Rolf Harris

Shrews · May 2023

Hurling_Fruitmig said:

It seems I grew up during Peak Paedo: Savile, Harris, Hall and many more. If only we'd heeded the warnings that were out there:

I wonder if there was some suspicion by the NTNOCN team with regards to his behaviour? Perhaps disguised a little to get past the BBC, disguised in trying to make it look like the kids were being forced to attend his shows rather than for being a sicko?

As with Savile, I'm guessing plenty of people suspected, and no doubt Pamela/Griff/Rowan and Mel were shrewd enough to still have a dig without making it obvious. Perhaps they felt a little dig might be enough to make him 'stop' ? Of course they should've reported it if known for sure, but back then it would have been career suicide.

Nowadays I don't think a similar group of budding comedians would hesitate, thankfully.

Could all be coincidence of course!

proggy · May 2023

Dominic said:

he was supposed to do that 2 weeks ago

He did actually die 2 weeks ago, but the coroner has only just been able to tell who it is.....

Deadman · May 2023

Can you tell what it is yet?

Yeah, I can. It’s your dead body, ya filthy paedo.

Happy days

roberty · May 2023

Dominic said:

Dominic said:

he was supposed to do that 2 weeks ago

Turns out I WAS right all along !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roll up Roll up .......If anybody wants Lottery numbers you can PM me ..........only £50 for a line
get in quick all they'll all be wanting them

You get all the numbers right as long as they're dead nonces

Kittyfrisk · May 2023

Tribute. noun (RESPECTFUL ACTION)

something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

roberty · May 2023

Kittyfrisk said:

Tribute. noun (RESPECTFUL ACTION)
something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

scrumhalf · May 2023

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Devil#20 · May 2023

scrumhalf said:

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Yep. A certain lead guitarist of a legendary rock band from the late 60's and 70's. It's my favourite band and one of my favourite guitarists but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable about this side of him. She hasn't complained so no case to answer but still doesn't make it right.

ICBM · May 2023

DrCornelius said:

He came to my school once to give a presentation . He had a really dirty Mercedes IIRC and someone wrote Rolf is a cun* ‘ all over it in the dirt and let his tyres down in the school car park. Rolf apparently got angry and the headmaster went beserk but no one admitted to it.

I always wondered if that kid was some sort of 1980’s Bromley Nostradamus .

Or knew one of his victims…

scrumhalf said:

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Savile. Died a free man without even being charged, despite all the evidence against him for decades. No justice at all for him.

Danny1969 · May 2023

I was dep'ing in a band in the early nineties that did a support slot at a gig where Harris was the star turn. I had a fond memory of the comedy of watching a wobble board being soundchecked but not now.

There's a doc on ITV, Hiding in plain site that's a pretty good account

lustycourtier · May 2023

Dominic said:

Dominic said:

he was supposed to do that 2 weeks ago

Turns out I WAS right all along !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roll up Roll up .......If anybody wants Lottery numbers you can PM me ..........only £50 for a line
get in quick all they'll all be wanting them

Makes you wonder why is was 13 days before announced....Which Royals were present at funeral I wonder?

RobDavies · May 2023

Offset · May 2023

Devil#20 said:

scrumhalf said:

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Yep. A certain lead guitarist of a legendary rock band from the late 60's and 70's. It's my favourite band and one of my favourite guitarists but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable about this side of him. She hasn't complained so no case to answer but still doesn't make it right.

Unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much :-(

Philly_Q · May 2023

Offset said:

Devil#20 said:

scrumhalf said:

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Yep. A certain lead guitarist of a legendary rock band from the late 60's and 70's. It's my favourite band and one of my favourite guitarists but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable about this side of him. She hasn't complained so no case to answer but still doesn't make it right.

Unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much :-(

It doesn't, but I think we've guessed who it is. As Rolf would have said.

Teyeplayer · May 2023

Philly_Q said:

Offset said:

Devil#20 said:

scrumhalf said:

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Yep. A certain lead guitarist of a legendary rock band from the late 60's and 70's. It's my favourite band and one of my favourite guitarists but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable about this side of him. She hasn't complained so no case to answer but still doesn't make it right.

Unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much :-(

It doesn't, but I think we've guessed who it is. As Rolf would have said.

I’m still amazed operation yew tree didn’t pull him in! For someone who was partial to a weighty ballon he seemed to float through that debacle.

Devil#20 · May 2023

Bet Rolf wishes he'd got the name of Cliff Richards' solicitor when they started investigating him.

guitartango · May 2023

I feel sorry for his daughter, can't have been nice for her.

maw4neu · June 2023

I read that there is a belief shared by some that Rolf was innocent and that the whole Trial was a huge miscarriage of justice, if that's even remotely true, then his daughter will be heartbroken, as I'm sure she is anyway . . Either way, what a fall from grace ! ! Rolf was such a high profile Celebrity during my childhood . . . .

I'm sure there are many other celebrity nonces' as well as non celebrity nonces' hiding in plain sight . . . its so annoying that there names are kept from the papers & media and that so often their crimes are only revealed after their death. That said, it must be horrific for people who are wrongly accused who have their names leaked . .

I often remember back when I was 18 years old ( in 1980 ) and a good friend at the time (Tony Welsh) knew a lad who had been taken into care for a while in Rochdale. The young chap told Tony that Cyril Smith was a nonce, and more importantly he told Tony that Cyril Smith's behaviour was well known to many, even to the Police . .

Cyril Smith died in 2010 aged 82 and then In April 2014, it was reported that there had been over 140 complaints against Smith from victims as young as eight years of age. . . . . How can that be ???

usedtobe · June 2023

Kittyfrisk said:

Tribute. noun (RESPECTFUL ACTION)
something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

There’s another kind of tribute, apparently..

usedtobe · June 2023

Offset said:

Devil#20 said:

scrumhalf said:

Tannin said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/disgraced-paedophile-rolf-harris-dies-aged-93/12371306

Odd headline - are there paedophiles who haven't been disgraced?

Yep. A certain lead guitarist of a legendary rock band from the late 60's and 70's. It's my favourite band and one of my favourite guitarists but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable about this side of him. She hasn't complained so no case to answer but still doesn't make it right.

Unfortunately that doesn't narrow it down much :-(

There were loads of them, apparently, up to the hilt in the same underage groupies.. pretty much an open secret, at the time, and since..

markguitarblaze · June 2023

maw4neu said:

I read that there is a belief shared by some that Rolf was innocent and that the whole Trial was a huge miscarriage of justice, if that's even remotely true, then his daughter will be heartbroken, as I'm sure she is anyway . . Either way, what a fall from grace ! ! Rolf was such a high profile Celebrity during my childhood . . . .

I'm sure there are many other celebrity nonces' as well as non celebrity nonces' hiding in plain sight . . . its so annoying that there names are kept from the papers & media and that so often their crimes are only revealed after their death. That said, it must be horrific for people who are wrongly accused who have their names leaked . .

I often remember back when I was 18 years old ( in 1980 ) and a good friend at the time (Tony Welsh) knew a lad who had been taken into care for a while in Rochdale. The young chap told Tony that Cyril Smith was a nonce, and more importantly he told Tony that Cyril Smith's behaviour was well known to many, even to the Police . .

Cyril Smith died in 2010 aged 82 and then In April 2014, it was reported that there had been over 140 complaints against Smith from victims as young as eight years of age. . . . . How can that be ???

David Steel knew but said he didn't think it was his responsibility to do anything.

markguitarblaze · June 2023

usedtobe said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Tribute. noun (RESPECTFUL ACTION)
something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

There’s another kind of tribute, apparently..

Not that i know of. WTAF would make anyone post a tribute to a piece of **** like him?

munckee · June 2023

markguitarblaze said:

maw4neu said:

I read that there is a belief shared by some that Rolf was innocent and that the whole Trial was a huge miscarriage of justice, if that's even remotely true, then his daughter will be heartbroken, as I'm sure she is anyway . . Either way, what a fall from grace ! ! Rolf was such a high profile Celebrity during my childhood . . . .

I'm sure there are many other celebrity nonces' as well as non celebrity nonces' hiding in plain sight . . . its so annoying that there names are kept from the papers & media and that so often their crimes are only revealed after their death. That said, it must be horrific for people who are wrongly accused who have their names leaked . .

