Probably not many fans here, but I was saddened to hear of the passing of Peter Skellern yesterday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Skellern
I do occasionally play 'Astaire' to hear Peter's delightfully soft crooning.
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Peter Skellern RIP
Probably not many fans here, but I was saddened to hear of the passing of Peter Skellern yesterday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Skellern
I do occasionally play 'Astaire' to hear Peter's delightfully soft crooning.
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I liked Peter. He did some nice stuff actually... RIP
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Yes sad, he seemed a very affable fellow! With Richard Stilgoe he was this generations Flanders and Swann!
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I remember him because my mother was a fan of his. He was on the telly quite often in the '70s then seemed to just disappear.
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That makes me sad. Radio 2 was our staple at home in the 70s and Peter Skellern's songs were always a cut above the other things that they played. God bless him.
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Very sad indeed. Enchanting voice.
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SadI am glad he got to fulfil his aspiration to become a priest before he died
God Bless
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As a former survivor of the De La Salle Brothers (think paramilitary division of the Jesuits) I will try not to hold his religious predilections against him.I remember you Brother Claude!
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Church of England priest, not Catholic.Originally Posted by Sherwood
As a former survivor of the De La Salle Brothers (think paramilitary division of the Jesuits) I will try not to hold his religious predilections against him.
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I'm with Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens on this! A plague on all their houses!
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