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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Peter Barnes

Letter: Brian Cant obituary

Brian Cant was proud of his home town of Ipswich, in Suffolk, and its football team.
Brian Cant was proud of his home town of Ipswich, in Suffolk, and its football team. Photograph: Silverhub/Rex/Shutterstock

References to Brian Cant’s Suffolk home town and the football team he dreamed of playing for reminded me of a Play Away that I watched with my daughters in the late 1970s. Brian was engaging some children in a game of charades about football team names. He twisted round and appeared to be flicking the top of his right buttock. “Arsenal,” shouted an eager participant. Without batting an eyelid Brian delivered the intended answer – Hip switch. What a professional.

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