CHARLIE CONDOU - No.538

FACE OF THE 

'MAN OF THE YEAR'

theteamaker: Thank you mr @Charliecondou wonderful image to come in to work to!!! #canreallyseewhyyouaremanoftheyear

Charliecondou: @theteamaker it was my gift to you. The gift of my beauty

theteamaker: @Charliecondou I truly am blessed to know you. So generous with ur beauty

PADDY

Charliecondou: @MrMcGuinness I believe I'm doing your show on Friday

THE AGE OLD QUESTION

VS

THAT OLD AGE QUESTION

Charliecondou: I'm going to be forty in 11 weeks. How the bloody hell did that happen? I was 20 about 3 years ago surely? 

gracedent: @Charliecondou I just keep saying 34 and doing a hard stare 

EmmaK67: @Charliecondou ach. 40s is the best decade 

Charliecondou: @EmmaK67 pish, whatEVER grandma 

EmmaK67: @Charliecondou WAH WAH WAH whippersnapper 

Jasperbunny: @Charliecondou There must be a mistake on your birth certificate...I'm sure you can't be a day over 21 ;o) x 

tracey_thorn: @EmmaK67 @Charliecondou I agree. I was thinking that only the other day 

MrSimonTyler: @Charliecondou I hear the optimum age is 42... 

Charliecondou: @MrSimonTyler for what?? 

MrSimonTyler: @Charliecondou General enlightenment, appreciation of the importance of perm. fun and fully realised self-image. Partly c/o @charlie_porter 

Dr_Matt_Carter: @Charliecondou You look good if you're 23 then, LOL, but you also don't look 40, mid-30's yeah, but not 40 

Charliecondou: @Dr_Matt_Carter thanks doc x 

NoNoNannette30: @Charliecondou Age is just a number sweety! You still look 20! ;) 

Brendan_Surrey: @Charliecondou You're fwoarty. 40? Looking good for 40. Crikey 

squaddietony: @Charliecondou 50 in 5 weeks and having panic attacks. #nogreyhairyetthough 

hellycake: @Charliecondou @EmmaK67 when you had your onscreen kiss did your teeth fall out? 

Charliecondou: @hellycake @EmmaK67 yes but luckily I'd had a Viagra so my erection caught them 

EmmaK67: @Charliecondou @hellycake *screams like a girl* 

emperorsclothes: @charliecondou Don't worry, as soon as you hit forty you can start counting back down again. Whatever the number, you'll always be GORGEOUS. 

Charliecondou: @emperorsclothes bless you x 

Charliecondou: However, my party is going to be MAHOOSIVE!!! 

BentMarcusDent: @Charliecondou my god I didn't even know my own age I Swear I am 34 so Mum and Dad Dent told me #WeLookSoAlikeItsScary 

Charliecondou: RT @BentMarcusDent: @Charliecondou my god I didn't even know my own age I Swear I am 34 so Mum and Dad Dent told me #WeLookSoAlikeItsScary 

twinsdad72: @Charliecondou thought you was older to be fair... 

Confidential_CC: Hmm someone will be struck off the Xmas card list NOW!!! RT @twinsdad72: @Charliecondou thought you was older to be fair... 

Charliecondou: If memory serves, @caitlinmoran tried to get off with Matt LeBlanc at my party last year. Or was that @russelltovey ? 

gillywalshy: @Charliecondou am I cool enough to come to ur party ??.... 

BentMarcusDent: @Charliecondou Not even invited to my own party rudeness on the other hand I look forward to meeting Hollie Willoughby #SupriseSuprise 

Janhatesmarmite: @Charliecondou @caitlinmoran @russelltovey Matt Le Blanc? If he's coming this year can I have an invite? :) xx 

decath10n: @Charliecondou Matt Le Blanc was there?! What was I DO... Oh yeah. Very drunk.

Charliecondou: @decath10n don't you remember, you were getting off with me

decath10n: @Charliecondou I need to do these things sober. They're wasted memories when drunk. NEXT TIME.

liamwaterloo: @Charliecondou You don't look a day over ---INSERT FLATTERING AGE---

PixelDandy: Ooh @Charliecondou. I think you dropped something there.

Charliecondou: @PixelDandy yep, it was your invite, IN THE BIN

MIKEYBUCKLEY: @Charliecondou wahoo!

heawood: @Charliecondou *books emergency nanny for entire month of January*

Charliecondou: @gracedent I have a lovely photo of you and I from my party looking like we're better than everyone else

gracedent: @Charliecondou we need to step this up to a roped off 'lovely, lovely us' area.

aliJcorrie: @Charliecondou omg Matt Le Blanc was at your party!! Wait till I tell @CharlotteJayneS!

ingridoliver100: @Charliecondou @caitlinmoran @russelltovey this is all irrelevant because I'M the one he took to a 24hr drive thru McDonalds in Deptford.

