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Willans co-wrote the screenplay for the 1959 film '' The Bridal Path '', which starred George Cole , but died at the age of 47 before the film was released. He also wrote a number of other, mostly humorous, books, including ''The Dog's Ear Book'' (also with Searle), ''My Uncle Harry'' (an interesting exploration of the British Gentlemen's Club ), ''Fasten Your Lapstraps!'' (an equally fascinating account of the early days of intercontinental flight), and ''Admiral on Horseback'' (a rather serious one about the navy). He was a keen amateur botanist, and spent so long in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew that the staff gave him a key. QUOTES Famous quotations from the Molesworth books include: "uterly wet and a sissy", "hullo clouds, hullo sky" and "chiz" – a handy exclamation, most often employed in frustrating and/or annoying situations. According to Molesworth himself: "a chiz is a swiz or swindle as any fule kno". TRIVIA
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