Major Bloodnok title character points out an Ogre constellation known as 'Bloodnok The Flatulent'. Il Capitano Major Bloodnok Major Denis Bloodnok is a fictional character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy "The Goon Show". He was voiced by Peter Sellers. Bloodnok's army career was notable for cowardice and monetary irregularities. He was discharged after being found dressed as a woman, although he claims it was carnival night. He was repeatedly implied to be a womaniser. A prime example of this is in "Drums Along the Mersey" where he is thrown out of a boat for being caught with the captain's wife. Another
Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) part of the parish of Pendlebury not in the Parliamentary Borough of Salford. The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew all constituencies in Great Britain. The Parliamentary Borough of Eccles consisted of two local government districts: the Municipal Borough of Eccles and the Urban District of Swinton and Pendlebury (later incorporated as a borough). The seat was renamed Eccles Borough Constituency by the Representation of the People Act 1948. In 1983 constituency boundaries were altered to align with the new administrative geography introduced by the Local Government Act 1972. Eccles became a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of