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Sometimes celebrities/one hit wonders just seem to fall off the radar - so whatever happened to ....

Mick Robinson and Tony Bastable from Magpie?
Una Stubbs
Bros
Chaka Khan
Scritti Politti (some of you might never have come across this band but Uncle Mick knows who I'm talking about)?

So, who else would you be curious about and do you know the whereabouts of any of the above?

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I`m sure if you trawl the internet you`ll find something on most of these people as I did with my own personal favorites
www.thedoubledeckers.com !!

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Not sure about the whereabouts of the others but Bros, the twins live in LA i think and one of them is an actor and was in Blade 2, wasn't bad either, think the other is still writing music, I remember Scritti Politti but dont know what the're upto these days, sure I say Una Stubbs on tv not long ago.
I would be interested to know what quite a few 80's pop groups are upto now, I think only really to see if the're doing really mundane jobs now.

The Thompson Twins
Pete Wylie
Sigue Sigue Sputnik (not sure thats spelt right!)

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Thats some question that Gayle. :o

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Was that the russian satilite because it crashed bit like the band. :eek:

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Now were talking.....

www.sputnikworld.com

www.petewylie.com

I still go and see Wylie, he played in Blackburns North bar a few years ago and also tours as part of Dead Men Walking, with Mike Peters, Glen Matlock, Kirk Brandon amongst others. Wylies always a good night out and has a new album out "Pete Sounds" in the new year. And If you find his Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak album in a bargin bin somewhere, grab it ..It`s excellent!

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anita harris,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my hubby fancied her
i am going back more years than i care to remember but when we first got a tele in the fifties ,the b.b.c. was all posh ,,the announcers wore evening dress ,there was
sylvia peters ,
mary mallcome ,
macdonald hobley
donald grey,,,he only had one arm...
and for the children ,,jennifer gaye,, i thought she was dead pretty and wanted to look like her ..
ANYBODDY ELSE REMEMBER THEM
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Well grannyclaret you may be interested in www.continuity-booth.co.uk which lists all BBC and ITV continuity announcers. Does anyone remember Granadas Colin Weston who always appeared to be drunk over Christmas and did you know Stan Ogden used to be a continuity announcer!!

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I remember all the ones you mention, Grannyclaret. Wasn't Jennifer Gaye the daughter of a famous conductor? (Orchestra, not bus :D ). I think it may have been Sir Hugo Rignold.

I know MacDonald Hobley died some years ago and so did Mary Malcolm. Funnily enough there was something about Sylvia Peters (the other lady presenter) in today's Express, remember her?

One of my favourites as a child was Humphrey Lestoq who fronted a children's programme called "Whirlygig", with a dreadful string puppet called Mr Turnip. I though HL was wonderful and so-o-o-o handsome! :rolleyes: I know he was an actor and appeared a lot on the West End stage (that's London, not where I was born ;) ) but I never heard of him after about 1955. He had been a RAF fighter pilot in the war so if he's still alive he'd be at least in his 80s.

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I thank Donald Duck that i dont know many of these as I feel young again. He the dude.:D

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wasent he on every other saturday ,,,with peter butterworth being on the weeks in between .. .i seem to remember mexican pete the bad bandit ...on one of them ,,,he he

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thanks uncle mick.. i think i must be thick ,i could not get the b.b.c. link to work.. :confused: :)dont remember colin weston

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The actor who played Stan Ogden was quite handsome when he was younger and spoke beautifully. I think his name was Bernard Youens.

Whirlygig was on every Saturday tea-time and Peter Butterworth was in the programme, with Humphrey Lestoq. It was rubbish compared to what kids watch these days but I loved it, even on a 9" black and white TV screen in a cabinet the size of a small sideboard. :D

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Una Stubbs does a knitting spot on This Morning sometimes.

Other missing ex- celebrities.
-Lesley Judd.
-Arthur Scargill.
-The surviving member of Mel 'n' Kim.
-Ann Aston of the Golden Shot.
-Roger D'Coursey and Nookie Bear.
-Pete Murphy of Bauhaus.
-The Spiral Carpets.
-Amanda de Cadanet's brother who took over from her on The Word.
-Lynne Perrie/Ivy Tillsley from Coranation St.
-Suzzane Danielle.
-Twinkle.

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you forgot LORD LUCAN:D :D :D

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was twinkle the girl that sang about a boyfriend that was killed on a motorbike ...

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Yeah that was Twinkle.

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what happened to the Blackburn group of the sixties called The four Pennies

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Think Lord Lucan is riding Shergar.

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As well as playing poker with the little people for their pots of gold

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Thanks for the links Mik, will keep my eyes open for the album.

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have you not heard the song ghost riders in the sky ....frankie laine:rolleyes:

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How many of you have noticed the road sign which stands outside the derelict Commercial Hotel, by the traffic lights at Church? It is an historic road sign, going back to the 1930's and indicates the A679, Blackburn - 4miles and in the other direction,Accrington, - 1mile.

Look closely and you will see there is an arm missing, the one that pointed south, to Ossy,with a distance of 1/2 a mile. Whatever happened to it? Why was it chopped off? When did it go missing? Where is it now? Is there a reward for it's return? Who can answer this important question?

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Good piccy, Doug.....do you remember (before they changed the roads around) the green traffic light box that used to stand next to the sign? There was always three or four old codgers leaning on it and smoking pipes...they must have been in their eighties - and this is going back to the 1960's. They may know what happened to the sign. Whatever happened to them, anyway?

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You know I might just remember that. I think I have a period photograph showing the sign and the box? I’ll have a look for it later…….It’s a shame about the state of the Commercial, nice building.