Slinger's Day Slinger's Day Slinger's Day is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1986 to 1987, made by Thames Television for the ITV network. It was a continuation of "Tripper's Day", which had originally come to a natural end after Leonard Rossiter's death, and, despite the overwhelmingly negative response it had drawn from reviewers and a section of the viewing public, was revived this time with Bruce Forsyth as a different character to Rossiter but fulfilling the same role, that of the manager of a London supermarket with largely incompetent staff. Like "Tripper's Day", it was created by Brian
Don Rossiter He was elected to the Medway District Council and spent a year as mayor of Rochester between 1985 and 1986. He died in 2016 in Somerset. Don Rossiter Donald Rossiter (8 June 1935 – 18 February 2016) was an English professional association football player turned politician. During his footballing career he made only two appearances in The Football League, but did gain a winner's medal in the FA Amateur Cup. He later moved into local politics and served as mayor of Rochester, Kent. Born in Strood, Rossiter represented Kent at football and played local youth football before being spotted by