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Any eagle-eyed TV viewers would have noticed a
familiar face on the box at the end of September. It was that of
DaC’s elder statesman, Sid Gold (E20) who was appearing on
BBC1 in Car Booty with his
son, daughter-in-law and grandson. Sid, who seems to be appearing in Call Sign quite regularly nowadays, was selling his collectables to raise money for a romantic weekend in Paris for son Larry and daughter-in-law Kimberly. "It was hard work in front of TV cameras," Sid told Call Sign when we asked him how he had enjoyed filming the show, "but we had great fun and the film crew were great to work with. I would mention the Director, but as he didn’t mention me…!" Sid managed to raise enough and made sure his son and his wife got their weekend away in |
AFTER 83 YEARS – IT’S FINALLY SID THE TV STAR! | |
 Sid on the 'Car Booty' set |
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Paris. "He is an amazing Dad," son Larry told us, "it must now be rather weird having the tables turned and passengers in his cab saying to him: "Haven't I seen you on TV?" We hear that Sid has had several offers from Hollywood, but has told Call Sign exclusively that he is not yet ready to swap his FX4 for a Yellow cab yet! |
"Besides,"
he said, "it turned out to be the antique shop in Hollywood Road, Chelsea. He wanted to know whether I had an old kettle he could buy from me as his whistle wasn’t working any more!" All we can say as Sid picks up yet another fare is: "Lights, camera, action…!" |
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