 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Air 2000: A Customer Relations Nightmare 3.45 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Air Mail: Letters From The World's Most Troublesome Passenger 3.32 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stairlift to Heaven 2: Further Up The Stairlift 4.29 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm in Heaven 3.55 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain's Day 3.37 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inflatable Hugh: The lowdown on a lowlife Member of Parliament. 3.31 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stairlift to Heaven 3: Almost There 4.24 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Pepsi-Cola: Another Customer Relations Nightmare 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Compared to the bladder examination the prostate examination was like the caress of a lover.
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“However, forget that, how do you stand on the Amputee Position? Don’t tell me - on one leg, somewhat precariously.”
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“Compared to the bladder examination the prostate examination was like the caress of a lover.
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