I often remember back when I was 18 years old ( in 1980 ) and a good friend at the time (Tony Welsh) knew a lad who had been taken into care for a while in Rochdale. The young chap told Tony that Cyril Smith was a nonce, and more importantly he told Tony that Cyril Smith's behaviour was well known to many, even to the Police . .

Cyril Smith died in 2010 aged 82 and then In April 2014, it was reported that there had been over 140 complaints against Smith from victims as young as eight years of age. . . . . How can that be ???

David Steel knew but said he didn't think it was his responsibility to do anything.

That should be an imprisonable act in itself and is surely?

markguitarblaze · June 2023

munckee said:

markguitarblaze said:

maw4neu said:

I read that there is a belief shared by some that Rolf was innocent and that the whole Trial was a huge miscarriage of justice, if that's even remotely true, then his daughter will be heartbroken, as I'm sure she is anyway . . Either way, what a fall from grace ! ! Rolf was such a high profile Celebrity during my childhood . . . .

I'm sure there are many other celebrity nonces' as well as non celebrity nonces' hiding in plain sight . . . its so annoying that there names are kept from the papers & media and that so often their crimes are only revealed after their death. That said, it must be horrific for people who are wrongly accused who have their names leaked . .

I often remember back when I was 18 years old ( in 1980 ) and a good friend at the time (Tony Welsh) knew a lad who had been taken into care for a while in Rochdale. The young chap told Tony that Cyril Smith was a nonce, and more importantly he told Tony that Cyril Smith's behaviour was well known to many, even to the Police . .

Cyril Smith died in 2010 aged 82 and then In April 2014, it was reported that there had been over 140 complaints against Smith from victims as young as eight years of age. . . . . How can that be ???

David Steel knew but said he didn't think it was his responsibility to do anything.

That should be an imprisonable act in itself and is surely?

Should be but he is, or more accurately was, a politician, so the same rules apply to David Steele as Cyril Smith. The only difference is that David Steele is living in the Scottish Borders on a fat pension care of the tax payer.

proggy · June 2023

RobDavies said:

I heard that his family had his ashes scattered in the sea.

In between two little buoys.

EricTheWeary · June 2023

Paul_C said:

munckee said:

Dominic said:

Am I a few days early ?

So you want to leave a tribute for a not dead paedophile?

Thats original I’ll give you that.

ephebophile, not paedophile

I'd suggest that neither are appropriate terms as they qualify sexual offending against children as attraction; abusing others who have not or are not able to give their consent isn't on a par with fancying Doreen who works behind the bar at the Dog and Duck. Harris was a convicted sex offender (or sexual offender) who's victims included children.

I have one of his books somewhere, we played one of his songs at my father's funeral, I remember being reduced to tears watching him on Animal Hospital. I feel some sense of personal resentment towards him, that he let me down But obviously that's all very slight compared to what he did to his victims and how devastated his family must have been. I don't think it's surprising that some people are in denial at what he did, it's an unsurprising reaction as a way to make sense of it. We should be mourning the loss of a beloved entertainer but it turns out he was a man who peppered his life with abusive acts. Sad.

nero1701 · June 2023

proggy said:

RobDavies said:

I heard that his family had his ashes scattered in the sea.

In between two little buoys.

Joking about paedophilia is generally poor form.

proggy · June 2023

nero1701 said:

proggy said:

RobDavies said:

I heard that his family had his ashes scattered in the sea.

In between two little buoys.

Joking about paedophilia is generally poor form.

Firstly, it wasn't a joke about paedophilia, it was a pun on his hit song.

Secondly, I couldn't care less what you think.

nero1701 · June 2023

proggy said:

nero1701 said:

proggy said:

RobDavies said:

I heard that his family had his ashes scattered in the sea.

In between two little buoys.

Joking about paedophilia is generally poor form.

Firstly, it wasn't a joke about paedophilia, it was a pun on his hit song.

Secondly, I couldn't care less what you think.

We're all entitled to our own opinion, but, obviously you cared enough to respond.

Offset · June 2023

Probably time to bury this thread along with its' subject.

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