Blaster Bates
English explosives and demolition expert · United Kingdom · On the map · Comedians · Lived 1923 to 2006 · aged 83
Blaster Bates was the name used by Derek Macintosh Bates, an English explosives and demolition expert and raconteur, who was born in Crewe.
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He made a series of sound recordings from the 1960s to 1980s, recounting bizarre and funny experiences from his long career, and tales of his hobbies of motorcycling, hunting and shooting. He was much in demand as an after-dinner speaker. His tales often featured coarse language. Once, for instance, he was hired to clear out a farm's septic tank using explosives, an episode Bates described as "The Shower of Shit Over Cheshire". On another occasion he surprised a young couple in what he described as 'a compromising position' whilst clearing trees for the Oulton Park racing circuit, an incident which gave the Knickerbrook corner its name.
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