Rentaghost with limited success, to involve the ghosts in his latest business enterprise. When actor Michael Darbyshire (who played the role of Davenport) died in 1979, Anthony Jackson (Mumford) declined to appear in the next series, leaving Michael Staniforth's Claypole the sole original ghost; Davenport and Mumford's absences were explained at the start of the series by the pair having gone on an extended tour of stately home hauntings. After Mumford's departure, the business was taken over by Harold Meaker and his wife Ethel, who suffered from the various problems the ghosts brought to their lives. The long-suffering neighbours of Rentaghost
T.C. Jester in 1927. He lived in Houston with his wife and children until his death in 1950 at age 65. Jester is buried in Brookside Memorial Park in Houston. Jester was a leading member of the Houston City Planning Commission formed in 1940 by city ordinance. The previous commission's 1929 Major Street Plan lost momentum after the committee was dissolved due to lack of funding. The 1942 plan proposed a $600,000 bond initiative to fund street widening which was adopted by the Mayor and City Council and addressed the growing problem of motor vehicle congestion. The plan continues to impact today's