ZackyDog
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Hint: He is related to someone very famous, and who has been mentioned countless times in this forum.
Finck
Tele-Afflicted
Alien, the 8th passenger...
raysachs
Friend of Leo's
He looks a little bit like Clapton, but that’s just a wild ass guess. His long lost father or grandfather?
-Ray
-Ray
ZackyDog
Poster Extraordinaire
Father
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Eric (left) and father, Edward Walter Fryer (right) who was a Canadian Serviceman.
first face that came to mind was a Richard Widmark look alike..
though I thought that might be a bit left field...
though I thought that might be a bit left field...
TeleFunk Man
Tele-Afflicted
Edward (Clapton's birth father) was born 21st Mar 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
died in 1985 (aged 65). Apparently Eric never knew his biological father and was raised by his grandparents (mom's side).
died in 1985 (aged 65). Apparently Eric never knew his biological father and was raised by his grandparents (mom's side).
dan1952
Friend of Leo's
He thought his mother was his sister.
Ydwen Jones
Tele-Meister
Yeah, I think that's Eric Clapton's father Edward "Ted" Fryer. In Paul Scott's book 'Motherless child' it says that Fryer was a pianist who spent some time playing juke joints and dives of Mississippi, home of the Delta Blues, that would become so important in Eric's life.
Chunkocaster
Poster Extraordinaire
Was he a milk man, icecream man? I don't recognise that uniform.
TeleFunk Man
Tele-Afflicted
What?? Edward "Ted" Fryer, Eric's father was born in Montreal, Canada. Met Clapton's mom (Patricia) when he was stationed in the U.K. during WWII. She was 16, she got pregnant. Ted returned to Canada after the war and died in North York, Ontario veterans hospital in 1985. He was definitely musical, and played some piano in pubs while in the U.K. during the war and back in Canada.
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Chunkocaster
Poster Extraordinaire
The white cap threw me.
TeleFunk Man
Tele-Afflicted
There were a lot of Cannucks in Britain in 1944:
Yes, the RCAF actually trained British fighter pilots.
Bob Womack
Friend of Leo's
My uncle, Henry Archer (Harry) Womack, ran across the border from the U.S. to Canada during the German conquest of France and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He knew Britain would need fighter pilots. He was trained as a fighter pilot and posted to England, There, at RAF Hawarden, Flyntshire, Wales, he transitioned into Spitfire fighters. As he was finishing up his training he applied to be posted to the Eagle Squadrons which were made up of U.S. volunteers. However, he was involved in a training accident and was killed, July 1, 1941 before his posting arrived. He was buried at St. Deiniol's Church, adjacent to Hawarden.
We visited the grave in 1996. Someone had decorated the grave with a poppy. A girlfriend? I'm on the right, my father (his brother) is beside me.
Bob
Ydwen Jones
Tele-Meister
Scott (p. 311-312) writes about how, after the war, Fryer spent years as a wandering musician, moving from town to town and woman to woman and spent some of his time on the road in Mississippi.
You left out everything he did between 1945 and 1985.
I thought that was Bobby Darin? Guess there were a lot of "mother/sisters" back in the day.....
Mellencaster
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This is the first I've heard of this story of Eric's family, fascinating. I googled Edward Walter Fryer and was amazed by the resemblance between them both.
