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Cringey childhood crushes

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FunTimes2020 · 08/06/2020 13:54

As a very young child I had a crush on Brian Cant! That is my earliest recollection of having some sort of feelings for someone of the opposite sex! Blush

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Carouselfish · 08/06/2020 18:54

Inigo from the Princess Bride. To be fair Mandy Patinkin still has something...

Violetparis · 08/06/2020 18:55

Damon Grant and Barry Grant from Brookside, either one would do Smile

JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx · 08/06/2020 19:23

Oh I object to Barry Grant being cringey!

Violetparis · 08/06/2020 19:25

JoyDivisonOvenGlovesx Grin . Also, I own some Joy Division oven gloves !

ProperVexed · 08/06/2020 19:28

Kevin Keegan. I even joined his fan club.

BeltaneBride · 08/06/2020 19:59

Anthony Valentine (bet you're all too young to have heard of him) in TV series 'Colditz' All my friends are onto pop stars buy mine were actors.
I lived in a town a long way away from London, but coincidentally eventually ended up living a couple of toads away from him.

rosegoldwatcher · 08/06/2020 20:12

@BeltaneBride - no, I am an oldie too. He played Raffles (the gentleman thief) I think. Very dapper!

JamieFrasersSassenach · 08/06/2020 20:23

When I was 6 I was certain I was going to marry Les McKeown (lead singer of the Bay City Rollers) - I actually met him about 5 years ago and told him! He gave me a big hug and a kiss (on the cheek!) Sigh.....

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11MrsLuther · 08/06/2020 20:23

Philip Schofield

Ze1tGeist · 08/06/2020 20:29

Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stewart off of Crackerjack.

i still have a bit of a thing for Bernard Breslaw. he just looks so kind …

@JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx my first husband looked like Mr Claypole!

Bookaholic73 · 08/06/2020 20:31

Oh God..please don’t judge..my crush was Tony Blair Blush

Riv12345 · 08/06/2020 20:33

David Cassidy

I was crazy on him
I cried for days when my dad said I can't go to America to see him, I was convinced I could just go and knock on his door

I was in love

littlemeitslyn · 08/06/2020 20:33

Richard Green ( Robin Hood about a hundred years ago )

MrsMoastyToasty · 08/06/2020 20:37

@JamieFrasersSassenach Les McKeown was mine! Mine! Mine! Mine I tell you! stamps my 10 year old feet

... and then I moved onto Robin Cousins.

DrDavidBanner · 08/06/2020 20:41

Aw, I loved Brian Cant... not like that though Grin

Apparently when I was small I had a thing for Noel Edmonds Blush

JoyDivisionOvenGlovesx · 08/06/2020 21:17

@Violetparis well that’s just glorious if it’s in a HMHB stylee!

Titslikepicassos · 08/06/2020 21:24

@borntohula - George W Bush

Sunbird24 · 08/06/2020 21:32

Rick Astley

JamieFrasersSassenach · 08/06/2020 22:20

@MrsMoastyToasty hahaha - Les was very lovely wasn't he?

rosegoldwatcher · 08/06/2020 22:21

I just remembered - the not-Cliff birthday postcard was off/from Freddy off of Freddy and the Dreamers!
One heartbroken childI I was!

Violetparis · 08/06/2020 22:27

Sorry to derail the thread but these are them JoyDivision, HMHB are fab Grin

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oohyoudevilyou · 08/06/2020 22:32

The guy from the Insignia aftershave advert Blush

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PinkBuffalo · 08/06/2020 22:33

Was absolutely in love with will smith as a youngster Smile

Bleepbloopblarp · 08/06/2020 22:43

Anyone remember Atrayu from never ending story? He was my first crush. I used to fantasise that I was the princess and we would snog!

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middleager · 08/06/2020 22:48

These are great. Timothy Claypole! I need those Joy Division oven gloves....

Yy to the poster who mentioned Jim Dale.

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