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RIP Jimmy Saville
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Posted 7 months ago #
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He had a good innings, he became even more of a hero of mine when he ran the London Marathon.
Jims fixed a trip to heaven.....
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I used to love it when he'd sit on the reception desk at LGI, greeting all arrivals.
All men would get a nod and a "now then" all women would get a wink and a "love".
Hours of "now then", "love", "now then, now then", "love".
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Having RIP in the thread title is a bit of a spoiler.
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Former Milk Race (now Tour of Britain for younger readers) rider
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Certainly a character. "Jim'll Fix It" must've been 30+years ago, but still used in everyday language.
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Cool "'it was good while it lasted' on his headstone." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-15632264
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Such a lovely guy. Google "Sarah Cornley"
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Such a lovely guy. Google "Sarah Cornley"
He was certainly odd but I'm not sure I believe that one, it only ever goes back to the one source
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Such a lovely guy. Google "Sarah Cornley"
well known early internet hoax was it not?
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Not sure. Remember hearing something similar when I was a lad, which, err.. pre-dates the internets
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I don't recall ever thinking he was "lovely". Weird, interesting, British eccentric. And a good laugh in death
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R.I.P
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well known early internet hoax was it not?
An internet hoax, yes. A well-known internet hoax? Not convinced, given the number of people who think it was real.Posted 6 months ago # -
So was the stuff about him suing The Sun for saying he visited Haut de la Garenne Children's Home part of the same hoax or a different one?
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Nice. He was once there as part of a programme and people suddenly shit allover his character.
The Sun? I wouldn't trust one of Murdoch's Journalists/Editors. After all they hacked Millie Dowlers phone amongst others.
Nice.
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I said it on a previous thread; if there was any substance to these rumours the gutter press would have been all over them by now.
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I'm staying out of this
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...if there was any substance to these rumours the gutter press would have been all over them...
Why? They didn't drag all the obvious scandal up when Cyril Smith died.
It was all 'what a top bloke' and none of the spanking-little-boys-taking-money-from-asbestos-factory-in-constituency.
The dead can't sue, so they just let them go.
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if there was any substance to these rumours the gutter press would have been all over them by now.
Exactly. Instead of whispers.
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Well IF it was in The Sun and then the courts (and to be clear, I've no idea if it was or not) then that suggests that it wasn't left alone by the gutter press.
However, looking at The Sun's eulogies of him now I do doubt that they've painted him as a villain before.
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Blimey, I just thought it was funny that he wanted his coffin at 45degrees!
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I've said this before, but, easy target. Eccentric, likes children, must be a kiddie fiddler.
Re: the Sarah Cornley 'rumour,' it is of course totally unsubstantiated. I found a commentary which gives a bit of background.
http://everything2.com/title/The+Dark+Side+of+Jimmy+Savile
Short version, it was an email meme around the turn of the millennia, without any sort of corroborating evidence other than a couple of conspiracy theories.
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Folk took the piss out of Jeremy Beadle (because he was no Hasseloff to look at probably mainly) but he raised £100m for charity.
Yes there was the hand but how he dealt with adversity and rose above it
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The trouble is - according to sources - a huge chunk of the middle section of the email is fabricated.
So not all of it then?
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I liked JS due to his love of Glencoe. He had a nice house there which you pass on your way to FW. Thought Danny Megaskill impersonating him in one of his vids was funny as well. He kept the gold tracksuit on when they all went out later!
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Certainly a character. "Jim'll Fix It" must've been 30+years ago, but still used in everyday language.
There's a 'Jim'll Mix It' cement firm near me. See the lorries about quite a bit. There's a certain poignancy about them now...
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RIP Jimbo
Just seen a woman on the news who looked disappointed when she found out his coffin wasn't made from gold. Ha, they nick metals from war memorials round ere.
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I didn't realise he owned a cement company as well. Cool.
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The dead can't sue, so they just let them go.
Seems like some flawed logic there ?
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Seems to suggest that the only reason a newspaper would print a scandal about about a Celebrity is so they can get sued over it
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Definitely was different no problem with that but how can this be justified.Posted 6 months ago #
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