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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: Radio 2 Hall of Fame |
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One web page I'd planned to put on the R2ok website was a 'Radio 2 Hall of Fame' but only got as far as the template. Now, with so many Radio 2 fans in one place maybe I can ask for your nominations and put your screen name on the Hall of Fame web page next to your Radio 2 hero.
Anyway, have a look at the draft 'Hall of Fame' page with one hero entered:
http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm
Since we have a member named Toggy Tea Slurper (who has confessed to having a Tog Calendar) maybe Toggy would like her name to be the first nominator? But I see there is a Tog thread with a few other ardent fans' names...... so, one name or all of you?
For other heros let's try this and see. Anyone wishing to be first to nominate a Radio 2 hero for the Hall of Fame should
- say so on this thread
- if you have a favorite photo, use the private message route to e-mail it to me so that our members will only see the photo when I've put it on the Hall of Fame page. Or I can find a photo.
- tell me some details of your hero's career, or why you nominate him/her, but don't worry if you can't
- some career details can be got at http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_timeline.htm and from other links I've placed at http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_BBC.htm
I suppose ANYONE who ever worked at Radio 2, as presenters, producers, newsreaders etc deserves a place in the Radio 2 Hall of Fame? It's up to you.
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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You'll be unsurprised to learn that I'm happy to nominate Sir Terry.
Not only do I have a Tog's calendar I also have a personally obtained signed copy of his book.
When he visited the sprawling metropolis of Milton Keynes back in October I dutifully drove nearly 50 miles to see him. It was worth it though, he was lovely.
I don't know what I'll do when he retires. |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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I think Toggy Tea Slurper has won the honour of being our Wogan nominator ?
TTS, if you want to see a better photo of TW let me know.
John W |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I've nominated Parky to our Radio 2 Hall of Fame,
he plays the classiest music on Radio 2 today (IMO)
John W
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http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm |
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woodysdad
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 67 Location: Nr Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Toggy tea slurper wrote: | You'll be unsurprised to learn that I'm happy to nominate Sir Terry.
Not only do I have a Tog's calendar I also have a personally obtained signed copy of his book.
When he visited the sprawling metropolis of Milton Keynes back in October I dutifully drove nearly 50 miles to see him. It was worth it though, he was lovely.
I don't know what I'll do when he retires. |
According to Sir Tel, the only valuable copies are the UNSIGNED ones!!
_________________ I may not always be right
But I'm always Honest! |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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I'll nominate Bob Harris, Richard Allinson & Janice Long |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Lord Evan,
Your favourites have entered the Radio 2 Hall of Fame.
Let me know if you can add to their credentials at
http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm
John W |
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: My fav |
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I'd like to nominate Alex Lester...
Last edited by Rachel on Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Natasha Little Miss Lovely Smile
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 790
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ken Bruce. He's butch and Scottish, that'll do me geeza _________________ Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. |
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Scott Nelson Guest
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Pete Mitchell. I think he rocks! |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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It must be Pam Ayres.
No seriously Paul Gambacinni gets my vote. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Scott Nelson Guest
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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That weirdo? She was bloody awful on Radio 2 - what was Jim Moir thinking of when he hired her? I didn't have many problems with Jim Moir but the appointment of Pam Ayres was just not on! I can't believe she lasted three years on the Sunday teatime slot (1996 - 1999). |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Pam Ayres, yikes, thankfully I was not even aware of her show at the time |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Me neither - thank goodness for that....
Cherskiy _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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Scott Nelson Guest
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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She replaced Frank Topping, who was the interim replacement for Charlie Chester. I thought Frank Topping was alright funnily enough! |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Frank Topping? Someone else I can't remember.
Cherskiy _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Natasha wrote: | Ken Bruce. He's butch and Scottish, that'll do me geeza |
I'll agree with Ken Bruce being on there too, still one of my fave shows, even if he does seem to have stopped reading my E-mails out! |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for nominations.
Entered in the R2 Hall of Fame:
Ken Bruce, Gambo, Alex Lester
oh, and Pete Mitchell (who's only been here five minutes )
John W
http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm |
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Scott Nelson Guest
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Cherskiy wrote: | Frank Topping? Someone else I can't remember.
