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Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 85

I wonder if anyone else has noticed that if Mark Cropper, sinister proprietor of the local shop in Royston Vasey, were to take off his glasses, he would look strangely like astronomer Prof. Edward Tattsyrup of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. This is most unsettling. I wonder if, by any chance, they might be related?

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Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 41

Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Edward Tattsyrup, League of Gentlemen, Royston Vasey, Sir Fred Hoyle on October 11, 2010 by telescoper

Not a lot of people know that the late great British astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle was in fact born in Royston Vasey and has many famous relatives from the same place.