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

[Brettthepei]

Hearsay

[TellingBone]

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

[Catsmere]

Graham Kennedy.

[HerVagestyTheQueef]

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

[ComputerInitiateJump]

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?'

[BigMandsTattooPortfolio]

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.

[LivingDeadGirlUK]

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

[massiveclamps]

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

[Taytocrisps]

Barry Norman

[massiveclamps]

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

[Kazzyhoward]

Casey Jones

[MissingMoominMamma]

Val Doonican.

[barbarahunter]

The galloping gourmet

[Ormally]

Chesney Hawkes

Donovan

[Chatillon]

@massiveclamps

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

You Ludite. You forgot.....

Red Rum

[Chatillon]

And Shergar.

[BigMacAttack]

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

[Orangetang]

Mr Blobby and Arthur Scargill

[massiveclamps]

@Chatillon

You Ludite. You forgot.....

Red Rum

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?!

[OnedayIwillfeelfree]

Mel and Kim

[CountingMareep]

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

[Mrspoopoohead]

Nosy bonk

[HappyMarriage]

Freddy Prince Junior

[Chatillon]

@massiveclamps

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?!

And Champion the Wonder Horse...

[LittleHare]

Alan Whicker.

[PlatBilledDuckypuss]

@inappropriateraspberry

Bill Beaumont.

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