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don4l said:
AdeTuono said:
tim0409 said:
AdeTuono said:
Merton and Hislop weren't fans...
complete and utter b@llocksSir Jimmy did an awful lot for charity.
RIP Sir Jimmy.
Don
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As someone posted above, no doubt there will be many stories about his behaviour now he's no longer around to defend himself. If nothing else, PE's 50 years +1 edition will be worth a read.
Now, where's that collection box so I can absolve myself of my heinous sin?
Not usually a fan of the RIP threads but I have to say I was a fan.
Despite the showy persona, he wasn't odd. Well not in my opinion. A lot of todays current celebrity crop could learn a lot from this chap.
He seemed to have used his celebrity status for charity rather than private wealth gathering.
But the way I remember him was at Leeds Hospital, and as a medical student very tired and in the middle of the night during a particularly hard weekend, seeing a porter pushing a trolley comming the other way. I obviously looked like I felt and as he passed he said 'Chin up', to which I probably grunted back. It took me the rest of the corridor to realise it was him. No wierd costume, no cigar, no enterage, and probably the height of his fame.
Picture any current celebrity doing that.
Despite the showy persona, he wasn't odd. Well not in my opinion. A lot of todays current celebrity crop could learn a lot from this chap.
He seemed to have used his celebrity status for charity rather than private wealth gathering.
But the way I remember him was at Leeds Hospital, and as a medical student very tired and in the middle of the night during a particularly hard weekend, seeing a porter pushing a trolley comming the other way. I obviously looked like I felt and as he passed he said 'Chin up', to which I probably grunted back. It took me the rest of the corridor to realise it was him. No wierd costume, no cigar, no enterage, and probably the height of his fame.
Picture any current celebrity doing that.
I think this is a bit like the Jo Yeates/Chris Jefferies thing. Jimmy Saville was a bit of an odd bloke, did not conform to the norm, looked and acted maybe a tad strange. Sadly it seems that a certain number of people think this is justification for quite frankly nasty allegations, of which i have not seen any evidence.
I heard the same rumours when the chap was alive, again with no evidence. If he was as bad as people make out then surely lots of evidence would have surfaced, i cannot find a single trace of anything bad in this bloke. Yes when he was younger he had a caravan and i am sure he entertained many a legal fit lady of the night in it, so what? what would have half of PH been doing given the chance??? Maybe there are a lot of women out there who will never talk for respect for him and because they actually enjoyed themselves....
Thankfully the only evidence i can find about Saville is that mostly he did great and good things in his life, i am in awe of the £40 million raised for charity and the time he gave up for free working on good causes for the less fortunate people amoung us, he did not have to do any of that, but he did.
RIP.
I heard the same rumours when the chap was alive, again with no evidence. If he was as bad as people make out then surely lots of evidence would have surfaced, i cannot find a single trace of anything bad in this bloke. Yes when he was younger he had a caravan and i am sure he entertained many a legal fit lady of the night in it, so what? what would have half of PH been doing given the chance??? Maybe there are a lot of women out there who will never talk for respect for him and because they actually enjoyed themselves....
Thankfully the only evidence i can find about Saville is that mostly he did great and good things in his life, i am in awe of the £40 million raised for charity and the time he gave up for free working on good causes for the less fortunate people amoung us, he did not have to do any of that, but he did.
RIP.
Ex-Sir Jimmy Saville Silver Seraph. Was for sale before this happened.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2553676.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2553676.htm
Pommygranite said:
Roger Dodger said:
Pommygranite said:
doogz said:
Pommygranite said:
doogz said:
Pommygranite said:
Zaxxon said:
Pommygranite said:
Yeah off day if you consider turning a hug into a bowling ball arse vag grab.
Perhaps you have an irresistable arse? 
thanks.Nah female not me.
Bit OTT imo, given all his other achievements. Not saying that if it actually happened, it's ok, but you're writing off all the good he's done, and saying he should have been locked up, based on this one event that someone said happened?
But it's ok, you've done your bit for her by b
hing about a dead man on the internet.The ultimate keyboard warrior. Wait until the man's dead, then kick off.
Firstly there's a lot better threads I could go on and lie about nonsense and create sensationalist threads.
Secondly starting a thread on the experiences of a family member hadnt really crossed my mind tbh. I saw a few positive, and imho wrong, comments on here and am within my rights to say my piece.
Fnally,keyboard warrior no,I havent offered anyone out for a fight or saying anything I would say face to face or even to the dirty old bloke himself when he was alive.
I understand the public view is very positive of him and your defenses of him are based on this but my families experiences are very different and do not feel it wrong if air my views just because he died.
I'm done.
Edited by Pommygranite on Sunday 30th October 23:12
Mind you, keep firing those third party, unsubstantiated accusations out.
I hear he had a pet Unicorn too, honest.
My take on SJS is that he was a typical old-fashioned Northern bloke who liked to keep his personal life exactly that – personal. The media and (sadly) the great British public like nothing better than to try and nose into famous peoples' private lives. When Jimmy proved more than able of repelling even the most invasive media inquiries, those who were responsible for those inquiries got a right snit on and took a dislike to him because he was making them look stupid, or at least not as intelligent as they believed themselves to be. That's what started the whole 'hate Saville' thing rolling and now all the crap is being taken on and promoted as gospel by people who want to attract a bit of attention to themselves.
Pommygranite said:
If a female relative of yours was digitally raped by a guy would you think 'yeah not nice but think of all his charity work'?
What's the difference between digital rape and analogue? Is the former 0 or 1, i.e. completely out or completely in, whereas the latter allows for all positions in between?http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/0...
Whatever you think about Jimmy Savile, he was a master of self promotion and publicity, in the same way as Richard Branson is.
Remember seeing him on TOTP in the sixties with long hair, parted in the middle, one half black the other half blonde....
Whatever you think about Jimmy Savile, he was a master of self promotion and publicity, in the same way as Richard Branson is.
Remember seeing him on TOTP in the sixties with long hair, parted in the middle, one half black the other half blonde....
AS a north Leeds resident he's a person you used to see frequently jogging around the park or in the flying pizza. What is a common theme from girls I know (i have witnessed) and chat in the office he had a good knack of making girls feel uncomfortable as he invaded there personal space a little too much.
But having said that what he has done for charity the money raised is amazing imagine if every celebrity could raise a 10th of what he has raised.
But having said that what he has done for charity the money raised is amazing imagine if every celebrity could raise a 10th of what he has raised.
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