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==Biography== [[File:Memorial to Tony Capstick - geograph.org.uk - 542128.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Tony Capstick in Swinton]] A regular performer on the [[folk music|folk]] circuit, he recorded many albums. The first was for the [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] based record label Rubber Records (''His Round'' with [[Hedgehog Pie]], ''Punch and Judy Man'', ''Tony Capstick Does a Turn'', ''Songs of Ewan MacColl'' with [[Dick Gaughan]] and Dave Burland and ''There Was This Bloke'' with [[Mike Harding]], Derek Brimstone and Bill Barclay). In 1981, he unexpectedly reached No. 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "The Sheffield Grinder" / "Capstick Comes Home".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 92}}</ref> It was [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] with the [[Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> His recitation, "Capstick Comes Home", was based on the well-known [[The Bike Ride|Hovis wholemeal bread television commercials]] directed by [[Ridley Scott]]. "Capstick Comes Home" also peaked at number 92 in Australia in July 1981.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970β1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=54}}</ref> As a comedian, he had an eight-part television series, ''Capstick's Capers'', on [[Channel 4]] in 1983. Capstick was also a prolific bit-part actor, with a career including minor roles in the soap operas ''[[Emmerdale]]'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]''. In the latter he played the recurring character of the [[brewing|brewer]] Harvey Nuttall. His career at Radio Sheffield came to an end in January 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/01_january/14/tony_capstick.shtml|title=Tony Capstick leaves BBC Radio Sheffield|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> He continued to write a regular column in a local weekly newspaper, the ''Rotherham Advertiser''. Capstick was an author, with Paul Donoghue, of a book on the [[Appleby Horse Fair]].
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