And Lo! She’s 95 and been to the chateau countless times. ‘My mum used to be so glam in the Sixties. Family life clearly keeps him busy but TV viewers haven't seen the last Strawbridge production. I am the founder of the Vintage Patisserie, a glamorous hospitality company and author of the ‘Vintage Tea Party’ Series. These are not empty words. Their children are enormously cute.. ‘When I make my millions, I’m going to buy something there. I got a surprise when I saw his new wife and family, must say I thought the first Mrs S seemed lovely and she was far more attractive than him on 'not easy being green.'. No one's business but theirs.Fwiw, I quite liked his telly stuff. Bit of a typical spoony he is, the new young wife and young family when he's already a grandfather. ‘Southend was a nice place to be by the seaside with the shops on your doorstep, and the old Victorian promenade – I love it there. They’re settled, but still very British.’. Very deja vue. "I also talked to some dockers who had worked down there before they had any rights. Before decorating could commence, they had to install electricity, heating and source labour to revive a sewage system in just nine months, as their own wedding day deadline of November 2015 loomed. Born on April 7, 1978, she is currently 42 years of age. So, they ploughed all their cash into a 19th century derelict fairy-tale chateau, complete with moat. "I explain that I shampoo it every morning and it doesn't fall out. And yet the end goal for this savvy pair belongs back in Essex. But he says: "I think it's all to do with logic. ‘It has been a bit of a surprise that the series has been so well received and very humbling,’ smiles Angel. After the divorce, her ex-husband Dick married to his current wife, Angel Adoree back in September 2015. To send a link to this page you must be logged in. I don't know who you're talking about (apart from what I've picked up on this thread) but do you know anything about his first marriage breakdown? I think she still goes by her married name, and is incredibly knowledgable about bees. "It all started back home at the age of 15. yes, was a bit of surprise to see the original Mrs Strawbridge had been so quietly replaced but perhaps that's the way she wanted it, who knows. She’s desperate to meet her. "It was such an important means of getting people together and that's probably why I love my cooking so much.". So it's staying. My brother Paul now runs the jewellers on Canvey Island. Angel puts her talent in handy work to good use in season 2 episode 3 of Escape to the Chateau: DIY when she teaches the art of decoupage on a 1950s family dressing table.. Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree. Awful post. ‘My Grandma was in Dagenham, my Nan is still in Mile End. ", Dick, who found time to play rugby on a regular basis during his military career, adds: "I did a fair bit of time in the province. Dick says: "I went back a couple of years ago as the guest at a prize-giving and I took my mum with me because it was the first one I had ever been to. ‘In a simple gite, one storey high with shutters opening out on to the attractive town, we knew we could buy it for £30,000. Yawn. "My young son tries to pull out the hairs on a regular basis but so far he hasn't succeeded. If not, how do you know it's a midlife crisis? From her beginnings in Benfleet where she’d cycle to Leigh on Sea and sit outside The Peterboat pub as a teenager, Angel has achieved in two decades what most wouldn’t come close to in a lifetime, and strong family values appear the bedrock of her ambition. He says, “I’m a Londoner,” and Dorothy sees so much stuff about Queen Elizabeth around the house. See More: Aurora Perrineau. But that’s more than okay, because she happens to live in a castle. He has one of the most famous faces – and undoubtedly the best known moustache – on British television but Dick Strawbridge, who still considers Co Antrim home, wishes his father could have lived long enough to see him become what he mockingly calls a telly tart. One of the most amusing elements of the business is that the charming life they have created means people actually pay for the pleasure of toiling alongside the ever-industrious Dick on his 12 acres. This is page 1 of 10 (This thread has 249 messages.). As soon as Dick said it, I was straight on the internet buying £20million chateaus in my mind.’. According to Wikipedia they separated in 2010 so hardly breaking news.I just had to google his son as I remember him being rather gorgeous in Not Easy Being Green. Dick is now one of the hardest-working stars on TV and off it. Is this fictional? I like my food and my wine. That was never a way to educate me about anything. “My girl’s got a big chest and that jackhammer wobbles and she just jiggled away,” laughs Dick. ", The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice who are these people? These people are so insignificant, it's not like they've let the public down by failing to keep their marriage going. If so why the first?Also putting a name in the OP is very identifiable? ‘They speak French at school and when they come home they speak English. The couple are fortunate that Angel’s parents, Jenny and Stephen, are recently retired and free to support them. The couple have been together for eight years and married for two. "We used to go off every weekend camping or caravanning. They met after he and his wife had split. We used to gather around the table and talk over our meals. 