ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Gary commenced his work life at a credit card company this was initially Access then became MasterCard. He became bored of working there and decided to find additional work go and work in the leisure industry.
He finally left Mastercard and went full time into the licence trade. Whilst running a restaurant in Romford he met the infamous Tony Tucker, and on the evening Tate, Tucker and Rolfe were murdered Tony Tucker had booked a table. Tucker and his group never turned up.
The following day Gary was informed that Tucker had been killed in the infamous “Essex Boys Murders”. Gary gave a statement and since then he has been accused of colluding with the Police. He receives calls from film and Tv producers to ask him to take part in projects.
Gary went onto run the world famous https://jongleurs.com/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingwallsand and recounts the time he saw Paul Weller rolling around drunk with members of Oasis.
Gary has met every comedy great in recent history. His contacts are the who’s who of comedy entertainment. The Chalkwell Rooms successfully host top names and in March 24 Lee Hurst takes centre stage. Gary cites Terry Alderton as being a friend and Terrys first appearance was in the club run by Gary.
Gary is a participant of Ultra Ultra Ultra Marathons! In November 2024 he will be running in Namibia. However, it was running that inspired him to join the Police. Essex Officer Kirsty Snelgrove was a member of the local running club, and it was conversations with her that caused Gary to sign up! Garys running takes him all over the world and he supports https://www.duchenneuk.org/
However, he got to a point where he had to leave the police to pursue a life away from Law & Order. He ran a successful pub in Hertfordshire, having successfully built the business into a monster, but covid came and destroyed his business overnight. On the evening that the Prime Minister announced the measures restricting movement Gary went from 150 people to just 5 people in the space of 5 minutes. Mentally, physically, and financially, Covid was destroying him. Gary took a temporary role on in Herts Police where he is still working.
He knows Micky Flanagan who was a compare at a club run by Gary. Micky will greet him with conversations about the police and ultra marathons. Gary recounts the occasion that he carried drove the late Patrice O’Neal to London following a warm up show in Southend. Tom O’Connor played his very last gig for Gary and Gary had the pleasure of having lunch with Tom.
Gary has commenced the Comedy Bunker at the Cobham Hotel and gives touring comedians the opportunity to do warm up gigs The first act was Britain’s Got Talent Marcus Birdman who performed on 17th Dec 23
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