OneGuyFromBarlick

Posted: **24 Jun 2022, 18:32**

Rip Harry Gration, Look North presenter for many years.

Posted: **25 Jun 2022, 02:11**

I heard that.... and 'only' 71 as well. Sorry I can't help it but I compare all the ages of the deceased with my own.....I know, but believe me it's automatic when you get closer to 90!

Posted: **26 Jun 2022, 20:39**

The Vicar from Dad's Army has died aged 90 years.

Frank Williams

My claim to fame - I went to the historic Hastings Chess Congress a long time ago, (bucket list ticked), and whilst waiting for the start had a coffee at the next table to him. He was in the panto upstairs.

Posted: **27 Jun 2022, 02:16**

My memory of him is so strong. The characters in Dad's Army became part of the fabric of our lives didn't they. Especially Old Farts like me who could remember the Crazy Gang!

Posted: **28 Jun 2022, 12:11**

Professor Colin Blakemore has died aged 78. (LINK)
A good man and the target of animal rights activists for many years.

Posted: **15 Jul 2022, 21:05**

Grand Master Igor Naumkin aka Burger King from the Moscow Chess Club has died suddenly in Italy.

Igor 'Gennad'evič Naumkin (in Russian: Игорь Геннадьевич Наумкин ?; Moscow, 10 August 1965 - Asti, 13 July 2022 [1]) was a Russian chess player, Grandmaster.

Plaques will know of him - probably no one else. He rarely lost in the games I saw,

Posted: **15 Jul 2022, 21:32**

Tripps wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 21:05 Grand Master Igor Naumkin aka Burger King from the Moscow Chess Club has died suddenly in Italy.

.I only saw him lose two games. He had a very distinctive playing style slow and very deliberate movements for blitz games. He seemed quite happy to play some of the younger players on an equal basis.

Posted: **15 Jul 2022, 21:35**

plaques wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 21:32
Tripps wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 21:05 Grand Master Igor Naumkin aka Burger King from the Moscow Chess Club has died suddenly in Italy.
.I only saw him lose two games. He had a very distinctive playing style slow and very deliberate movements for blitz games. He seemed quite happy to play some of the younger players on an equal basis.

Posted: **15 Jul 2022, 21:37**

Tripps wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 21:35 He seemed quite happy to play some of the younger players on an equal basis.

Indeed - Here Burger King against Pinkamena aged eight at the time. . .

Posted: **28 Jul 2022, 06:51**

See THIS BBC obituary for James Lovelock who died on his 103rd birthday. He was perhaps the biggest single driver of the need to recognise climate change and do something about it.

Posted: **28 Jul 2022, 08:22**

Bernard Cribbins aged 93 RIP

Posted: **28 Jul 2022, 10:09**

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Jul 2022, 06:51 See THIS BBC obituary for James Lovelock who died on his 103rd birthday. He was perhaps the biggest single driver of the need to recognise climate change and do something about it.

In the early days his Gaia theory was laughed at by the more conservative scientists but eventually they too began to understand his meaning and it became what we now refer to as Earth Science or Earth Systems and is taught in schools and universities. For almost all of his career he has been independent, working from his home workshop and funded on contracts from large organisations such as NASA. He's always been a practical man and made his own apparatus - you can see some of it here: Science Museum

Posted: **28 Jul 2022, 12:04**

Bernard Cribbins has died aged 93. See THIS BBC obituary.

Posted: **28 Jul 2022, 19:58**

Good Oldham lad of course - another graduate of Oldham Rep, and by coincidence (borderline spooky) I watched a Youtube video of him doing a comic song (which he made a good job of), in a music hall setting only a couple of days ago.

Even I have been surprised at the revelations about the length and range of his long career, I'd forgotten the 'Right said Fred' type of stuff. I like old British films - one such was 'Two way Stretch', and his version of 'Dangerous Davies' has been on TV a couple of times recently.

RIP.

Posted: **29 Jul 2022, 02:30**

"Couldn't lift it, couldn't even shift it, we were getting nowhere and so....... Fred and me had another cup of tea and then we went home."

Posted: **29 Jul 2022, 10:58**

It was Charlie and me I reckon Stanley.

Posted: **29 Jul 2022, 11:20**

As Karl Marx (almost) said - "Pedants of the world unite - you have nothing to lose but your friends"

I've found the video I mentioned earler at the Music Hall in Leeds.

He was good wasn't he? Superb comedy timing, and wonderfully un - woke

Note the brief remark to Leonard Sachs - then google him.

Posted: **29 Jul 2022, 14:29**

I have a four foot version of his Womble character (full size apparently) up stairs in the loft.

Oh and you can't be too careful with Lyrics.

Our kids sang Zimmer Zammer to Sing Hosanna for years.

Posted: **01 Aug 2022, 03:30**

My Favourite Lyric morph is "Our Father, Harold be thy name...."
See THIS BBC obituary, American actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek, has died aged 89.

Posted: **01 Aug 2022, 11:14**

RIP Lt. Uhurah, in that role she set a couple of records. She was the first black female to represent a position of authority and also the first to engage in an interracial kiss on US television.

Posted: **02 Aug 2022, 02:45**

Her legs were impressive as well.....

Posted: **02 Aug 2022, 10:25**

Indeed, a bonny lass.

Posted: **06 Aug 2022, 08:50**

R.I.P. Judith Durham aged 79yrs
Australian singer and songwriter.
Lead singer with The Seekers.
Hey There ‘ Georgie Girl’.
The Carnival Is Over.
Morningtown Ride.

Posted: **06 Aug 2022, 08:57**

That's sad, but a life well lived, she had perfect pitch. A voice to melt the soul.

RIP Judith.

Posted: **06 Aug 2022, 09:11**

Thanks Ian. Yes her voice was beautiful and unique.
Judith and The Seekers were/are much loved here in Australia.
The Seekers made it to #1 in the UK and America as well.

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