Cherskiy |
He was only on Radio 2 for a couple of months until a replacement was found for Charlie Chester. Unfortunately, they gave us Pam Ayres. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: My fav |
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Rachel wrote: | I'd like to nominate Alex Lester... |
I'll support that one too, seeing as 'Herr Slappmeister' was 'my alarm clock' for a number of years!! |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:46 am Post subject: |
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I would like to add the name of Mark Radcliffe for his occasional flashes of brilliance late in the evening _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Frank Topping? Someone else I can't remember.
Frank Topping is a Methodist minister who used to be on Pause for Thought, has written several books in a popular style and does or did a very entertaining one-man show.
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Behind Geddon's Wall wrote: | I would like to add the name of Mark Radcliffe for his occasional flashes of brilliance late in the evening |
Mark Radcliffe added to http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm
Have to say that the Radcliffe 'biography' on the BBC website was funny for about 1 minute It needs re-writing by someone sensible.
Also, I'd like to see some past presenters nominated.
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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John W wrote: |
Also, I'd like to see some past presenters nominated.
John W |
How about a couple of past female presenters to start with: Sybil Ruscoe (used to follow Bob Harris in the wee small hours of Sunday morning) and Lynn Parsons (also had the same spot as Sybil; has deputised for Richard Allinson in the 'Late night Radio 2' spot [now occupied by Mark Radcliffe] & Sarah Kennedy)
Ed Stewart. Who's dismissal, to me is another 'Douglas disaster' decision. |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Evan,
Ed Stewart
Lynn Parsons
Sybil Ruscoe
now elevated to
http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm
Please update me with any missing significant career details <ok>
John W
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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John,
You asked earlier for previous presenters
Can I Add the illustrious names of
Ray Moore
John Dunn
Thankyou
Geddon _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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John W
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Geddon,
Ray Moore and John Dunn added to
http://www.r2ok.co.uk/R2_halloffame.htm
I was never a listener of their shows, so I may be doing a dis-service with the little data I've collected on their careers.
John W
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Behind Geddon's Wall
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, John.
I didn't know until I saw it on the HOF that Janice Long was Keith Chegwin's sister - sympathies _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, I quite like Cheggers, he's wasted on that GMTV knock-on-the-door-10-grand-thing.
I think he should sit in for Sarah Kennedy one day, see what he can do, he can do it in the noddy if he likes
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Barkingbiker
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to nominate DLT, born Buxton Derbyshire 1945.
Good details of his career at :-
www.radiorewind.co.uk/dave_lee_travis_page.htm
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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quickssandra
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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I don't believe it! No-one's nominated one of the best! He should have been there at the top beside Terry, Richard and Ken!
I hereby nominate.....Johnnie Walker!
QS |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Seconded. |
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John W
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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quickssandra wrote: | I don't believe it! No-one's nominated one of the best! He should have been there at the top beside Terry, Richard and Ken!
I hereby nominate.....Johnnie Walker!
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Don't panic, when I enter JW I can put him up beside the superheroes.
Pete Mitchell will have to go to the bottom as he's only been at R2 for 5 minutes. Hall of fame, eh?
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'll be the one to 'bite the bullet' and say that Sarah Kennedy should be in the 'Superheroes' section too. After all she has been with Radio 2 as long as Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce & Alex Lester. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19386 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Can I nominate 2 on one thread?
I'll nominate Jeremy Vine who, after sitting in on various occasions form 1999, took over from Jimmy Young in January 2003.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Aitch, I'll second those too. Did you find your drink in the other place? |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Is there a mechanism for nominating a removal? _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Natasha Little Miss Lovely Smile
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Has Jimmy Young retired completely, or is he still doing bits and pieces here and there? _________________ Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well if he is, Dave Clark will want a piece of it I reckon. ( way before your time Nat , in fact, probably before most people's time on here. )
Steve Wright! |
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happyKaytee
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: Favourite Radio 2 presenter |
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I would like to nominate for the Hall of Fame Chris Stewart, who used to present the late evening weekday shows. He had such a calm and soothing manner, was lovely to go to sleep to! I'm so sorry he's left Radio 2. |
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