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Farewell John Noakes

Post by TitanTim » Mon May 29, 2017 11:06 am

Sad to hear of his passing this morning :(

He was my fave have a go hero of the 70s.

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Post by buzyg » Mon May 29, 2017 11:19 am

Sad passing, but a release from his mental prison. Back with Shep now. :wink:

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Post by firebobby » Mon May 29, 2017 12:03 pm

That's sad, he was great on blue peter and I liked the way he got stuck into things. :(
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Post by TR4man » Mon May 29, 2017 12:21 pm

Hadn't been well for some time, but still sad news.
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Post by metal licker » Mon May 29, 2017 1:13 pm

RIP John
Another part of my childhood gone :(
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Post by Swiftly » Mon May 29, 2017 1:33 pm

RIP John, now joined Shep
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Post by Marlon » Mon May 29, 2017 2:50 pm

Very sad - that was my Blue Peter era too :(
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Post by Grumpyowl » Mon May 29, 2017 3:00 pm

Very sad news RIP.
John , Peter and Val were my Blue Peter team, that elephant though :oops:

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Post by paulgs1000 » Mon May 29, 2017 3:15 pm

I was so saddened to read this news this morning - part of a generations' childhood I would think.

Certainly a big part of mine . . .

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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon May 29, 2017 9:34 pm

Really sad to hear about his passing earlier - John, Val and Peter were also the presenters of my era.

Condolences to his family, friends and fellow viewers.
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