As a child i went to Zeebrugge and Ostend several times and used the Herald of free enterprise the year before she sunk, Can’t believe that its 20year ago.
I think at least for Europe lessons were learnt from this accident but sadly these lessons don’t seem to have been learnt in other parts of the world and at least one of “Heralds” sister ships have been involved in disasters in other parts of the world.

Sad sad news, Another great of comedy leaves us, his saying “I’m Freee” has become part of British culture and brings back such fond memories.
R.I.P John Inman.

People like bland brand still haven’t been tested yet lets see if there still popular with a new audience in twenty or god forbid fifty years,like harry and spike were.
Im very choosy with new talent believe me ive seen hundreds of live acts some good some utter crap.
Among the new acts ,peter kay shines far above the rest at the moment just because of his inoffensive humour and hes a class writer.

But enough of pulling at petes hackles:diablo: :diablo:
Id like to add to the list the great Stanley unwin.
http://www.stanleyunwin.com/home2.htm

I have to say i have very similar views to you when it comes to comedy, I would also say Peter Kay is the best of the bunch, I know from his interviews he puts Ronnie Barker as one of his idols and i think that influence shows through.
I feel some of the more modern comedians feel just to shock is funny, But comedy is more than that.

Many years ago, when I actually bothered to watch Television, Les dawson was one of my favourite comedians. His jokes about the mother in law, never failed to make me laugh. This man was a comic genius, far better than whats around these days. I am glad there will be a statue to remember him by, he certainly deserves to be remembered, as one of the great comedians.
Other comedians that really made me laugh, and deserve a statue are,

Ronnie Barker.

Tommy Cooper.

Tony Hancock.

Harry H Corbett.

It’s really great to be posting on this thread, because it brings back memories, of the greatest era in comedy. It really is very sad, that they are no longer with us.
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I have to agree with your list totally, And feel its a great thing that there will be a statue for Les Dawson, Eric Morcambe has already been remembered this way and i feel its a great idea.

Along with your list i would add the following comedy hero’s
*Sid James
*Peter Sellers
*Benny Hill

I also thought it would be nice if the new wembley staduim tributed the heroes of old with a statue representing the whole world cup of 1966 squad not just Bobby Moore, and a statue of Freddie Mercury who without a doubt was a hero of Wembley.

Aviation wise there are many too, I personally would like to see a statue on the old Croydon Airport site for Amy Johnson.
I also hope at some point we will be able to remember Alex Henshaw and Ray Hanna in some way, I hope i do not offend anyone by mentioning this.

Its a great shame that Over Here is not available on DVD, I guess there has not been a great demand for it to be released, Which is a pity as it was a good show, And i haven’t seen it since it was on TV.

I am a great fan of John Sullivan’s writing and would love to add “Over Here” to my collection with his other classics “Citizen Smith” and “Only Fools and Horses”.
We can only hope it will get released one day, After all its the perfect show Good writing,comedy and “Warbirds” what more could you want?.

Hope a new sponsor can be found soon, Red Bull did a great job keeping this unique aircraft in the Air and i think in return the Sea Vixen proved a great advertisment for them, I had a fair few non Aviation fans say they saw a “Large jet in Red Bull colours, and asking me what it was”.

The Aishow scene will be a lot poorer if she is not around, I have to admit i am very fond of her i do not mind what colours she flies in just as long as she flies, Although i would rather not see her in the D3 Drone colours again because that reminds me of my only bad memory of her at Biggin in 2001.

Of course Rob is correct that this is fiction, But what troubles me is that this petition has made its way on to quiet a lot of forums and the rumour and myth has spread, This itself i feel is dangerous as people will start believing it.

There are already laws and guidelines for photography that if you follow you should have no problems, Basically its about being sensible and if in doubt find out more before you carry out your hobby, Best advice i can give is avoid taking photo’s of anything security sensitive and do not take any photo’s on the Railway system(unless given permission to) and obviously do not put yourself at risk to get a photo.