BOBBATH Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Bloody Hell -just googled Isobel Barnett and she committed suicide-electrocuted herself-also my internet wanderings took me to a site called UK Game Shows.com which covers every conceivable show and the biographies of panel members. Sorry to have taken the forum off on this tangent but am sure Norbold, Starghost and other more mature members of the forum will be interested.In fact there is a rumour Norbold that you took her out and may have googled her when you were younger!!!! Sorry will confine my future postings to such arcane matters as the World's tallest speedway rider-who WAS that again???????. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) Hi RonButler-I'm about the same age -apart from What's My Line remember "Take Your Pick" with Michael Miles etc-there should be a forum for 50's TV!! Also as regards WML-Lady Isobel Barnett got had up for shoplifting once and went to court-those toffs!!!! Like you is it my imagination or are the posters decreasing in age-they seem to be getting younger while of course we remain the same age!!!!!! Â Hi Bob Bath, Â I've just looked at your profile. Â You seem to be rather shy about disclosing your age According to my birth certificate I shall be 77 exactly four weeks today. Now what does that know, it's only a bit of paper. A bit of paper that's not worth the paper it's written on! Â I'm aiming to get to 80 and then I'll probaly give my two remaining little grey cells a break and give the youngters chance to become as intellectually superior as I like to think I was when I was a young man. Meantime I'll just sit at my keyboard and play the silly old codger card. Â Regards, Â Ron. Edited November 10, 2009 by Ron Butler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That coulda bin it seem to remember the rider was called Ray something, though it was a long time ago.... Â Ray Terry? West Ham junior rider of the 1950s maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) Bloody Hell -just googled Isobel Barnett and she committed suicide-electrocuted herself. Â Isobel lived locally and I knew she had committed suicide but I couldn't remember how. Very sad really but probably due to the shame of being caught shop lifting. I'm sure she would have been dealt with leniently due to her age so it's such a shame she decided to kill herself. And while we are on this sad subject another who comes to mind is Ted Moult who was a farmer but also appeared in quiz shows and will also be remembered for being in the advert for double glazing. It's really sad that some people can see no way out of their depression except to commit suicide. Edited November 10, 2009 by Gemini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Ah yes, Ted Moult. The first guest in Countdown's Dictionary Corner.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Yes, quite a few of the regular contestants seem to have reached a sad or suicidal end to life, Gilbert Harding, Lady Isobel Barnett and Ted Moult among them. Isobel Barnett was caught shoplifting, but before the ignominy of a trial killed herself by putting an electric heater in her bath. Ted Moult shot himself with a double-barrelled shotgun when his farm ran into debts and he faced repossession. Harding was intensely lonely and homosexual at a time when it was still illegal, famously exposed by the John Freeman Face to Face interview. he actually died of an asthma attack at 53 on the steps of Broadcasting House, but had been quoted as saying he wanted to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Gosh, that's a cheery post Andy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Anyone remember Hughie Green and Monica Rose in 'Double your Money'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Yes. A great team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietbowers Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Yes. A great team. Indeed,the Sky`s the limit for them two  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Gosh, that's a cheery post Andy!!! Sorry, mate. Will do a song and dance act next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanx for the info Andy-I well recall Ted Moult from growing up in UK-remember 6.5 Special with Wee Willie Harris, Don Lang and his Frantic Five.Also Lord Rockingham's X1-strangely enough I googled (I wish) the organist-Cherry Wainer-still alive and lives in Las Vegas-you can see her perform on a youtube clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Panda Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I remember Take Your Pick cos my Dad was in the audience for a show....................... Â And correct me if I am wrong but did a Speedway rider appear on They Think Its All Over and if so who was it????????????? Kelvin Tatum rings a bell but it might have been later than his retirement................... Â RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanx for the info Andy-I well recall Ted Moult from growing up in UK-remember 6.5 Special with Wee Willie Harris, Don Lang and his Frantic Five.Also Lord Rockingham's X1-strangely enough I googled (I wish) the organist-Cherry Wainer-still alive and lives in Las Vegas-you can see her perform on a youtube clip. Â Â Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas - Ahhhhh yes - those WERE the days!! my friend. (Mary Hopkin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I remember Take Your Pick cos my Dad was in the audience for a show....................... And correct me if I am wrong but did a Speedway rider appear on They Think Its All Over and if so who was it????????????? Kelvin Tatum rings a bell but it might have been later than his retirement...................  RP   My goodness 'Take your Pick' with Michael Miles - AND - Bob Danvers Walker with the 'Yes/No interlude with his gong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanx for reminding me of Bob Danvers Walker-I used to love the yes/no segment-all very innocent.These shows would have been on in the mid fifties I guess just at the start of the Fundin era. Before I forget -recall"Thank Your Lucky Stars" and the girl who used to say "Oi'll give it foive"-think she was a Brummie-anyone know what happened to her??Bet she was a speedway fan!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 My goodness 'Take your Pick' with Michael Miles - AND - Bob Danvers Walker with the 'Yes/No interlude with his gong. Â Â ...except that it wasn't Bob Danvers Walker. It was someone called Alec, as I remember. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanx for reminding me of Bob Danvers Walker-I used to love the yes/no segment-all very innocent.These shows would have been on in the mid fifties I guess just at the start of the Fundin era. Before I forget -recall"Thank Your Lucky Stars" and the girl who used to say "Oi'll give it foive"-think she was a Brummie-anyone know what happened to her??Bet she was a speedway fan!!!!!!!! Â I don't know whether she was a speedway fan, but her name was Janice. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowle Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I remember Take Your Pick cos my Dad was in the audience for a show....................... And correct me if I am wrong but did a Speedway rider appear on They Think Its All Over and if so who was it????????????? Kelvin Tatum rings a bell but it might have been later than his retirement...................  RP I think that was Peter Collins but he had certainly retired by then but was perhaps chosen because as an ex world champion he might have been one rider that the panel might have heard of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowle Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanx for reminding me of Bob Danvers Walker-I used to love the yes/no segment-all very innocent.These shows would have been on in the mid fifties I guess just at the start of the Fundin era. Before I forget -recall"Thank Your Lucky Stars" and the girl who used to say "Oi'll give it foive"-think she was a Brummie-anyone know what happened to her??Bet she was a speedway fan!!!!!!!! If she had been a speedway fan she would have said "foive-one"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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