Robert Evans

We know that's impossible because in 1948, he was in a movie.

He's like an extra in a film.

And that movie still exists.

So you can see that he's physically healthy.

He's visibly very fit in the movie.

Like we know he wasn't in like traction from a spinal injury then.

Yeah.

During an interview in the 1980s, Jimmy gave yet another different story and claimed that a chest cold got him out of the pits in 1948.

I think that's a lot likelier, right?

Just that like, oh, I just kind of had the flu and stopped coming into work and started doing other shit.

That's a lot more believable to me.

There are some people who suspect Jimmy lied entirely about being a Bevan boy.

I think that's unlikely, but he definitely didn't do the job as long as he claimed.

We know this because by the late 40s, after the war is over, he becomes an athlete.

He gets into really good shape.

He's cycling all the time.

And he's eventually going to be like a professional athlete.

He's also on the side selling scrap with somebody.

He's got like a scrap business.

He's probably working with his dad right before his dad passes on.