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Anonymous Wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:14:58 +0000, Bernard Hill <...@uc0sjoz7ia.netwrote:
Looks like Blakey finally got him in the end. :(
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:31:03 -0000, "Pat O'Neill" <...@yahspamoo.co.uk
"Bernard Hill" <...@4ax.com...
Very sad.
I can say with honesty that 'On the buses' was exactly what the job was in
the '70s.
I was both a conductor and driver in the '70s and great fun it was,
destroyed overnight by 'OMO'.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:26:22 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
A good innings!
RIP
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:33:26 -0000, "Nick" <...@btopenworld.com
"Sofa - Spud" <...@news.motzarella.org...
And much-loved.
Was also in The Rag Trade and The Valiant Varneys and a TV comedy play from
the mid-60s about 'keeping up with the Joneses'...
'This is our colour telly - all we need now is the programmes - thay go in
it!'.
And as Quantum breaks British box office records, On the Buses (the film)
did that in 1971!
RIP
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:16:36 +0000, Ian Jelf <...@bluebadge.demon.co.uk
In message <...@btopenworld.com
I remember all the family going to see that when we were on holiday in
Bude in the summer of that year! I was 7.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK
Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:31:17 -0000, Sam Nelson <...@ssrl.org.uk
In article <...@news.zen.co.uksays...
What great TV was that?
--
SAm.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:37:33 +0100, Alan Hope <...@gmail.com
Sam Nelson goes:
An old Rediffusion. Lovely walnut cabinet.
--
AH
http://grapes2dot0.blogspot.com
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:38:36 +0100, Alan Hope <...@gmail.com
Hot Badger Deluxe goes:
Oh come on. He hadn't done anything in decades, and what he did then
was crap. The only funny thing about On the Buses was Blakey.
--
AH
http://grapes2dot0.blogspot.com
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:14 -0000, "Commander Gideon" <...@like.spam
"Bernard Hill" <...@4ax.com...
He is only 3 years younger than Sid James,can you imagine Sid James at 95!
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:33 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:14 -0000, "Commander Gideon"
<...@like.spam
Hyak hyak hyak hyak. Oh I've shit myself. ? :-)
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:17:07 -0800 (PST), Mike Hall <...@yahoo.com
On Nov 17, 5:08 pm, "Commander Gideon" <...@like.spam
He'd be breaking wind right now, and we'd love him for it! Reg Varney
was actually a bit younger than I'd imagined him to be.
Mike Hall
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:37:06 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:14:58 +0000, Bernard Hill <...@uc0sjoz7ia.netwrote:
RIP 'Stan'.
Another bit of my childhood is dead.
On from this. Have you ever cried when a celebrity or famous person
has died?
I don't mind admitting I cried when John Peel died. He'd been a
constant in my life since I was 14 and it really felt like I'd lost an
irreplacable friend.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:07:53 -0000, "Mark a" <...@rbgkew.org.uk
No. Didn't even cry when my mother died, so some unknown
(to me personally, at least) is never gonna do it. I'm not one
to start thinking TV/Film stars are my friends, or worse, TV
characters.
Nice chap by all accounts, shame his radio show was unlistenable.
Regards
Mark
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:40:15 -0000, "Nick" <...@btopenworld.com
"Mike Plowman" <...@4ax.com...
Got his autograph in 1967 - he put, 'John Peel, a lemon'!
Nick
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:15:41 +0000, Ian Jelf <...@bluebadge.demon.co.uk
In message <...@mydomain.net
Yes. Eric Morecambe.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK
Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:34:11 -0000, "Ivor Jones" <...@thisaddressis.invalid
In news...@4ax.com,
Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.netunexplained reason:
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: : : : : RIP 'Stan'.
:
: Another bit of my childhood is dead.
:
: On from this. Have you ever cried when a celebrity or famous person
: has died?
Yes. Muriel Young, pioneer of Children's TV in the 50's/60's and also one
of the first on-screen continuity announcers on ITV's launch in 1955. A
friend knew her slightly and while I never met her she influenced a lot of
my childhood and she felt like a real friend.
Ivor
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:57 +0000, Ian Jelf <...@bluebadge.demon.co.uk
In message <...@thisaddressis.invalid
I wouldn't say I cried over her but yes, I was very much saddened about
her demise for the same reasons you outline.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK
Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:45 -0000, David Skinner <...@yahoo.co.uk
In article <...@mydomain.net says...
Cried, no, but I was genuinely shocked to hear of the deaths of Carl
Sagan, Douglas Adams, and, for some reason, Elizabeth Montgomery.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:26:51 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:45 -0000, David Skinner
<...@yahoo.co.uk
With Peel I was genuinely shocked at the news. He'd been like some
kindly uncle twice removed who had this great record collection and
would play it to you. He widened my musical tastes way beyond what
they might have been if he'd not been on radio.
I can remember being sat at my desk when it came on the radio news
and my first thought were, 'Oh his poor wife.' and rather stupidly
'Who is going to play The Fall now?'
