Who was a famous name when you were growing up that young people today wouldn't have heard of?

[Brettthepei]

Hearsay

Bob Danvers Walker
Shaw Taylor
Bill Grundy
Kent Walton
Michael Barrett
Reginald Bosanquet
Diane Keen
Diana Dors
Petula Clark

Graham Kennedy.

John Peel
Simon Bates
David "Kid" Jensen
Dave Lee Travis
Peter Powell

These are great. Loads of memories flooding back.

To be fair to young people though, I have little knowledge of today's 'famous' people. My dd rolls her eyes at me when I say 'Who?'

Malcom Muggeridge. All I remember as a very young child is that whenever he was on the telly, my Grandfather would shout and get angry.

Reverand Ian Paisley had a similar effect on my Dad.

Chris Evans seemed to be on everything in the 90s/early 2000.

Meadowlark Lemon
Sacha Distel
Lester Piggott
Marti Caine
Clive Sinclair
Paul Michael Glaser
Pam Ayres
Robert Dougall

Barry Norman

Schnorbitz
Fanny the Wonder Dog
Shep
Petra
Freda
Jason
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Champion the Wonder Horse
Nijinsky
Desert Orchid
Pipaluk
Chi-Chi and An-An
Guy the Gorilla
Mick the Miller

Casey Jones

Val Doonican.

The galloping gourmet

Chesney Hawkes

Donovan

You Ludite. You forgot.....

Red Rum

And Shergar.

Cilla Black
Big Daddy
Giant Haystacks
The Waltons
Bros
Sean Davis
Su Pollard

Mr Blobby and Arthur Scargill

I mentioned Red Rum in my post yesterday at 16.04. 😂

I did forget Elsa from Born Free though, and another pp is right - how could I have forgotten Shergar?!

Mel and Kim

Mel and Griff (of Alas Smith & Jones). I used to love their ‘head-to-heads’. They don’t make comedy like that any more.

Nosy bonk

Freddy Prince Junior

And Champion the Wonder Horse...

Alan Whicker.

I'm so old I can remember when he was called Billy Beaumont (he changed it when he stopped playing).