Sad news for all. The inspiration for Smashy or Nicey and the "Greetings pop pickers" originator can only be called an icon of radio broadcasting and is irreplaceable.

John peel is probably more missed from my radio than freeman sadly.

Freeman lived not far from me and was well known as yet another one of twickenhams shirt lifting brigade

Dale Winton John Peel was a pioneer and according to the article was a close friend of Freeman. It was the Sunday chart countdown that I remember. If you hold people's sexual preferences against them that's just written off the entertainment industry en bloc bob.

your right pete.

but i am not holding any sexual preferences against anyone,it wouldnt be very PC on here

So sad Do you remember switching the radio on at 5pm every Sunday to listen to the new charts Pop Pickers.....?

Then tuning into Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline to see how they differed

Although I agree that now John Peel is most missed, at that time, Fluff was king!

Guess its an 'age' thing Bob

Fozzie

your right foz it must be an age thing,but i'm not sure about freeman being king..........maybe a Queen though

Pretty sure I was listening to Fluff on the car radio in 1968 in my Mk1 sprite, hood down and a glorious sunny April day, when it was announced that Jim Clarke had been killed in an accident at Hockenheim.
Ah, memories.

what a merry old soul you are.....

its all gone over my head...
you lot are from a different era!!...ya old gets

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So sad Do you remember switching the radio on at 5pm every Sunday to listen to the new charts Pop Pickers.....?

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