I didn't cry but was saddened when Freddie Mercury died, again Queen
had been a musical constant in my life, in stark contrast to my
hatred for MOR/AOR rock.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:24:30 -0000, " creepy" <...@gmail.com
"Mike Plowman" <...@4ax.com...
Good point though. I'm pissed off Bill Hicks died. Just think
what material he'd be doing now.
Fuck it.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:05:03 -0000, Bing Trotsky <...@gmail.com
In article <...@mydomain.net says...
Yes. Charlotte Coleman, Douglas Adams, and John Peel. I guess the Godfrey
brothers don't quite count as famous, but them too.
--
eric
Live fast, die only if strictly necessary.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:26:32 -0800 (PST), FCS <...@my-deja.com
On Nov 17, 12:05 am, Bing Trotsky <...@gmail.com
Do you mean Lisa Coleman?
Younger sister who did far more near-the-knuckle
stuff from the get-go.
She was, for example, the young farm girl suffering
incestuous rape at the hands of her father in a film
nobody I know has seen rather than the cute girl
who cuddled Worzel Gummidge in the series spun
off the Barbara Euphan Todd books.
So far as I know Charlotte Coleman is still around
amd will be roughly 40 but hasn't done much for
a couple of decades now.
I think it was Charlotte played Marmalade Atkins
too, slightly dysfunctional teen who wore nightwear
in a manner almost, but not quite, entirely unlike
Arthur Dent.
Douglas Adams, and John Peel. I guess the Godfrey
G DAEB
COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SIPSTON
--
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:48:02 -0000, David Skinner <...@yahoo.co.uk
In article <...@news.ak47.orgsays...
Asthma attack, wasn't it?
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:22:23 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:29:48 +0000, Froot Bat <...@privacy.net
Yes, that's mainly cos she's decayed for a couple of decades.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:32:21 +0000, james <...@marage.demon.co.uk
In message <...@gmail.com
Had Douglas Adams not turned into a fitness freak and continued
propping up the BBC club's bar wearing boots anchored down with
plenty of sauce, he might still be with us.
I first met him circa 1981 in Union House, Shepherds Bush, where we
shared a corridor. I was languishing in the Blake's 7 office, he was
in the Dr Who office next door under the then Dr Who producer, the
appalling Nathan-Turner. I recall contributing to the Nathan Turner
hit contract fund which, whenever it reached a fiver, usually got
splurged in a Shepherds Bush pub with Nathan Turner copping the
lion's share and me only getting the odd Coke.
Douglas Adams and I also shared an editor for a while, a Miss Freeman
(I can't recall her first name). He stayed loyal to her and switched
publishers to stay with her when she moved, whereas I tended to stay
loyal to one publisher and had a procession of bedable editors as a
result. Some of the women were okay, too.
We were both early users of minicomputers as word-crunchers. Douglas
went the Mac route which enabled him to delivery camera- ready copy
to his publishers because he was always behind on delivery dates. I
was struggling with a TRS-80, and later an IBM XT. It wasn't until
around 1985 that Rank's "Ventura" type-setting program for the PC
appeared thus enabling me to do the same. It crawled whereas DA's Mac
flew.
At the time I had written about four books while he was writing his
first. My mandatory biographical note at the front of my books merely
said: "James Follett is married, has two children, and lives in
Surrey with several cats". When "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
first appeared in hardback, DA gave me a copy and shambled off with
much sniggering. I opened it and read: "Douglas Adams is unmarried,
doesn't live in Surrey, doesn't have any children, and loathes cats."
--
James Follett. Novelist
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:58:03 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
When I was in Hospital with a broken leg I read *Tiptoe Boys* - - not
usually the sort of thing I'd read but there was nothing else , it was
very good indeed and made the days pass very quickly . Thank you very
much indeed.
How did Douglas Adams turn into a fitness freak? Surely the damage was
already done?
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:08:42 -0000, " creepy" <...@gmail.com
"james" <...@marage.demon.co.uk...
So NT was responsible for hiring three of the 'worst' Dr.Who's and
threatening to get rid of that iconic sonic screwdriver. <MAD
I guess you'd be the perfect guy to ask who you would like to see
as the next Doctor ?
Hmmm ?
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:22 -0000, Bing Trotsky <...@gmail.com
In article <...@newsfe28.ams2says...
Whatever James says there's no doubt the next Doctor should be Kulvinder
Ghir.
--
eric
Live fast, die only if strictly necessary.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:14:03 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:22 -0000, Bing Trotsky
<...@gmail.com
Ace suggestion!!!! I like it, old fruity!
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:13:47 -0000, Bing Trotsky <...@gmail.com
In article <...@mydomain.net says...
It came to me in a blinding flash of inspiration whilst watching a rerun
of Sylvester McCoy completely screwing the role up. I suddenly saw what
would happen if Patrick Troughton had attempted to do a really physical
characterisation. Which reminded me of somebody. It then took a couple of
months to work out who.
