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BBC News
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bobby George admits 'overdoing it' with Essex mansion's bedrooms
Darts icon Bobby George admitted he "overdid it" by building 18 bedrooms inside his Essex self-styled King of Bling constructed his dream house in Ardleigh, near Colchester, during the with three fishing lakes, a bar and 12 acres (4.85ha) of land, he crowned the estate George the extensive bedroom offering, George joked: "My poor wife has got to clean them all." The 79-year-old was one of the first big names to emerge from darts in the 1980s, known for his flamboyant entrances and love of gold revealed 28 rooms were included in the initial blueprints for his property, something planners branded "over the top". "I overdid it with the bedrooms, to be honest," said George, who designed the home when he was 50 years old. "But I was younger and I didn't have any fear."The arrow-thrower regularly made headlines during his playing days, becoming a fan favourite at the returned to the limelight in June after revealing he kept one of his toes in a jar of vodka at 1999, he has had four amputations due to a genetic condition."I put one in the jar behind my bar just for fun, and I always say 'Do you want a cocktail or a cock-toe?'," George said. The closest the dartsman came to a World Championship title was in 1994, when he was runner-up to John building the mansion he now lives in with his wife Marie, George learned how to weld and install granite couple lived in a portable building in the garden while the ambitious project was ongoing."I built a bathroom first so we could use a bathroom, then a bedroom and a kitchen," George explained."I finished them and then I finished room after room after room." But, the TV pundit admitted he could have toned it down with the bedrooms."I made a few mistakes when I done this: I had too many bedrooms from kick-off," George said."My poor wife has got to clean them all. I say 'Leave it, it doesn't matter, we don't go in the rooms, who cares? Let the spiders have it'. "But she doesn't want that to happen... so she's got a lot of work." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch: World Seniors Darts Championship - Whitlock & Ashton in action
Use play icon to watch live coverage First round (best of 5 sets) John Part beats Jim McEwan 3-2 20:00 GMT Kevin Edwards v Mike Huntley, Paul Hogan v Simon Whitlock (21:00), Tony O'Shea v Lisa Ashton (22:00) Defending champion John Henderson has a bye into second round Taking place at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet Watch: World Seniors Darts Championship - Whitlock & Ashton in action
