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Topic History of: Did Savile never visit a North Wales childrens home?
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Tom Allchurch |
Ivor Hyntte-Davies wrote:
He did visit a Brasso factory just outside Splott. I know because my father was foreman there from 1973 to 1984, when it closed after the unfortunate explosion. Jimmy joked around with several of us while he was there, playing cowboys and indians and horses and jockeys, and we all ended up throwing samples of Brasso at each other and laughing until our sides ached. In fact there was one lad, Daffyd Bellamy, who laughed so much he said most of his body ached, not just the sides, and he was absolutely covered in Brasso by the end of the day. My Dad said he should have been taken around the town and rubbed against door knobs - it would have saved everyone more than a few pennies in Brasso! It was all so much fun. But that visit by Jimmy hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the papers - probably because it doesn't fit the myth.
I'm gobsmacked. I was there! It was 1975. I was wearng a red and green tank top with "Leo" printed on it, for Leo Sayer. I even had a perm like his. Jimmy kept saying "Now then, now then, do you feel like dancing then young man?" He was very funny and friendly. We all got a Brasso "goody bag" at the end of the day, and a towel. I've got a picture of us somewhere. Jimmy did lots of good. |
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What you've got to remember about Jimmy (if you followed him through the years) is that he liked to take the piss & wind up the press immensley. As he knew the press were very good at stretching the truth & putting words into peoples mouths.
I'd go so far as to think comments (like the As It Happens book) where he states how he took a runaway teenager home etc, were stated purely to get the attention of the press.
The unidentifiable interview (which could be false) where he says "All that Gary Glitter did was to take his Computer to PC World". Is just a statement (even if just an impression). And it's a true statement. All Gary Glitter did was to take his computer to PC World. The images that were on it...Well how did they get there, is more the question? He might of put them there, or he might have been set up, like the other 2 occasions, that he was by the News Of The World. The idea that Glitter is a dangerous sexual criminal, is hype at the extreme.
When you look at Mr Savile, well it's all one sided, considering he was known to slate & kick the Press, for years. Even if he may of over stepped the mark A bit, it's now been blown way out of proportion by the Media & a certain (not to clean himself) obsessed ex-detective & a Compensation pound sign seeing group of women (who apparently have skeletons in their own cupboards & have problems, remembering their age, let alone events of 35/40 years ago!) |
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In The Know |
Canberran! wrote:
You think 199 people are lying?
I havent seen ANY statement(s) by anybody - have you?
Would any of these claims stand the "test" of scrutiny by a trial?
Why wait all this time if it were true?
Only just heard about compo claims???? LOL !
You don't think Savile's own comments, his work in hospitals is a bit peculiar?
There are many people who I think are peculiar - it doesnt make tham rapists though. |
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Canberran! |
You think 199 people are lying? You don't think Savile's own comments, his work in hospitals is a bit peculiar? |
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Ivor Hyntte-Davies |
He did visit a Brasso factory just outside Splott. I know because my father was foreman there from 1973 to 1984, when it closed after the unfortunate explosion. Jimmy joked around with several of us while he was there, playing cowboys and indians and horses and jockeys, and we all ended up throwing samples of Brasso at each other and laughing until our sides ached. In fact there was one lad, Daffyd Bellamy, who laughed so much he said most of his body ached, not just the sides, and he was absolutely covered in Brasso by the end of the day. My Dad said he should have been taken around the town and rubbed against door knobs - it would have saved everyone more than a few pennies in Brasso! It was all so much fun. But that visit by Jimmy hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the papers - probably because it doesn't fit the myth. |
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