Peteff
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 09:11 AM |
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Alan "Fluff" Freeman dies
Sad news for all. The inspiration for Smashy or Nicey and the "Greetings pop
pickers" originator can only be called an icon of radio broadcasting and is irreplaceable.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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bob
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 09:40 AM |
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John peel is probably more missed from my radio than freeman sadly.
Freeman lived not far from me and was well known as yet another one of twickenhams shirt lifting brigade
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Peteff
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 10:02 AM |
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That probably explains his replacement.
Dale Winton  John Peel was a pioneer and according to the article was a close friend of Freeman. It was the Sunday chart countdown that I remember.
If you hold people's sexual preferences against them that's just written off the entertainment industry en bloc bob. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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bob
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 10:25 AM |
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your right pete.
but i am not holding any sexual preferences against anyone,it wouldnt be very PC on here 
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Fozzie
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 10:41 AM |
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So sad  Do you remember switching the radio on at 5pm every Sunday to listen to the new charts Pop Pickers.....? 
Then tuning into Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline to see how they differed
Although I agree that now John Peel is most missed, at that time, Fluff was king!
Guess its an 'age' thing Bob
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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bob
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 11:27 AM |
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your right foz it must be an age thing,but i'm not sure about freeman being king..........maybe a Queen though 
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Phil.J
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 11:42 AM |
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Pretty sure I was listening to Fluff on the car radio in 1968 in my Mk1 sprite, hood down and a glorious sunny April day, when it was announced that
Jim Clarke had been killed in an accident at Hockenheim.
Ah, memories.
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marcyboy
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 02:47 PM |
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what a merry old soul you are.....
its all gone over my head...
you lot are from a different era!!...ya old gets
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Humbug
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 05:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
So sad Do you remember switching the radio on at 5pm every Sunday to listen to the new charts Pop Pickers.....?
- not arf!
(btw, did he do wonderful work for charidee, though he didn't like to talk about it?)
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Humbug
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| posted on 28/11/06 at 05:21 PM |
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