Whenever I heard his voice, it brought a smile to my face. Not many I can say that about! The verse "Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere, Your digging it round and it ought to be square, The shape of it's wrong, it's much too long, And you can't put hole where a hole don't belong " helpedinspire me to try writing comedic verse of my own, but my efforts are feeble in comparison to what this great man achieved.
He was a constant in an ever changing world, but sadly no more.
A true legend who had a long and illustrious career. I loved his performances in The Railway Children and as Donna's dad in Doctor Who. I remember "Right Said Fred" from when I was a very young child. Loved that song - sums up British workmen even to this day! RIP Bernard.
It's heart-warming to see how much he was loved. I hope he realised how popular he was. What a wonderful narrator he was of 'The Wombles'. I remember him too in 'Carry on Spying'. I wonder why he didn't appear in more of that series.
I have checked and seen he was in 'Carry on Jack' too. It may be he was too similar to the likes of Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale for it to work. I bet he got on well with plenty of the cast, though - he seemed to be such a loveable man.
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The verse "Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere, Your digging it round and it ought to be square, The shape of it's wrong, it's much too long, And you can't put hole where a hole don't belong " helped inspire me to try writing comedic verse of my own, but my efforts are feeble in comparison to what this great man achieved.
He was a constant in an ever changing world, but sadly no more.
RIP
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Thanks for the laughs mate.
RIP Bernard
Lovely man - met him many years ago at some function - friendly, personable and happy
I didn’t know this, but for his National Service he volunteered to join the Parachute Regiment
https://www.paradata.org.uk/people/bernard-cribbins
RIP.
Kind of bloke that you'd want as your Grandad.
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At least he won't have to dig his own hole.
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