Sort of.
There weren't many Octopussys up on Rombalds Moor's farms though.
Gross?????
You seem to be using a few too many Americanisms in your dotage, Mr Manthorp. Cease and desist, please, for you are part of the last bastion of correct usage of the English language here.
I believe they were/are. And I'm sure that one of them is now trying to be a celeb chef with that Ramsay feller.
Fame, eh?