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Now Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested

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kittylester Tue 07-May-13 06:25:11

I am totally 'gobsmacked'

gracesmum Wed 08-May-13 11:26:35

Was Paul Jones wearing the drainpipes in question? grin
Also in the mid sixties, even fully clothed revealed a fair bit didn't it?? I know my Mum insisted I recycle a mini dress as a tunic over trousers as it was frankly indecent!!!

Tegan Wed 08-May-13 11:27:46

Paul Jones is still quite yummy, is he not? Has aged rather well blush.

nanaej Wed 08-May-13 12:08:07

Hmm! I remember evenings hanging about outside Kingston Granada after concerts waiting for anyone to come out off the stage door: Searchers, PJ Proby confused, Dionne Warwick, Wayne Fontana, Sandie Shaw!

I think there is a difference between being a willing (even if a bit silly) participant and finding yourself in a situation you can no longer control.
I suspect a lot of youngsters got into a situation where they were happy to be hanging out with a celeb but then realised they were being used and abused by the person they thought they admired.sad

whenim64 Wed 08-May-13 12:21:49

A couple of dodgy ones there, nanaej!

kittylester Wed 08-May-13 12:35:22

Anno I surprised myself - must have been desperate!

Gm - I wish. grin. Though I doubt I'd have been so brave. I agree with Tegan. He's still yummy!

When who were the dodgy ones in nanaej's post?

Yummygran Wed 08-May-13 12:36:09

You have to ask the question how is it to be proved, one way or another, after all these years?

It makes you wonder if the accusers are jumping on the bandwagon, it must be so hard to prove. I'm not condoning the perputrators, if they are guilty then they should be punished however long ago it was.

whenim64 Wed 08-May-13 12:55:13

kitty pm'ing you, as not in public domain yet!

Ana Wed 08-May-13 13:11:42

Well, it's probably not going to be Dionne Warwick or Sandie Shaw, I'd guess, kitty...!

kittylester Wed 08-May-13 13:18:44

Maybe not Ana but Wayne Fontana had a few Mind Benders and there was definitely mire than one Searcher grin

It is my claim to fame that someone thought I was Sandie Shaw and asked for my autograph. I was young and slim then and haven't aged quite so well. sad

Ana Wed 08-May-13 13:30:52

Yes, I know there were others in the groups, but I wouldn't know any of their names. I always liked PJ Proby, but of course he was rather wild - I think I read he'd ended up living on benefits in this country somewhere.

gracesmum Wed 08-May-13 13:31:15

I used to be accused (?) of being Anne Robinson's sister!!! I think it was the wink

gracesmum Wed 08-May-13 13:32:18

PJ Proby might even be on Gransnet!! Does he perhaps enjoy a London pension?grin

Riverwalk Wed 08-May-13 13:42:12

Don't know about a London pension but in the 1980s he was a caretaker at a block of flats in Hammersmith!

kittylester Wed 08-May-13 13:44:08

Wasn't he recently in court charged with henefit fraud?

Ana Wed 08-May-13 13:47:45

Yes, that's what I read, kitty. I think he was performing on the side...(I don't mean in a rude way!)

LullyDully Wed 08-May-13 14:21:50

I did see PJ Proby at Wembley once, that was enough. I think he split his trousers..sick!

numberplease Wed 08-May-13 16:54:57

I used to quite like P.J.Proby! It was the highwayman look, with his hair tied back with a ribbon that did it for me!

Nonu Wed 08-May-13 17:47:12

I thought he was really sexy !!

LullyDully Wed 08-May-13 18:05:33

Not as sexy as Eric Clapton.

Ana Wed 08-May-13 18:35:41

Nah - he was never sexy! grin

Riverwalk Wed 08-May-13 18:44:54

Clapton's not sexy - but who wouldn't find it sexy to have had 'Layla' written about you!

Nonu Wed 08-May-13 19:02:31

Layla wasn"t written about Clapton , didn"t he write it about some girl ??

Ana Wed 08-May-13 19:05:09

Yes, Patti Boyd, who was with George Harrison at the time.

Nonu Wed 08-May-13 19:06:29

Thanks honey . smile

Riverwalk Wed 08-May-13 19:10:32

Nonu I meant that I would find it sexy to have had that song written about me! grin