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El Scorchio 10:26 Wed Aug 10
Raymond Briggs has built his final snowman

Died aged 88. Very talented man.

RIP.

cholo 11:47 Fri Aug 12
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I never read the book but the animated film When the Wind Blows was brilliant and darkly comic (about as dark as you can get considering the subject matter).

Russ of the BML 11:19 Fri Aug 12
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dm 11:08 Thu Aug 11

Me too.

When the Wind Blows is a book that stayed with me from the first time I read it at junior school almost 40 years ago (blimey!!).

D'you know. I've not read it since. And I can still remember the fear it put in me.

That and The Snowman are books that take me back to my childhood.

I'm going to get a copy of When the Wind Blows for my daughters now. Just out of respect for the passing os a very talented man.

I will also check out Ethel and Ernest.

Manuel 2:50 Fri Aug 12
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Never heard of him, so I won't be crying anytime soon I'm afraid.

dm 11:09 Thu Aug 11
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Real tear jerker (bloody predictive text)

dm 11:08 Thu Aug 11
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I loved the book When the Wind Blows when it came out in about 1983
I certainly remember someone having a copy of the Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman I didn't realise that was one of his.
I enjoyed the programme about him last night, which led me to watching Ethel and Ernest. I had no idea that the book and film even existed, but I sat and watched it and thought it was brilliant. As has already been said on here, it was a real teleworkers.

Tomshardware 9:32 Thu Aug 11
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Still love watching The Snowman every Christmas, all time classic. I saw that doc too tanman, from what I remember he had a sad time with his first wife who had severe mental health issues.

El Scorchio 12:46 Thu Aug 11
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Ethel and Ernest is an absolute masterpiece. Tearjerker too.

eusebiovic 11:07 Wed Aug 10
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I just watched Ethel and Ernest on BBC2 his tribute to his parents.

I'm in a right state...proper welling up thinking about my folks.

He says so much with so little 😭

yngwies Cat 7:58 Wed Aug 10
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When the Wind Blows

Proper shit me up

Rip Raymond.

Takashi Miike 12:09 Wed Aug 10
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loved Fungus the Bogeyman, just wish I'd kept the original book

tanman 11:53 Wed Aug 10
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The man is a legend. There was a TV documentary made about I dunno, about a decade ago. I saw it - what an absolute misery guts he was in real life. RIP though.

ted fenton 10:37 Wed Aug 10
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Loved The Snow Man Boxing day 1982

My son was born a year later and thought it was him with the snowman.

Rest In Peace Mr Briggs you left some fond memories.

ted fenton 10:37 Wed Aug 10
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Loved The Snow Man Boxing day 1982

My son was born a year later and thought it was him with the snowman.

Rest In Peace Mr Briggs you left some fond memories.