Charliecondou: @ingridoliver100 @caitlinmoran @russelltovey and we hate you for it

caitlinmoran: @Charliecondou @russelltovey definitely not me. I’m Team Chandler all the way

ingridoliver100: @Charliecondou @caitlinmoran @russelltovey pfffft, it was no biggie. A lot of the Friends cast hang out in Deptford.

brassingtonc: @Charliecondou @caitlinmoran @russelltovey I'm pretty sure EVERYONE tried to get off with him...

Charliecondou: @brassingtonc @caitlinmoran @russelltovey but not everyone got their clothes torn off by him!

brianfruity: @charliecondou hehe!!

THAT LADY…YOU KNOW...HER!

meamandamealing: @Charliecondou think your friend Kate H is going to be on this film with me. Xx

Charliecondou: @meamandamealing Kate H??

meamandamealing: @Charliecondou Katie..? My memory is awful. Just seen her name in the board too. X

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL

CorrieFun: Your Marcus Dent / @Charliecondou Trivia will be up soon, after the #CORRIE news and updates !!!

Charliecondou: I know them all except question 8 RT @CorrieFun: Today's 'Marcus Dent' Tribute Trivia up now !!!

CorrieFun: @Charliecondou LOL !!!!!! You are funny X

CHARLIE’S QUIZ ANSWERS

Gham001: @Charliecondou @CorrieFun Question 8: what's the name of Marcus's sister? Answer: @gracedent.

Charliecondou: @Gham001 @CorrieFun @gracedent I've already suggested that to the producer

gracedent: @Charliecondou *solidarity fist*

FLOOR FLIRT

Charliecondou: Looking forward to wiping the floor with @denise_vanouten on Friday for Paddy Mcguinness' show and Telly!

denise_vanouten: @Charliecondou we both need all the luck in the world for this one!

Charliecondou: @denise_vanouten do you think flirting will help?

EARLY MORNING TWEETS

Charliecondou: @benjamincohen Hello x

benjamincohen: @Charliecondou hello how are you?

Charliecondou: @benjamincohen Good ta, thanks for following x

Charliecondou: RT @PaulBurston: Are we born #gay? @bindelj and I debate the issue in @guardian CiF #LGBT #homophobia http://t.co/pjEGfkD8

SO FOR THE PAST MONTH YOU LIVED UNDER A ROCK AND YOU MISSED ALL THIS MARCUS AND MARIA STUFF, RIGHT?

Press play 

for all the latest segments of Corrie's newest lovers 

Maria & Marcus 

IN OTHER BREAKING NEWS

TOM IN OZ

'COMES OUT' 
AFTER 35 YEARS

Anyone who works in Australian Education will tell you, as employees we constantly hope that we don't cross the line of public responsibility and breech any kinds of child protection issues by nominating ourselves and our schools/work places on the internet.

We try to limit personal comments about school staff/parents/students, try to avoid commenting on government policy/issues or make damaging/derogatory remakes about education. We also try to not place ourselves in situations where our identity can affect our careers or endanger the students we teach.

The following list is just a quick inventory of some of the things I have been involved with since the 1980s:

# building a successful 35 year career in teaching (Bach Ed Stud/Deputy Principal);

# assistant producer and co-ordinator of the Hunter Dance Festival/Starstruck;
# recipient of the NSW Dpt Ed Welfare Initiatives Award;

# inaugural President of the Hunter Region "Personal Development/Health/P.E. Association;"

# recipient of 2 Regional Education Director's Awards in Welfare & Dance;

# lecturing part-time for the University of Western Sydney;

# running a mobile disco franchise (Tom-Mix Mobile Music);

# sound engineer (on projects such as the Australian 'OzBurn Song Restoration Campaign');

# currently assisting with the collection of every charting song played on Sydney radio from 1955 to 2000;

# operating a home recording studio service (Tom Mix Productions);

# writing historical journals and books (The Victoria Lifeboats I&II of Newcastle/Family History/Australian Convicts/Settlers of NSW);

# managing internet sites for UK TV celebrities such as Charlie Condou and Russell Tovey;

# assisting Aussie singers Rick Springfield, Judy Stone, Wally Morrison, Kevin Johnson and many more (helping to compile and release commercial CDs all over the world - one of which is the Rick Springfield Anthology where I get a nice thank you in the liner notes);

# working part-time as a music manager for Aussie singing legend Judy Stone (I successfully helped Judy bring a black market CD profiteer to justice in the USA);

and being a Justice of the Peace for the community where I live in Newcastle Australia...

but

for many years I was unable to mention any of my hobbies or interests because of my primary work in Australian Education...

BUT

as of yesterday, this has ceased!

I don't have to remain anonymous any more.

I have retired!

If I bring myself into disrepute in the future I have to suffer the consequences as a citizen rather than an employee of Australian Education.

And most of all I can now use my surname on my blogs, use my name on Twitter, Facebook pages and so on.