The Doctor is, on the whole, getting younger. However David Tennant is
already stretched to combine a young body and a very old mind. There
really aren't many actors who are capable of taking it a step beyond.
Most of them aren't likely to consider even one series as the Doctor.
Kulvinder Ghir might be chuffed enough to do it for a few series.
If you've only seen him in Goodness Gracious Me, be assured he's proven
on stage that he can hold a major role with as much flair as he shows in
short sketches.
--
eric
Live fast, die only if strictly necessary.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:34:54 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:13:47 -0000, Bing Trotsky
<...@gmail.com
I remember him in RSABT. He'd be an inspired choice. I really like the
idea!
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:28:06 -0000, Bing Trotsky <...@gmail.com
In article <...@mydomain.net says...
Spread it around. If we can get enough people talking about the idea then
maybe it might happen.
--
eric
Live fast, die only if strictly necessary.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:04 -0000, Carlton Miniott <...@ukmisc.org.uk
Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Bing Trotsky said:
Well, if Lucy Liu isn't available, I spoze.
--
At the moment I'm working on a fire-breathing alligator strapped to a
micro-light.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
1397&Itemid=59
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:41:32 -0000, " creepy" <...@gmail.com
"Hot Badger Deluxe" <...@40tude.net...
Better picture here..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Sharbat_Gula.png
I think the reason the photo has so much impact is because
of the colour match of the background and her eyes.
A lesson for all portrait photographers.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:25:40 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
Never have but to be honest I remember been at school when John Lennon
was shot - and a girl being all upset saying her life was over. Even
then I thought *but he hasn't done anything for years and him with Yoko
was crap*. I realised the illusion of it all.
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Anonymous Wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:25:40 +0000, Sofa - Spud
<...@hotmail.co.uk
Bet you were glad of the alibi. ;)
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:00:09 -0330, "williemeikle" <...@yahoo.com
"Sofa - Spud" <...@news.motzarella.org...
Nope. I just don't invest myself that emotionally in people I've never
actually met.
My wee sister was in bits for weeks when Marc Bolan died though.
Willie
http://www.williammeikle.com
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:34:33 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
Now I remember my sister being upset about Jimi Hendrix dying and I
remember the palaver when Bolam died , it was a right circus the funeral
, even I can remember it.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:37:34 +0100, "Jeff Lawrence" <...@orange.nl
"Sofa - Spud" <...@news.motzarella.org...
Well, he was great in Only When I Laugh though.
Cheers
Jeff
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:39:43 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
LOL Bolam!!
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:36:27 +0100, Alan Hope <...@gmail.com
williemeikle goes:
I'm very upset about your wee sister. Two minutes silence?
--
AH
http://grapes2dot0.blogspot.com
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:10:39 -0330, "williemeikle" <...@yahoo.com
"Alan Hope" <...@4ax.com...
From my sister? Two minutes silence would be a fucking miracle :)
Willie
http://www.williammeikle.com
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:41:09 +0000, Mike Plowman <...@mydomain.net
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:00:09 -0330, "williemeikle"
<...@yahoo.com
So was he.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:14:16 -0330, "williemeikle" <...@yahoo.com
"Mike Plowman" <...@4ax.com...
I knew I'd set that one up for somebody :)
Willie
http://www.williammeikle.com
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:41:23 +0000, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
#Tie a purple mini round the old oak tree!#
The thing is popstars and the like just don't die like they used to -
planes crashes, car crashes, drug overdoses etc.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:10:06 -0000, "Commander Gideon" <...@like.spam
"Sofa - Spud" <...@news.motzarella.org...
He should have listened to Sam Tyler!
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:31:15 -0800 (PST), Stephen Allcroft <...@lycos.co.uk
On 16 Nov, 22:41, Sofa - Spud <...@hotmail.co.uk
Cozy Powell?
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:44:46 -0000, Halmyre <...@this.address
In article <...@mydomain.net says...
"Tie a purple Mini round an old oak tree"...remember that?
--
Halmyre
That's you that is.
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:34:53 -0000, "Steve Terry" <...@tesco.net
"Halmyre" <...@news.tesco.net...
Alex Issigonis Mini was a an exercise in motorised Euthanasia
If Bolan had been travelling in something with a safety cell like a P6
Rover?
he would have probably survived
Steve Terry
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:29 -0000, Halmyre <...@this.address
In article <...@news.albasani.net
Just like Princess Grace of Monaco?
--
Halmyre
That's you that is.
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:38 -0000, "Steve Terry" <...@tesco.net
"Halmyre" <...@news.tesco.net...
The story that it was a brake failure accident is just tosh,
the P6 has dual circuit brakes.
She committed suicide driving it over a cliff.
Steve Terry
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:30:01 +1100, mdct <...@127.0.0.1
x-no-archive: yes On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:14:58 +0000, Bernard Hill
<...@uc0sjoz7ia.net
Now he is eligible to join the cast of 'Last of the Summer Wine' with
Stephen Lewis.
--
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