time 8,602 Posted January 25, 2021 On this Burns night, we should wish a Happy 88th Birthday to Sir Boyd Tunnock, grandson of Thomas, and current owner of the family company that bears their name. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, time said: On this Burns night, we should wish a Happy 88th Birthday to Sir Boyd Tunnock, grandson of Thomas, and current owner of the family company that bears their name. Careful now. The nationalists think he is a traitor too. If I recall, they boycotted him for a while. Thankfully the fat fucks gave in when they realised they couldn't choose between independence and a snowball biscuit... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted January 26, 2021 Lucinda Williams is 68 I know this song from the Johnny Walker drive Time show when he played it just about every day on my journey home from work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 28, 2021 Alan Alda is 85 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted January 29, 2021 Tony Blackburn is 78, living proof that you are what you eat, he has been a vegetarian since he was 4 years old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted January 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, torbrexbones said: Tony Blackburn is 78, living proof that you are what you eat, he has been a vegetarian since he was 4 years old. John Peel. Omnivore (probably). Proof that the good (as opposed to banal and slightly creepy), die young. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted January 29, 2021 Songwriter Leslie Bricusse, Stop The World. Roar of the Greasepaint, Doctor Doolittle etc., is 90 today. He's particularly associated with Anthony Newley, but also wrote film music for many films, from James Bond to Harry Potter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted January 31, 2021 John Lydon of the butter adverts fame is 65 His wife Nora Foster may be a good bet as her Alzheimer's has got a lot worse in the last couple of years and Lydon is her full-time carer now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 1, 2021 Harald Brattbakk, Norwegian pilot, is 50 today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283 Posted February 1, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 12:26, En Passant said: John Peel. Omnivore (probably). Proof that the good (as opposed to banal and slightly creepy), die young. The good at getting a 15yo pregnant or the good at having sex with 13yos whilst in his mid-20s? His first wife was also 15 when he married her. I know for people of my generation as teenagers in the late 70s he was the arbiter of what was cool musically and he was indeed considerably less banal than the mainstream daytime DJs who played a lot of naff music (much of which they had to as it was in the charts), but he was no saint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted February 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: he was no saint. Well bugger me mate, I never knew all that . Learn something every day and sometimes something you wish you hadn't. The original was just a throwaway really, Blackburn used to bore me when stuck somewhere in the car, which was often, as this was in North London, and he oozed a bit whenever it was a female call-in, or did to my mind. Damn. But thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted February 1, 2021 1 minute ago, En Passant said: Well bugger me mate, I never knew all that . Learn something every day and sometimes something you wish you hadn't. The original was just a throwaway really, Blackburn used to bore me when stuck somewhere in the car, which was often, as this was in North London, and he oozed a bit whenever it was a female call-in, or did to my mind. Damn. But thanks. He also didn't like the music of Peter Sarstedt, showing no compassion for future DLers who'd only have heard of Zizi Jeanmaire thanks to it. No, wait, he was right there. As you were... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: The good at getting a 15yo pregnant or the good at having sex with 13yos whilst in his mid-20s? His first wife was also 15 when he married her. I know for people of my generation as teenagers in the late 70s he was the arbiter of what was cool musically and he was indeed considerably less banal than the mainstream daytime DJs who played a lot of naff music (much of which they had to as it was in the charts), but he was no saint. Half my class at school were shagging like rabbits at 15 with older boyfriends. May be technically illegal, but it's nature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 1, 2021 Just for @Lard Bazaar 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted February 1, 2021 On the general note, Mike Campbell of The Heartbreakers is 71 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted February 1, 2021 Bill Mummy is 67, he went from Lost In Space to Babylon 5 and back again to Lost In Space in a period of 54 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted February 1, 2021 Don Everly is 85, I thought he may have had a thread of his own but...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,396 Posted February 2, 2021 Ken Bruce is 70 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 2, 2021 Than Shwe, former Head of State of Myanmar is 88 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 722 Posted February 2, 2021 Dries van Agt, former PM of the Netherlands (1977-1982) is 90 today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted February 2, 2021 Tom Smothers is 84, famous for (among other things) being in bed with John Lennon in 1969, he also played on and got a mention in the lyrics of Give Peace A Chance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted February 3, 2021 Melanie Safka is 74 and gives me an opportunity to post this and remember Pans People doing their thing to it on TOTP: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283 Posted February 3, 2021 5 hours ago, torbrexbones said: Melanie Safka is 74 and gives me an opportunity to post this and remember Pans People doing their thing to it on TOTP: Wot, no 'oo ar oo ar' at the end of every line in the verse? Quite cute in her youth wasn't she? Bought a best of compilation of hers a couple of years ago and most of it is pretty poor, only a couple of tracks worth listening to beyond the three hits. She's on my 40/40 team, one of the many on it I confidently expect to outlive me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted February 4, 2021 Vincent Damon Furnier is 73 I believe that in 2018 he predicted that the next U.S. President would be "worse" than current incumbent Donald Trump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 5, 2021 Happy birthday to @Great Uncle Bulgaria and the rest of The Wombles, who debuted on TV 48 years ago today. I can't say I remember the exact debut, but I do remember it from first time around (I even have a Wombles badge). God I'm old. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
