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

[Brettthepei]

Hearsay

Thanks to this thread I now have the tune to Animal Magic in my head!

Christine Keeler
Mandy Rice-Davies

Les Dawson
Mike Smith
Sarah Greene
Percy Thrower
Una Stubbs
Peter Purves
Lesley Judd
John Noakes
Valerie Singleton
The Two Ronnies

Larry Hagman
John Wayne
Peters & Lee
Kenny Everett
Orville
Nookie Bear

All those, plus
Anthony Valentine
Angela Rippon
Michael Praed
Alison Moyet
Lena Zavaroni
Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks
Steve Ovett

Simon Dee
Was massive in his day, then had a spectacular fall from grace.

Sydney Devine

Darren Day

Jimmy Hill?

Norman Wisdom

Arthur Scargill (sp?) always on the news, I thought he was Prime Minister!

Has anyone mentioned Clement Freud?
David Frost
Pete and Dude

*Dud, not dude!

Neil Kinnock
Bill Pertwee
The Shadows
Hartley Hare
Zebedee
Pam Ayres
Bruce Forsyth
Anthea Redfern
Sid James
The Barron Knights
Nana Mouskouri

Frankie Vaughan
Norman Vaughan
Liberace
Mrs Mills
The Tiller Girls
All these used to appear on “Sunday Night at the London Palladium”

Dave Allen

Fred Harris
Derek Griffiths
Johnny Ball
Chloe Ashcroft
All the Play School toys (especially Hamble 😈)
Toni Arthur
Don Spencer
Bob Carolgees
Sally James
Tommy Boyd
And a local one that the really young 'uns mightn't know - Julian Simmons 😁

Stu Francis - oooooooh I could crush a grape

Hale & Pace

David Mellor

( apologies to everyone for the hideous associations)

Frankie Vaughn

Sachs Distel

I came on to say Lena Zavaroni but beaten to it! So I'll mention Bonnie Langford

Noel Edmonds
Anneka Rice
Russ Abbot
Kenny Everett

Erika Rowe

I ran a project a few years ago that was based around something in Twickenham. I called it Project Erica. Only those close to 50 got it!

Lena Zavaroni
Our Kid
Des Lynam

He DJs now, played at our big local festival a year or so back, so did Madness.