Another of my childhood heroes has died

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  1. JLWBigLil

    JLWBigLil Well-Known Member

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    #1 JLWBigLil, Apr 28, 2021
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    #2 Tyke_67, Apr 28, 2021
    I think you're a bit big for the Thunderbirds mate. :)

    RIP Michael
     
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    JLWBigLil Well-Known Member

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    #3 JLWBigLil, Apr 28, 2021
    Rubbish! :D:D
     
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    #4 StatisTYKE, Apr 28, 2021
    Thunderbirds. Best ever TV programme ever. Fact
     
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    #5 SuperTyke, Apr 28, 2021
    Quite sad that I'd never heard of him
     
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    #6 Mido, Apr 28, 2021
    He’s the bloke that sat in lunar orbit whilst Buzz and Neil got the glory on the surface.
     
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    #7 mansfield_red, Apr 28, 2021
    At one point in the mission he would have set the record for the furthest a human had ever been from the closest other human.
     
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    #8 kestyke, Apr 28, 2021
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    Me too, absolute giants, though a couple of years before I was aware. Can't even start to describe the excitement at seeing one of the later landings at my grandad's house in Hoyland, he had bought a colour telly - I'm sure it was in black and white. Half the street were crowded in the front room. I thought it was going to be a start to a new future, but it's more a thing of the past these days.
     
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    #9 Tyke_67, Apr 28, 2021
    'tis true. Sorry :D:D:D
     
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    #10 John Peachy, Apr 28, 2021
    Maybe their loss? They could have grossed more.
     
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    #11 MiserablePontyEnder, Apr 28, 2021
    Kid at school told me they wanted to be an astronaut the other day.

    Told him he might get as far as being a "space cadet."
     
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    #12 Tarntyke, Apr 28, 2021
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    Had a crush on Lady Penelope did we, eh eh;)
     
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    #13 Stephen Dawson, Apr 29, 2021
    My Dad sometimes says I should have been an Astronaut...shot into Space.
     
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    #14 Chippy red, Apr 29, 2021
    It was very exciting seeing all that space stuff when we were kids, brought all the TV shows to life.
    Which later mission landed at your grandad's house in hoyland. Was it featured in the Chronicle?:D
     
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    #15 Mido, Apr 29, 2021
    Every single human being that has ever lived or ever will live is in this photo, except Michael Collins.

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    #16 kestyke, Apr 29, 2021
    Aye, you should have seen the Astronauts faces when they got out of the Eagle. My granny took a broom to them.
     
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    #17 Chippy red, Apr 29, 2021
    :D:D
     
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