Yes, my Sir Thomas Culpepper bloodline connection to the Royal Family can be revealed and mentioned as I share an ancient Sussex line with Princess Diana and therefore Prince Harry and Prince William.

Click link to the Culpepper lineage: HERE

I can proudly state that my First Fleet convict ancestors Anthony Rope of Essex and Elizabeth Pulley of Norfolk were the first couple to have an "Australian made baby" which makes me Oz Royalty 

(well, sort of)!. 

You might even spot me on some internet sites for little towns in the UK where I have researched over the years. Norwich Castle has a copy of my 7,000 pages of family research that detail the descendants of the Rope/Pulley family. 

Last time I was in the UK I lectured in Hastings on Australian Lifeboats and visited a variety of Rural Schools including Catsfield in Sussex. Catsfield is where my ancient families of Honisett and Blackman lived and funded the construction of the historic school where I presented a power-point display to the student body in 2010.

My Phillips/Jenkins/Thomas ancestral families started the Welsh town of New Quay.

My direct ancestors were the Sheriffs of Flintshire for hundreds of years.

I come from the same family that started Pennsylvania in America....

So have I whetted your appetite, are you dying to see my surname?

Meh, it's no big deal, really!

But I am going for 35 years of dramatic build up here...

Oh, and if you are a Coronation Street fan you'll recognise my surname instantly - my great grandfather started the motor garage where Tyrone works! 

FREE...

FREE AT LAST!

SirThomasWynne: Dear Twitters & Twittettes, I am allowed to use my proper name and title - because I am a fully retired citizen *free, free at last* xxx 

Mavro_Arni: @SirThomasWynne Congratulations Tommy!

MarkMMerrett: @Confidential_CC congratz on retirement tommy

joooos1: @SirThomasWynne oooo, get you! Sir Thomas! ;))

WheresWalles: @SirThomasWynne congrats!

WDMDLD: @SirThomasWynne congratulations on your retirement :D. I’d tell you to stay out of trouble, but what fun would that be?

badjonesyinc: @SirThomasWynne sire! *bows* as a distant cousin, I'm proud to know you! ;-)

SirThomasWynne: @badjonesyinc distant cousin Chris thanks my Welsh bits are finally free...the other bits I still have to keep strapped down x 

badjonesyinc: @SirThomasWynne bet it feels good to air your bits - Welsh or otherwise..... ;-)

SirThomasWynne: @badjonesyinc yes being emancipated is GOOD!

badjonesyinc: @SirThomasWynne but being strapped down has its advantages too....

SirThomasWynne: @badjonesyinc cousin Chris we both know for the protection of others bits do need to be restrained #impylingbigpenisobviously

badjonesyinc: @SirThomasWynne this is true - though I find a quick tuck into the top of my ankle sock keeps it in place most of the day #implyinghugepenis

SirThomasWynne: @badjonesyinc I don't wear long trousers and no socks...SOOOO I have to strap myself to my entourage of 17 train carriages

SirThomasWynne: @badjonesyinc #correction 18 carriages on a hot day x

Bcgkelly: @SirThomasWynne well done on reaching retirement. You will always be plain old Tom to me. LOL,

SirThomasWynne: @Bcgkelly  ta my friend I shall always try to live up to your expectations x

MargoJMilne: @Confidential_CC Congratulations on your retirement - I'm sure you'll find you don't know how you ever had time to work! x

Confidential_CC: @MargoJMilne thanks Mango for your lovely words (me being old and retired now means I can tweet wrong names for fun ....watch out world) x x x x

tnvol19: @sirthomaswynne Congrats, Tommy! *bows* Get that armour polished for a right good joust!

SirThomasWynne: @tnvol19 btw the wife keeps it shiny for me x

tnvol19: @SirThomasWynne Uh...WHY is Lady Wynne polishing your armour? :)

SirThomasWynne: @tnvol19 nooooo she polishes “it” - I didn't mention armour *wink*

Confidential_CC: @david_kirwan Marcus goes into the closet BUT IN OTHER BREAKING NEWS TOM IN OZ 'COMES OUT' AFTER 35 YEARS 

david_kirwan: @Confidential_CC I like that post title

Confidential_CC: @david_kirwan homo (but I still luv ya) x 

NoNoNannette30: @SirThomasWynne *Curtsy* A pleasure to meet you Sir Thomas Wynne *Offers Hand* ((Hugs))

SirThomasWynne: @NoNoNannette30 howdy nothing's changed really but it feels liberating to finally be ME x

SirThomasWynne: @NoNoNannette30 you may rise after you kiss my ring x

NoNoNannette30: @SirThomasWynne hehehe you're silly! ;)

BLOG FANS 

JaneReynolds8: @Confidential_CC Hey, nice fanpage. I reckon every actor would love someone like you to do that for them! :-)

Confidential_CC: Ta for that @JaneReynolds8

CorrieFun: @Confidential_CC Nice job on your blog x