Spot The Truth: Bloomin' Daffs: Hello Ducky.
In those bad, old, days when apples only grew on trees and pictures could not be taken, but had to be drawn; portrait painters only worked on commission and therefore they tried to show their subjects in the best possible light, in order to avoid rejection and consequent loss of fees. Step forward the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. He instructed his painter Sir Peter Lely, to paint his ( Cromwell's) portrait as accurate as possible and certainly not blemish free. I suppose he was told not to gild the lily ( Lely) - Whoops sorry about that. Here is the resulting portrait. You can clearly see a wart on his bottom lip and, yes you've guessed it, from this episode, comes the expression " Warts And All. " WwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwL In 1922 The Daffodil Cinema opened in Cheltenham's Sussex Road area. It continued showing films until it abruptly closed for business in September !963. This fine art deco building ...