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John Noakes RIP

CafcWest
CafcWest Posts: 6,167
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Another little bit of my youth disappears. RIP. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,002
    RIP
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Very sad, RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,146
    He was eccentric but grew up with him RIP
  • captainbob
    captainbob Posts: 941
    So sad that he had Alzheimer's. He was part of the first 'Blue Peter' team that I can remember, along with Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton, and I loved his cheeky-chappy, derring-do attitude: that bobsleigh run when he came off (pulling down his trousers later in the studio to reveal the abrasions on his leg) lives on in the memory as does the more frightening ascent of Nelson's Column on a blustery day, with the part where he had to clamber past the overhang making me nervous even now. Somewhere in a cupboard at my mum's, there are still a few Blue Peter annuals; I must fish them out and relive those moments and see if there's still the flickbook of Shep jumping for a ball. Thanks John Noakes.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,146
    As a side question... Does anyone know of anyone having a blue peter badge... Presented by them not bought.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    can I be the first to say...........get down Shep.

    Great 3-some telly - Noakes, Purves & Singleton. I was a BBC boy & never watched the rival programme on ITV (Magpie)

    RIP
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,087
    R.I.P.

    The video of him climbing Nelson's​ Column gives me vertigo no matter how many times I watch it!
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Sad news to hear this morning.

    A brilliant presenter in his day - I always wondered how close he was to an expletive.

    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Very sad news. RIP and off to join Shep!

  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    RIP.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,599
    RIP, used to love Blue Peter. My dad used to take us somewhere near Brixton to watch the London to Brighton car run in the 70's and the BP team always used to take part.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Chippycafc said:

    As a side question... Does anyone know of anyone having a blue peter badge... Presented by them not bought.

    One of my daughters has one.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    RIP

    As a child of the sixties he was part of my weekly Blue Peter fix and maybe one of the first people I was aware of with a regional accent on TV
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    Friend Or Defoe said:

    R.I.P.

    The video of him climbing Nelson's​ Column gives me vertigo no matter how many times I watch it!

    Hold on tight...

    https://youtu.be/p4YFCJETmwI

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,738
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    Wonderful broadcaster, RIP John.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,622
    Go With Noakes - brilliant programme

    Remember when he cried when was recalling Shep - proper dog man

    RIP
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    R I P
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    RIP :(
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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,622
    Didn't realise that Shep lived to a ripe old age - 16 is a fine innings
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Rip
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    A nice guy and a good TV presenter.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    What a shame. Many happy memories of him as a kid.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    InspectorSands said:

    Friend Or Defoe said:

    R.I.P.

    The video of him climbing Nelson's​ Column gives me vertigo no matter how many times I watch it!

    Hold on tight...

    https://youtu.be/p4YFCJETmwI

    I think I need a lie down now
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
  • addix
    addix Posts: 1,183
    A great character from my childhood. May he rest in peace.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,419
    May he Rest in Peace.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,788
    RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP John

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