I remember he was drafted, but never called up.
"Jesse Frederick Joseph Yates" was an English television presenter and producer. He was the creator, presenter and producer of Yorkshire Television’s religious programme Stars on Sunday (TV series)/Stars on Sunday, for which he gained the nickname 'The Bishop'.
He was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire. His family moved to Llandudno when he was five. After leaving school, Yates worked as a Theatre organ/cinema organist. Yates was born into a show business family; his mother booked his stage acts. After the war he directed documentary films, joined BBC Television as a freelancer/freelance designer and joined the BBC on the production side in 1949. He was involved with programmes such as Come Dancing, The Good Old Days and the Miss World competition. In later life, he lived in the village of Rowen, Conwy/Rowen, near Conwy in North Wales.
More Jess Yates on Wikipedia.We knew we would go out and try our best. It was fun to get first place. We tried to forget about the weather.
We both had goal heights that were a lot higher than what we jumped. It was so cold. But it?s hard to be upset after you get first place.
It was supposed to rain so hard (Friday), but it got so nice. I was hoping it would rain (Saturday morning), then the sun would come out, and it would be nice.
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