Britain's Unofficial Egg Eating Champion

[sparkins]

This popped up on my Twitter feed via the BBC Archive the other day. Bob Irwin, who was a 16 stone steel worker - is he a Teessider? Trying to work out from his accent.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643523875307921413

I love this type of thing. It was from Nationwide I think - the BBC needs to get back to quality reporting like this. I can't imagine the state of his toilet the next day

 

[Colin Warnek]

Sounds like a mixture between Smoggy and Mackem. A Poolie maybe?

 

[JackG]

Thought this was going to be about Connor Benn.

 

[BobUpnDown]

Thought it was going to be about some chocolate easter egg gluttony..

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

It's the bloke in the background in sunglasses that fascinates me. Is it Roy Orbison?

 

[Vzzzbx]

this must be before he joined Metallica...

I thought the British egg eating champion was Carol Beardsley?

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

It's his wife I feel sorry for.