280 k with 12 acres and a renovation budget of 20k. All lovey Dovey. Clearly trying to pigeon-hole this man of many parts is all but impossible and his television work has also seen the highly-skilled engineer flourishing more and more as a celebrity chef in the kitchen and at sea, setting sail with his 29-year-old son James from his first marriage to cook whatever food they can find on their travels. I'd bloody kill my DP for that. "They were second nature to me and everyone else as I grew up and I certainly wasn't scared away but the army was a family tradition. To use this feature subscribe to Mumsnet Premium - get first access to new features see fewer ads, and support Mumsnet. Benfleet-raised vintage enthusiast, author and entrepreneur Angel Adoree is so busy juggling her booming wedding venue business with motherhood that she’s moved in her doting parents for half the year. I knew I was as safe as houses. Dick is presently working on a pilot for a new National Geographic channel series on fishing and cooking with former athlete Dean Macey, who appeared on Celebrity Masterchef with him. He turned down the chance of an office job with the Ministry of Defence in London and instead joined a multi-national aerospace and defence company called General Dynamics, where he was a trouble-shooter right across the world. Seems he's had a mid life crisis and is now with a young cockney vintage person called Angel, has started a second family and is now living with her and youngsters in France in a ruin d chateau allegedly bought for. "I'm under new management," he says. I’m the wife to Dick … ‘I don’t particularly like seeing myself on television. If I understand you right, a minor league geek celeb has left his wife and started a new family with a younger woman?So what? For more information on staying with Angel and Dick, visit chateaudelamottehusson.com, Review: Figo Brentwood ‘a real taste of Italia’, Win a Christmas stay for two worth over £900, Essex vineyard wins double at the WineGB Awards. ‘Every show that comes out I’m riddled with butterflies,’ she admits. But I have a lot to thank Ballyclare High School for, especially the discipline.". ", Dick has nothing but happy memories of growing up here. I am a highly technical person and the British soldiers who went to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan learnt a lot of their skills and decision-making capabilities from their experiences in Northern Ireland.". "He’s like a little rabbit. Dick is the total opposite, but I’m a girl. I’m always thinking that I could do with losing a stone or two. googling the phrase "My girl’s got a big chest and that jackhammer wobbles and she just jiggled away" took me towww.telegraph.co.uk/property/abroad/we-bought-a-crumbling-french-chteau---but-restoring-it-was-no-fa/and i'm still non the wiser? She is maintaining her personal life greatly. "Overall however the growth of Belfast port is a fascinating entrepreneurial story of how far-sighted people developed the harbour. "It was great fun and I thoroughly enjoyed myself – especially as I got the chance to film on the top of the Samson and Goliath cranes. Further research revealed that they could afford much more than a country cottage. People made so much of an effort.’. Yes, OP, I agree yuck. But his TV career had started alongside his brothers in Scrapheap Challenge while he was still in the military and after he left he received a staggering five offers from five different producers in the same week. Channel 4 have followed the couple’s inspirational journey at Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson over the last four years since they purchased the property in the Pays de la Loire region for £380,000. "But I get the chance to spend more quality time with him than I was ever able to manage with my old man.". My mum and dad are workaholics, my dad owned Paradise jewellers in Benfleet for 20 years and a restaurant (Flutes). Dick (54) has been associated with a string of TV programmes including Scrapheap Challenge: It's Not Easy Being Green, Coast, the Hungry Sailors and Saturday Farm, as well as Celebrity Masterchef. Angel Adoree?I'd be willing to bet a fiver that's not her real name she looks like a burlesque artist. He's written books on eco-friendly living and shares his knowledge as a sustainability and environmental expert, advising people how best to utilise renewable energy as he did at a recent launch of a new air source heat pump – a next-generation renewable boiler replacement – for Newry's Glen Dimplex firm.