Talk:James Beck

message: Much of the material in this article can be found on other web sites (see, e.g., those listed at the bottom of the main article). It is not clear to me which articles have priority. Nonetheless, an oft'-repeated claim is that James Beck attended "Popham Elementary School." This seemed strange to me because the British tend not to use the term "Elementary" in their school names. A little digging showed that this was most likely Popham Road Primary School, which was renamed Charles Lamb Primary School around 1949 Patricia Croot, 'Islington: Education', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 117-35. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=9063. Date accessed: 08 March 2007. This school was closed in September 2004 and subsequently demolished. Apparently the New North Community School will be built on the same site.Nicola Quinn, 'New North Community School a model in education!,' Islington Council, Press Release 13-Sep-05. URL: http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/CouncilNews/PressOffice/2005/09/2168.asp. Date accessed: 08 March 2007. Tm19 08:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Elementary School was in fairly familiar usage at least in the Manchester area prior to WW2, as was High School. I have exercise books from that time which reflect that nomenclature. I have no idea whether it is the correct nomenclature in this instance, but certainly it is possible. Sitush 00:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: It would be good to have more details regarding James Beck's parents, siblings if any, wife, children, place of death, cause of death. Perhaps this will get it out of the "Start" rating. Tm19 08:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More personal details

message: Bbb 2A02:C7D:1616:C100:4CBB:9212:E964:AD14 (talk) 20:39, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal details 

message: The following unreferenced material was moved from main article to Talk, so as to clean off the tag. Please feel free to reinsert this info as soon as good references can be found to back it up.
*His childhood was hard, with his father frequently unemployed and his mother making artificial flowers to provide a small income.
*While successful in the role, Beck yearned for the challenge of other roles.
*He was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery, where a tree was planted in his memory, with a marker bearing his name.
*In the sixth series, during the episode "Things that Go Bump in the Night", Walker is present only in the location scenes in the second half of the episode, as these were filmed weeks earlier than the studio scenes. In one of the videotaped sequences filmed while Beck was in hospital, the platoon is aboard Corporal Jones's van when Captain Mainwaring tells Sergeant Wilson to "take Private Walker's name". Wilson writes the name "Walker" in the condensation on the window. 
*This was the last time the character was mentioned. 
*In the radio adaptations of Dad's Army, Graham Stark stood in until Larry Martyn portrayed Walker in subsequent shows. John Bardon played Walker in the stage production in 1976.—Preceding unsigned comment added by James Kevin McMahon (talk • contribs) 09:20, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
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