The Official Tribute Thread

[andyc941]

RIP Peter Sarstedt. I didn't realy know his music but have heard this song before.

 

[Aviador]

Gorden Fitzgerald Kaye (7 April 1941 – 23 January 2017)

A former Yeadon man living less than a mile from Leeds Bradford Airport.

RIP Gorden.

 

[andyc941]

RIP Chuck Berry

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I saw this on the news tonight. Yet another Legend taken from us.

Kevin

 

[Ray Finkle]

I've just seen this on the news, very sad. Another true legend gone

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I was in my teens in the later 50s and early 60s at the time of the great rock and rollers and of course I remember the likes of Bill Haley and Elvis, although I liked Elvis much better when he sang what I thought were proper songs - almost ballads. Some might consider it a heresy but I was never greatly interested in rock and roll, or contemporary 'pop music' (as it was called then).

I did remember one song though that contained the lyrics 'up in the morning and off to school, teacher is teaching the golden rule' and even in my dotage I sometimes mutter it (I can't sing a note) to myself. That of course was from Chuck Berry's School Days and in all honesty I think I warm to the rock and roll music of 60 years ago more now than I did when I was a teenager.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Some might consider it a heresy but I was never greatly interested in rock and roll, or contemporary 'pop music' (as it was called then).

It's not a heresy at all. What you like, you like. What you don't like, you don't like. It would be very wrong to judge someone purely by their musical tastes.
I think that we all expand our musical appreciation as we get less young. For me, I didn't like jazz or classical music as a youngster. Now I have an appreciation of both. Rap, country and opera may take me a little longer (that doesn't mean that I have any less respect for those genres).
Whatever you listen to, enjoy your music. It's even better if you share the experience with someone who enjoys the same.

Apologies for taking the thread off topic.

Regards

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Tributes to a Legend

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39549251

Chuck Berry RIP.

Kevin

 

[andyc941]

RIP Robert Miles i didn't know your music but remember this song.

 

[thunderchild]

And this one, brings back some great memories....

 

[Aviador]

Gutted. Anybody who knows Leeds who went to the Majestic nightclub will know his tracks so well.

 

[andyc941]

Roger Moore has died today aged 89 RIP.

 

[thunderchild]

With another late, great legend....

 

[Aviador]

Gotta admit, he was probably my favourite James Bond. RIP.

 

[wolfheze]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025

 

[Kevin Farnell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025

Deeply saddened to read of the passing of John Noakes. As a young lad in the '70's, I was an avid fan of Blue Peter. Back then, the trinity of John Noakes, Peter Purves and Val Singleton seemed like it would last forever.
John Noakes had a wonderful character, easy going with a great sense of humour and a willingness to tackle just about anything that the BBC threw at him. No wonder he was taken into the hearts of not only thousands of children, but also their parents.
Along with his exploits that are easily accessible online, I remember a few of his errors (the way he responded to these, further endeared him to the nation). I remember one episode, after some energetic exploit, him saying 'I'm knackered' (probably, no one would bat an eyelid today but in the '70's would have been a 'no-no'). He followed this up saying something along the lines of 'I'm going to get in trouble for that'. Likewise, I think he once said 'Sellotape', instead of the usual 'sticky tape', followed by a similar apology.

Sorry that we've lost you, John. You were a great inspiration.

Hope you are now re-united with Shep!

regards

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

I was also a regular viewer being around the same age as yourself and remember the 3 presenters well and the pets too. Petra and Patch the two alsations and a tortoise that made an occasional appearance normally when it was time to put it away in a cardboard box filled with straw for its hibernation. I remember being concerned that there might not be enough holes punched in the box for it to breathe. I wonder if anyone's house burnt down over Christmas as a result of a poorly constructed 'advent crown '. The concept of hanging four candles (or is that fork handles) from a couple of wire coathangers covered in tinsel from the ceiling seems a little dangerous to say the least!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I think that Blue Peter began in 1958 in the Children's Television slot as it was known then. I was in my mid teens at that time so probably thought that I was too old for that sort of thing, although I can vaguely remember it then. My memory of things in the 50s is usually very sharp still so I must have regarded Blue Peter as very peripheral.

I became more aware of it in the 1970s when our kids were growing up and occasionally would watch it with them, albeit I was never very keen on watching the telly at any stage in my life.

The things I do recall are the "This is one I made earlier" when a presenter would hack away live at making some sort of model this or that that bore an uncanny resemblance to the products of Mr Heath Robinson. The presenter would reach a stage where the process was nearly complete and suddenly produce the one 'made earlier'. It was invariably a professional looking job that I have no doubt was made by a member of the BBC's technical department. The same thing would happen when they popped a lumpy looking cake mix into the oven that was miraculously replaced by the one made earlier that looked something like Mary Berry would knock up these days.

The other thing I remember is when the presenters went on location somewhere, perhaps on a farm, and "I was allowed to help" they would say. I often wondered whether their help was more of a hindrance to the farmer or whoever.

That cynically said, there is no doubt that the show is fondly remembered by generations of people who enjoyed it through their childhood and it, probably rightly, enjoys iconic status within its genre.

In no small measure this is due to John Noakes, perhaps the best known of all the presenters, and I hope that he rests peacefully.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I wonder if anyone's house burnt down over Christmas as a result of a poorly constructed 'advent crown '. The concept of hanging four candles (or is that fork handles) from a couple of wire coathangers covered in tinsel from the ceiling seems a little dangerous to say the least!

I made one of those! Fortunately, I didn't burn the house down.
I also remember receiving a Blue Peter annual one Christmas and have a particular memory of a Sci-Fi cartoon feature within it called 'Bleep and Booster'.

Sorry, drifting off thread now.

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

Yes I remember bleep and booster!
One of the annuals showed you how to make an action man sled out of lolly sticks which I made after spending a few days collecting them from waste bins and out of the gutter