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Post by hamsta2 on Feb 5, 2024 12:42:57 GMT
77 years old. RIP.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2024 12:45:01 GMT
RIP Private Pike
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Post by flea79 on Feb 5, 2024 12:48:17 GMT
truly sad day as the last main cast member from Dads Army has gone, I met Ian many times over the years with DAAS and he was alway wonderful
what a legacy he leaves behind with that show and the rest of the cast
RIP sir, you stupid boy
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Feb 5, 2024 12:58:51 GMT
truly sad day as the last main cast member from Dads Army has gone, I met Ian many times over the years with DAAS and he was alway wonderful what a legacy he leaves behind with that show and the rest of the cast RIP sir, you stupid boy Don't tell him your name Pike... RIP |
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Post by deeside2 on Feb 5, 2024 13:01:43 GMT
Great character in Dad's Army. Sad that he's gone but he will be fondly remembered.
RIP Private Pike.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Feb 5, 2024 14:22:42 GMT
RIP Pvt Pike.
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Post by spiderpuss on Feb 5, 2024 14:40:49 GMT
RIP stupid boy.
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Post by maxplonk on Feb 5, 2024 14:43:04 GMT
RIP Ian Lavender  Cartoon: Patrick Blower |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Feb 5, 2024 15:15:20 GMT
Out of the blue, he's left behind quite a memorable body of work.
RIP Mr Lavender.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Feb 5, 2024 15:49:00 GMT
End of an era - watched a couple of episodes on Gold only last night - find it somewhat depressing that youngsters aren't generally aware of the context of Dad's Army and that over 1200 Home Guard were killed in the defence of the country during it's darkest hours........
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Post by sharonbeech21 on Feb 5, 2024 16:08:24 GMT
RIP Ian Lavender brilliant as Private Pike you may be gone but you will never be forgotten
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Post by Dutchpeter on Feb 5, 2024 16:56:47 GMT
Very saddened to hear this. Worth watching a few episodes and the film for a happy remembrance. 🎶 whistle while you work, Hitler is a twerp, he’s half barmy so’s his army…..🎶
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Post by iancransonsknees on Feb 5, 2024 17:03:56 GMT
Uncle Arthur . . .
Mum won't like it . . .
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Post by flea79 on Feb 5, 2024 17:15:40 GMT
End of an era - watched a couple of episodes on Gold only last night - find it somewhat depressing that youngsters aren't generally aware of the context of Dad's Army and that over 1200 Home Guard were killed in the defence of the country during it's darkest hours........ before they were stood down they were given the ultimate honour of being the guards at Buckingham Palace for a few days and many took part |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Feb 5, 2024 18:10:42 GMT
RIP. Sad losing another great part of the past
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 5, 2024 18:26:00 GMT
I remember him on a chat show in Ireland and he lived in Galway and was great friends with Rick Wakeman
One of my fave episodes is when they threw the fish supper for his signing up but he kept quiet that he'd been rejected as liked fish and chips
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 5, 2024 21:06:13 GMT
Watched an ace episode of Dad's Army last week. They were cooking a turkey dinner for a load of pensioners.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 5, 2024 21:13:30 GMT
Watched an ace episode of Dad's Army last week. They were cooking a turkey dinner for a load of pensioners. Was that the tuxedo one? |
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Post by Gods on Feb 5, 2024 21:14:23 GMT
Crumbs, you know you are getting old when Private Pike turns up his toes 😞
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 5, 2024 21:15:27 GMT
Watched an ace episode of Dad's Army last week. They were cooking a turkey dinner for a load of pensioners. Was that the tuxedo one? No tuxedos. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 5, 2024 21:19:43 GMT
Crumbs, you know you are getting old when Private Pike turns up his toes 😞 Was it Jasper Cartot did the ..sketch Is impossible to watch it with family and friends without someone saying ..guess who died first and who is still alive etc? Don't think my Mum ever made it through an episode without mentioning James Beck dying early |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2024 21:32:46 GMT
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Post by napperwainwright on Feb 5, 2024 21:34:05 GMT
RIP Pikey lad.
Dad's Army was a big part of our Friday nights when we were young.
My Old Man was a bit of a Private Pike.
After leaving school he was a Bank Clerk during the day, but was a Home Guard member during his spare time.
Unlike Pikey though Dad was accepted by the Army and served in Normandy in 1944.
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Post by auntiegeorge on Feb 5, 2024 21:40:00 GMT
So sorry to hear this news. I'm old enough to have watched Dad's Army as the original episodes were transmitted in the 1970s and have loved and watched them ever since. The character of Pike - not yet 20, naive, childish and overprotected by his mother - was such a wonderful addition to the cast you can't imagine Dad's Army without him.
Pike: By the time we finish supper, it's always so late, you never leave our house until after I've gone to bed and then you're back early for breakfast before I'm awake. But what I can't understand is that I never hear you leave at night and I never hear you come back in.
Wilson: Well I let myself in and out very quietly.
Pike: You don't do anything else very quietly!
RIP Ian and thanks for the memories.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2024 21:43:42 GMT
I shouldn’t really like dads army at 43 years old, most of my mates think it’s rubbish but I love it. Sometimes, when you’re bored, it really does put a smile on my face
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 5, 2024 21:50:02 GMT
I think that dude is Ruth Madoc's brother...the German Was in Dr Who Dalek Invasion of Earth film if the same guy |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 5, 2024 21:52:56 GMT
I think that dude is Ruth Madoc's brother...the German Was in Dr Who Dalek Invasion of Earth film if the same guy So you had a telly in the 70’s? |
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Post by auntiegeorge on Feb 5, 2024 21:56:40 GMT
Ruth Madoc was his first wife. (Philip Madoc, not Ian Lavender!)
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Post by iancransonsknees on Feb 5, 2024 22:15:58 GMT
I shouldn’t really like dads army at 43 years old, most of my mates think it’s rubbish but I love it. Sometimes, when you’re bored, it really does put a smile on my face Episodes like where they reveal Private Godfrey as a conscientious objector a beautifully crafted in terms of writing, acting and delivery. Good comedy is good comedy, it doesn't age. I've had to grow up to appreciate that. Everything new isn't automatically better. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 5, 2024 22:18:32 GMT
Ruth Madoc was his first wife. (Philip Madoc, not Ian Lavender!) Ah ok He doesn't sound Welsh there to be fair |
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