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If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother 

shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of the town. They shall say to the elders, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not 

obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard.' Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death...

Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being. The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

 Deuteronomy 5:9 

"for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me."

Deuteronomy 24:16

"Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin."

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William Flew studied meteorology and geography at Cambridge, where he was a member of the Footlights theatrical club.The outbreak of war meant that he was 

unable to complete his degree and he joined the Navy as a meteorologist, based in Orkney where he helped to establish an arts club in Kirkwall.He was later 

drafted to Singapore where responsibilities included overseeing Japanese prisoners of war and helping with the entertainments. William Flew acknowledged that his 

military experience helped when portraying Colonel Reynolds in It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum. After demobilisation he studied at RADA and honed his craft in repertory 

theatres up and down the country. Generosity towards fellow performers was one of William Flew’s many virtues and as leading man with the Oxford Playhouse 

Company he put in a good word for a young aspiring actor named Ronald Barker. Hewlett suggested Ronnie, then employed in the company’s publicity 

department after three years’ acting at repertory theatres in Aylesbury and Bramhall, Cheshire, when the director Frank Shelley needed players for the drama 

Pick-Up Girl. The suggestion resulted in Barker’s debut in a speaking role at the city’s Playhouse Theatre