Bloody 'ell...that took me back. I was there...1968...not sure how much of a "world" championship it really was- I recall the American entrant with cowboy hat but rumour was he was from Holderness Road. I'm not sure about the DJ but the girls certainly weren't throwing hemselves at me.
Why would they? No one is suggesting Blackburn did anything untoward. The whole thing with the .BBC is down to the fact he disagreed withe BBC over what they said regarding talking to him about the matter so this has no connection with other radio stations.
Which, repulsive as the idea is to us, was legal where it took place. A bit like some other places where we are told we should respect their culture.
Funny how no one noticed with Savile despite what a lot say nowadays. I used to go to Scarborough Tech and spent quite a bit if time in Scarborough. Everyone knew about Jaconelli but no one used to say anything about Savile. The impression was he was a bit if a mummy's boy, he was famous for taking his mother, who he idolised but who favoured his brothers over him, out in his Rolls Royce every weekend, and itbwas generally thought he lead a sexless life. He gave hints in later life. I recall that Louis Theroux programme where he said he wasn't as nice as some people thought as they would find out when he was gone.
Over 30 years ago, a nurse at Stoke Mandeville told me that they complained about his behaviour with patients, the deceased and staff and requested not to be in the hospital when Saville was there. If I knew back then, it's impossible for me to believe that plenty of others didn't. It's not so much nobody knew, but that nobody in authority felt willing or able to do anything. Not condoning it, but a big part of the problem was the culture at the time. There are plenty of interviews with school girls readily admitting that they were going to events to go back stage and get close to the celebrities, and that their parents were fully aware of what they were doing.
He does seem to have been hung out to dry, he's suing the BBC, so they may well come to regret the course of action they've taken.
I was talking about back in the sixties, DMD. No denying there was a lack of interest in investigating these things at the BBC and NHS. Which is often the case at large, monolithic institutions. Yes, it was the culture back then. Used to see lasses throwing themselves at groups back in the sixties. Many were younger than them but of legal age, some may have been borderline, but as John Peel, who gets a relatively easy ride on this, said, who was asking for birth certificates.
That displays a lack of knowledge of the issues in question which is rather disturbing for someone wishing to be a journalist, Quill.
OLD JOKE ALERT. "You get the drinks in. I'll find us a seat." So the guy goes to the bar and orders two pints of lager. The barman serves him and gives him two pounds change. "What's this?" the deaf guy asks, looking at his change. "You charge nine pounds a pint in here these days?" "Nah," the barman says. "We've got a live band in tonight. There's a £5 cover charge. You and your mate, that's a tenner." "Live band?" "Live band," the bartender confirms. "What, rock and roll, Indie, hip-hop, grunge...?" "Some Country and Western," the barman replies. "Ri-ight..." the deaf guy says as he takes the drinks. He rejoins his mate. Puts the drinks on the table. "Where's me change?" the friend asks. He gets handed the two quid. "What? They charge nine quid a fuggin pint in here now do they? What's the crack?" "They've got a band on. £5 cover charge." "A band?" "Oh yes." "What? Rock n roll, Indie, hip hop, grunge?" "Nah," "What then?" "Some **** from Preston."
Well, never mind allegedly, he admitted to having a threesome with two 15 year old girls for starters.
To be fair, they had known each other for quite a while before the wedding, what with her being his cousin.
I remember the America guy, and I was trying to remember his name and Klondyke Bill sort of sounds familiar?. It was a great weekend, and what you said about the girls certainly was the case. Though watching those guys swilling all that beer was a bit off putting
I lived in Scarborough for ten years and Jaconelli was a well known nonce, to the point that if you were male and of a certain age you went no were near any of his places, but Saville was never mentioned. Jaconelli was not the only one who was well known for being "wrong"
We used to go in his place and one good looking lad, a bit like Peter Frampton to look at, used to lead him on, fluttering his eyelashes and tossing his long hair back and getting free ice creams and coffees. Looking back it was a dangerous game to play given the weight of him and the fact he was a black belt.
