The Dead Thread

[tommytowne]

Only the innocent victims.

Yorkshire Ripper death: Force apology over victim descriptions

West Yorkshire Police apologises for the "tone and terminology" used by officers in the 1970s.

www.bbc.co.uk

Back in the days eh?
Heard a lot through today of police attitudes in the seventies.

 

[4737carlin]

 

[arch stanton]

Des O'Connor just gone, RIP. #YMCA

 

[JammyP]

'Half the things you worry about aren't going to happen'

 

[arch stanton]

'Half the things you worry about aren't going to happen'

??

 

[JammyP]

??

Des O'Connor catchphrase.

+Fat thumbs in the rain

 

[arch stanton]

Des O'Connor catchphrase.

+Fat thumbs in the rain

ah right, gotcha.

 

[tommye]

Koff 2020

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Swear Des O’Connor died about 10 years ago

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Swear Des O’Connor died about 10 years ago

His career finished when he worked with the domestic violence expert melanie Sykes

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[gonetomorrow]

Eric and Ernie will have something to say about this.

Where've you been? You sounded dead forty years ago!

 

[Obes]

Swear Des O’Connor died about 10 years ago

Definitely this. Just read he’s got a 16-year old son as well

 

[larbert toffee]

I quite liked old Des on his chat shows.

 

[strummer]

Ray Clemence has died. Sad news. Despite his RS connections I always thought he came across as a nice fella