Good Bye Sir Jimmy...........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15507374
Now Then, Now Then, Now Then!... What a sad day it is....
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Martin Evans
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Poor Jim couldn't fix it to reach his birthday on Monday 
. Can't think of him being as good as 85 
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. Can't think of him being as good as 85 .Rules exist for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
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Sad loss, despite him never answering my Fix It letter.
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84 is a damn good innings.
I got a reply to my letter thanking me for writing in. He didn't fix it for me to have a life size lego copy of myself though.
I got a reply to my letter thanking me for writing in. He didn't fix it for me to have a life size lego copy of myself though.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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A unique person - I suspect many charities and Stoke Mandeville will miss his gifts and work that he did for them.
http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/Defau ... ang-EN.htm
For an NHS hospital to put that on their site says a lot about the man.
I well remember the first episode of TOTP - and the "madman" in charge of it! I read somewhere that he used to stay with Mrs Thatcher on occasion - and argued with her!!
http://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/Defau ... ang-EN.htm
For an NHS hospital to put that on their site says a lot about the man.
I well remember the first episode of TOTP - and the "madman" in charge of it! I read somewhere that he used to stay with Mrs Thatcher on occasion - and argued with her!!
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I think he used to be invited to Chequers for Christmas 
Have you forgotten that once we were brought here we were robbed of our names,robbed of our language,we lost our religion,our culture,our God? And many of us by the way we act,we even lost our minds.
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He regularly took part in the Great North Run until comparatively recently, but rather than run the 13 miles like the rest of the field, it's generally believed that the crafty old devil used to run only as far as the first Metro station along the route, then he'd duck down into there, board a Metro train and leave the train at either Chichester or Bede Metro station, which put him within a couple of miles of the finish. 
It was a mark of the affection that people - Louis Theroux excepted perhaps - had for the man that nobody actually cared that he'd effectively cheated and they all stumped up the sponsorship money anyway.
Listening to this Morning's DLT show on the car wireless on the way to today's car-related event, it was clear from his voice and from some of the blubbery music he played that DLT was genuinely saddened by Sir Jimmy's passing.
It was a mark of the affection that people - Louis Theroux excepted perhaps - had for the man that nobody actually cared that he'd effectively cheated and they all stumped up the sponsorship money anyway.
Listening to this Morning's DLT show on the car wireless on the way to today's car-related event, it was clear from his voice and from some of the blubbery music he played that DLT was genuinely saddened by Sir Jimmy's passing.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Oddly enough, the Antiques Roadshow was just on and someone had a programme for a concert (I think it was organised by NME) dated around 1966. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Spencer Davis Group (And others) were listed. At the bottom of one of the pages, was a photo and a paragraph about Jimmy Saville.
Rules exist for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
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I read his autobiography about 30 years back.
I think the good works for Stoke Mandeville came about because he had works down the mines as a Bevin Boy during WW2. While there he was struck by a runaway coal tub and spent 18 months flat on his back with spinal injuries. For a while it was touch and go whether he would walk again.
Farewell to another part of my childhood.
I think the good works for Stoke Mandeville came about because he had works down the mines as a Bevin Boy during WW2. While there he was struck by a runaway coal tub and spent 18 months flat on his back with spinal injuries. For a while it was touch and go whether he would walk again.
Farewell to another part of my childhood.