Cheap (As Chips) and Cheerful ; Which Is Why the Man W E Love to Insult Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank Chief Feature Writer Paddy Shennan Talks to David Dickinson As He Prepares to Open This Year's Southport Flower Show

Liverpool Echo › August 16, 2005

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IT'S impossible to insult David "Mr Orange" Dickinson ... heaven knows, enough people have tried.

Don't pretend you don't know cheesy Dicko - the prime time TV personality who came from nowhere (well, Cheshire) to add an amazing amount of colour to our lives.

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Cheap (As Chips) and Cheerful ; Which Is Why the Man W E Love to Insult Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank Chief Feature Writer Paddy Shennan Talks to David Dickinson As He Prepares to Open This Year's Southport Flower Show

He was, in TV terms, relatively ancient, at 55, when a producer talent-spotted the antique dealer in 1996 for a BBC documentary. And while the man they call The Duke is still no relic, he's 64 today - so happy birthday, you ri...

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