As ‘the voice of darts’, the inimitable Sid Waddell helped transform it from an unfashionable pub game to a massively successful international sport. His uninhibited enthusiasm, classical allusions and memorable one-liners endeared him to millions. His son Dan Waddell grew up in this smoky, boozy world and witnessed Sid’s turbulent journey from failed novelist and struggling TV producer to much-loved television personality.
We Had Some Laughs is Dan’s warm, moving and funny account of Sid’s colourful life and career and a son’s memories of an unconventional dad. It is also a celebration of a way of life and a story of loss – of people, places and times now gone or changed for ever. But, most of all, it’s a story about fathers and sons, and the unshakeable bond between them.
Imprint: Transworld Digital
Published: 19/05/2016
ISBN: 9781473526754
Length: 288 Pages
RRP: £8.99
Hootingly funny, deftly structured, a joy to read and highly recommended
A touching, funny, warm and readable tribute to a funny, warm and unreadable man!
Warm, moving and humorous.... a paean to a way of life that has slowly slipped from view and people and places that linger now only as memories
A touching tribute to a man who transcended his sport
Raise a glass to Sid Waddell's wit and warmth! ... An engaging biography of a much-loved tv voice ... packed throughout with little gems about Sid