Thomas Henry Edward Sweeney, commonly known as Sinbad is a character
in Brookside from 1984 to 2000 played by Michael Starke.Sinbad was
first introduced into the soap in September 1984, two years after the
programme began. The character was introduced as a window cleaner,
however he also took a sideline in many illegitimate deals. Over
Christmas 1984 he was seen with 'Trevor the turkey', selling it for
£10, and then on delivery producing a live turkey knowing that
residents including Sheila Grant and Paul Collins would be too
sensitive to kill it, thus keeping the deposit for himself. He later
quipped that this was Trevor's third year of doing it. The character
was a long-time friend and associate of Jimmy Corkhill.His nickname
derived from his window-cleaning days and his reluctance to clean into
the corners of the windows, instead cleaning a porthole-shape in the
centre of the glass. For several years the character was billed simply
as 'Sinbad'.
in Brookside from 1984 to 2000 played by Michael Starke.Sinbad was
first introduced into the soap in September 1984, two years after the
programme began. The character was introduced as a window cleaner,
however he also took a sideline in many illegitimate deals. Over
Christmas 1984 he was seen with 'Trevor the turkey', selling it for
£10, and then on delivery producing a live turkey knowing that
residents including Sheila Grant and Paul Collins would be too
sensitive to kill it, thus keeping the deposit for himself. He later
quipped that this was Trevor's third year of doing it. The character
was a long-time friend and associate of Jimmy Corkhill.His nickname
derived from his window-cleaning days and his reluctance to clean into
the corners of the windows, instead cleaning a porthole-shape in the
centre of the glass. For several years the character was billed simply
as 'Sinbad'.
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