Now Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Anno I surprised myself - must have been desperate!

Gm - I wish. . 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?

A couple of dodgy ones there, nanaej!

Hmm! I remember evenings hanging about outside Kingston Granada after concerts waiting for anyone to come out off the stage door: Searchers, PJ Proby , 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.

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

Was Paul Jones wearing the drainpipes in question?
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!!!

kitty, what a tearaway you were! I couldn't have climbed a drainpipe to save my life - nor even to see one of my idols.

In the mid-sixties I once climbed a drainpipe to try to get to Paul Jones although I was fully clothed

Men who 'tried it on' were, I think, just another of life's experiences so long as one was the right sort of personality. That doesn't make it right, but it certainly taught one how to 'fight back' and which weapons to use against the morons.

Unfortunately, the young people that suffered at the hands of these predators were vulnerable for one reason or another be it age or some other circumstance.

It all boils down to a change in culture. Taking advantage of the young and vulnerable will always happen but now society is putting in checks to try to prevent it. It has always upset and angered me that people think they have a right to exploit others. I know that is naive.

However well educated in stranger danger children are always open to the 'non stranger'. {the April Jones case is a prime example.}

I delivered his Christmas mail one year when I was doing the post as a student! It was a blooming long haul up Kingston Hill.

Many years ago I had a friend who was a roadie to a well known rock band. He told me that girls did the most amazing things to get near their idols - this included arriving naked at their hotel door. He was sexually approached by very young girls [14+] in order to get access to anyone in the band. Some people are just attracted to fame in any form - people with integrity will try and avoid this - but the younger famous men find it difficult. All this happened in the '60s and '70s when these people were young, the accused were young too and took advantage of the situation. Then we have the true predators like Stuart Hall and Jimmy Saville who took advantage of every occasion.
There used to be joke cartoons about a boss chasing his secretary around the desk - this happened - I worked with a man who I constantly had to fend off, everyone knew about his behaviour and it was almost considered a joke. Thankfully things have improved, you can complain and your complaint will be taken seriously - not greeted with 'oh that's just his way' as happened to me.

Tom Jones was also a bit of a boyo in the sixties .

Think his was more of a Groupie thing though .

I met Jimmy Tarbuck by chance in a hotel once and he spoke to a girl within hearing distance but there seemed to be nothing wrong.
The girl told him she had been in hospital etc and he wished her well.
The only physical contact he had with her was they shook hands at the end.
I am surprised but it shows you can not judge a person in 10 minutes.

Saying that just being arrested does not mean a person is guilty.
I know a police man who was arrested on suspicion when he was off duty.
He was trying to stop a fight and the officers did not know him as he was from a different force.
Normally he carried his warrant card around with him but he forgot it that day.

Frank

gracesmum I didn't know anything other than 'they' said a well known comedien a while ago, and I thought it would be JT.

Not that this is anything to do with allegations against him but my sister was working at a celebrity golf event some years ago and she said Jimmy Tarbuck was the only celeb who wouldn't sign autographs, he just dismissed people with a wave of his hand. I've never like him since.

When we visited mum last week my brother and I were speculating on who would be next. Jimmy Tarbuck was mentioned along with a few others. We weren't sure if mum understood what we were talking about but had a good laugh when she shouted out, ARTHUR ASKEY

It is interesting - on the one hand it feels as though it is becoming a bit of a farce and you just do not know who will be next; but on the other it does seem to say that there was a culture of star worship in the 70s and 80s that left people like this feeling that they could do anything they wanted and it would be covered up.

I hope that those who are coming forward to report what happened to them will feel that they are now being fairly treated.

You cannot but wonder who else might be quaking in their boots waiting for the axe to fall.

I was working in a Birmingham hospital in the 70s and a local TV celeb came there for some reason that I have forgotten. The first thing he wanted to know was whether any girls had been lined up for him - I was very shocked!

Just thinking how good Roy Hudd was in Doctors today and then I wondered is someone like him going to be next?