The Dead Thread

[tsubaki]

There would be no Good Friday Agreement without him and John Hume. It cost him and the UUP dearly but it given us years of relative peace. RIP.

Indeed - men who valued their country more than their parties.

 

[arch stanton]

Indeed - men who valued their country more than their parties.

A politician with some integrity... a sad loss on many fronts.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Paul Sorvino

And now he to turn his back on us. ?

 

[tommye]

Friendly match;
Brighton HA XI (containing about 5 of their first team squad v Phoenix Brewery XI ( my firm in aid of Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster in 1986. (Playing for Phoenix, you will understand how desperate I was to score.) For reasons known only to themselves, Peter Bonetti, who lived in nearby Worthing guested for them in goal.
With ten minutes left and the Vermin 6-0 up, I heard ref Allan Gunn ( he reffed the 1990 Cup Final ) say to one of their defenders something like “ Next time the ball comes up here ffs let them have one”.
Two minutes later, ball arrives at my feet, I set off on a mazy run, defenders hold off, Bonetti comes out and I neatly slip it under him into the net. Some feigned applause from a couple of the vermin defenders which ceases as I take my shirt off to reveal my Palace shirt underneath.
Welsh international Peter O’Sullivan bought me a pint afterwards “for my cheek”. I like to think that I joined Gerd Mueller and Uwe Seeler in Bonetti’s nightmares after that.

Magnificent.


This is defo added to the list of reasons why we love you so x

 

[woodsyni]

The man did a lot for peace in NI, vastly underrated in my opinion, the world is a poorer place…..

Didn't agree with a lot of things he said and did but his legacy, along with Hume, should be the decades of relative peace he bought us. He has my gratitude and respect for that. He could have looked after himself, played "the game" but he took the chance and 'jumped'.

Can't compare him to the weasels that used the peace process to feather their own nests. They brought Trimble down by condemning him for sitting down with SF only to do the exact same thing themselves. Bloody hypocrites!

 

[gonetomorrow]

The third from Goodfellas in a very short time; Ray Liotta,Tony Scirroco, and now big Paulie.

Caan, Liotta, Warner, Sorvino.......lotta bad guys are gettin' whacked these days.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Bernard Cribbins has left us.
Good innings.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Bernard Cribbins has left us.
Good innings.

 

[Alan Whittle]

Bernard Cribbins has left us.
Good innings.

He was working still in the last few years. I used to watch “Old Jack’s Boat” on CBeebies with my grandson. Lovely man. RIP.

 

[Groucho]

The man without whom the womble part of the fine insult cockwomble would not be possible.

 

[chrismpw]

Bernard Cribbins has left us.
Good innings.

The voice of my childhood TV. So warm and inviting.

 

[Eggs]

The voice of my childhood TV. So warm and inviting.

…as I discovered with my granddaughters, Bernard Cribbins was still a feature on Childrens TV until very recently. Brilliant entertainer who stood the test of time;

 

[ForestBlue]

"Right Said Fred" .. a guilty pleasure to this very day

RIP and thanks for all the entertainment

 

[gonetomorrow]

Bernard Cribbins has left us.
Good innings.

Tough beginnings. Decent guy. Old school.

I remember him in Fawlty Towers as a fussy guest who incurred Basil's wrath!

 

[larbert toffee]

Tough beginnings. Decent guy. Old school.

I remember him in Fawlty Towers as a fussy guest who incurred Basil's wrath!

One of his early films was The Ladykillers one of my old favourites, full of legends in which he wasn't out of place RIP Bernard Cribbins, a fine actor.