R.I.P Bernard Cribbins
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rjfp1962

Original Poster:

9,281 posts

101 months

sly fox

2,418 posts

247 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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That really is sad.

Met him many times, he was an avid angler, and used to go fly fishing with my father. Used to hang out in Gerry's of Wimbledon tackle shop most Saturday mornings.
Lovely chap, made time to talk to anyone, and very funny.

rover 623gsi

5,230 posts

189 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Very sad news. RIP

Smollet

16,116 posts

218 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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RIP

jingars

1,224 posts

268 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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The only celebrity I can claim to have met - and just the once; whilst in sixth form at school I caddied for him at a charity golf event.

He went to great lengths to include me in the conversations throughout the day and was great company to all around him.

A top chap.

Murph7355

41,951 posts

284 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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A face and a voice from my childhood.

Great innings. Wombling free no doubt.

RIP.


wpa1975

14,540 posts

142 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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I was watching him the other day in the railway children, legend - RIP

rjfp1962

Original Poster:

9,281 posts

101 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Really enjoyed his guest appearance in Fawlty Towers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTeVGuBE4o


P-Jay

11,369 posts

219 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Even at 93 and after all he did, it's still sad he's passed.

I've been spending the last few minutes watching videos of him online, there's a common theme. Whenever he's on as himself, he's got the complete attention of everyone around him, and they're all smiling from ear to ear.

Venisonpie

4,736 posts

110 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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A character you hoped would go on forever. Fabulous chap.

Skyedriver

23,200 posts

310 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Smollet said:
RIP
rofl

Wonder who's digging it now?

jet_noise

6,057 posts

210 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Skyedriver said:
Smollet said:
RIP
rofl

Wonder who's digging it now?
The Chemical Brothers recommended the DIY approach in the '90s wink

soxboy

7,545 posts

247 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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rjfp1962 said:
Really enjoyed his guest appearance in Fawlty Towers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTeVGuBE4o
THPOOONS!!!!!!!

sideways man

1,652 posts

165 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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RIP Mr Cribbins, you made a lot of people happy over the years.

nicanary

11,229 posts

174 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Right said Fred, both of us together,
One each end, and steady as you go.
tried to shift it,
Couldn't even lift it,
We was getting nowhere,
And then we had a cup of tea,
And Charlie had a think and said,
if we remove the handles,
and the things wot hold the candles,
with a rope or two we can push the beggar through

The inspiration for the pop group?

Punctilio

827 posts

51 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Maybe never got the credit as an serious actor, the scene with Jenny Agutter in The Railway Children
where he's upset thinking the things the children have given his family are charity
rather than genuine gifts from people who regard him and his family very highly is
charged with pathos and well played.

RIP Bernard.

cherryowen

12,524 posts

232 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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My fondest memory of Bernard was his narration of a mini-series in the mid-1990's called A Passion For Angling. The camera work and photography were perfectly bucolic for the subject, and the anglers - Chris Yates and Bob James - were ideal subjects for people that just love fishing even when not catching fish.

However, without Bernard's narration - blending gentle commentary with the occasional excitement - I don't think the series would have worked at all.




996Type

1,164 posts

180 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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nicanary said:
Right said Fred, both of us together,
One each end, and steady as you go.
tried to shift it,
Couldn't even lift it,
We was getting nowhere,
And then we had a cup of tea,
And Charlie had a think and said,
if we remove the handles,
and the things wot hold the candles,
with a rope or two we can push the beggar through



The inspiration for the pop group?

996Type

1,164 posts

180 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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Possibly, pic from back in the day…

hmg

911 posts

147 months

Thursday 28th July 2022
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RIP BC

Never met him but you just know he was a decent fella..

I was waiting for Barry Cryer to pop up with a witty eulogy then I realised he’s gone too frown

Not many…. if any left of that era..