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Post by comet on Jan 31, 2016 12:38:50 GMT
RIP Sir Terry Wogan,
He was welcome in our hearts and homes.
He will be missed.
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Post by Dave on Jan 31, 2016 13:10:37 GMT
Yes indeed, a broadcasting giant for as long as I can remember. RIP Sir Terry.
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Post by Martin on Jan 31, 2016 14:32:09 GMT
Yes, a very sad day today. He was only 77yrs old and I believe the onset of cancer was very sudden.
RIP
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Post by martindn on Jan 31, 2016 17:33:27 GMT
I wondered why he had disappeared from his Sunday morning radio show a few weeks ago. Now we know!
RIP Sir Terry.
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Post by Martin on Jan 31, 2016 18:15:04 GMT
What a lovely and respectful tweet from our caring Hayley.
Martin - his last Radio 2 broadcast was on 8th November (due to ill health). Little did we know that it was the start of this tragic end.
Martin
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Post by martindn on Jan 31, 2016 21:47:23 GMT
Well, Martin, I usually heard a bit of Weekend Wogan on the car radio on my way home from church. I never understood why he suddenly went missing - until now.
I wonder what sort of cancer it was. It might have been brain cancer like my wife Sue, first symptoms July 2013, diagnosed 20th September 2013, died 1 December 2013. It is terrifying how quickly an aggressive cancer can strike. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Helen and the family.
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Post by Joe on Feb 1, 2016 5:32:47 GMT
Sadly Sir Terry Wogan is relatively unknown on this side of the Atlantic, except my fellow Anglophiles. I shall remember his tireless work towards Children In Need, his colourful commentary on the Eurovision, and for bridging the relations between the Irish Republic and England.
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Post by Richard on Feb 1, 2016 7:34:44 GMT
Sir Terry was unable to present the BBC's Children in Need last November due to ill health. He sang with Hayley and Aled Jones on the single "Christmas Dream" for Children in Need 2013:
RIP Sir Terry.
Richard
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Post by Jeff on Feb 1, 2016 17:50:22 GMT
Of course Sir Terry made millions for charity and when it came to the Eurovision Song Contest he put into words what the rest of us were thinking but what I'll miss most is his self-deprecating humour. In pre-internet days rarely did we hear a complimentary letter read out on his radio show (despite the BBC receiving many). He much preferred the tongue-in-cheek grumbles from his listeners or "togs" (Terry's old geezers and gals). I remember once he read out a postcard he'd received from abroad: "Dear Woebegone, moved on from Holland when we found our radio could still pick up your show !" In the TV quiz "Blankety Blank" members of the public had to guess missing words from catchphrases. The prize was a plastic cheque-book and pen, totally useless of course. At the end he'd always ask the winner "Have you enjoyed yourself ?" Before the person had a chance to answer he'd snatch the microphone away and say "Of course you have !" It was through Terry that Eva Cassidy had a posthumous No.1 album with "Songbird" after "Wake up to Wogan" played it every day for a week. That was when I bought it. His main contribution to music however was his 1978 version of "The Floral Dance" which reached the dizzy heights of 21 in the charts which his listeners often ribbed him about, saying it showed his ability to start a song in one key and finish it in another ! A listener offered to build him a bigger garage so Terry could store all the records he'd bought to get his song into the charts ! I think he gave the record away as a prize in his competitions. I assume the runner-up got 2 copies !! As Sir Terry himself might have said : "Beethoven would have loved my Floral Dance. He was deaf !"  RIP Sir Terry and thank you for being my friend and millions of others too.  |
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Post by tiger09 on Feb 5, 2016 14:02:32 GMT
Hi, I was watching a concert by Yanni earlier and this amazing harpist called Victor Espinola came on! WoW! I just had to share. It was amazing, I am more used to a Harp played in a more sedate way.
Enjoy!
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Post by Richard on Feb 6, 2016 9:14:47 GMT
And now for something completely different - Pokarekare Ana sung in Welsh! Richard  |
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Post by Dave on Mar 24, 2016 22:24:29 GMT
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Post by Richard on Mar 25, 2016 9:23:21 GMT
I found this on Facebook:  Richard |
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Post by Libby on Mar 26, 2016 2:11:29 GMT
LOL I agree. It may not be my country, but the original one is just so much nicer-looking.
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Post by martindn on Mar 26, 2016 15:11:18 GMT
Perhaps we should have a flag debate in England. That red cross is a bit boring. How about this one.  Martin D |
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RIP Sir Terry and thank you for being my friend and millions of others too. 
