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Post by Gene Hunt on Jul 18, 2020 19:05:34 GMT
An interesting photo I chanced upon earlier today, taken in Madame Tussauds stock room in the early 1970s. How many can you identify without zooming in to see the names? I'll start you off with 2nd row from bottom and 5th from left - Tony Hancock.  Gene. |
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 18, 2020 20:05:03 GMT
Above Hancock is WG Grace then Morecambe & Wise and Sammy Davis Jr. 4th shelf down on the far left looks like Jason Donovan but is Sterling Moss according to the label, next to him looks like Cilla Black. Bob Hope I think 4th along on the bottom shelf. Somerset Maugham on 4th shelf 3rd from right. Looks like Tommy Steele on the 5th shelf far left. Amy Johnson 3rd shelf 3rd left.
I'd be guessing at most of them I think.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 18, 2020 20:15:19 GMT
I got eighteen. Not that easy really the likeness of the dummy heads isn't too good, also the photo is a bit dark, but I had a lot of fun trying to work out who they were.
Really enjoyed it. I'm going to have another look now.
Yuri Gargarin, Laurence Olivier Richard Nixon, Sammy Davis Jnr, James Callaghan, Ian Smith, Jackie Onassiss, Aristotle, Onnasiss, Bob Hope, Cilla Black, David Frost, Ken Dodd, George Brown, R.A. Butler, Bobby Moore, Indira Gandhi, Eric Morcombe, Ernie Wise,
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 18, 2020 20:18:40 GMT
I forgot to put W. Churchill one of the easiest too.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 18, 2020 21:52:03 GMT
The head I thought was Tommy Steele is athlete David Hemery & the one I thought was Somerset Maugham is politician Rab Butler. They forgot the teeth on Ken Dodd, I thought it was Hughie Green.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jul 18, 2020 21:55:43 GMT
I've not been to Madame Tussauds for many years but I hope they've improved over time as those from the 70s are difficult to recognise. Yes there are some there that I recognise but I think Charles has covered those plus a few more besides.
I do admit to scanning through and then opening the picture full size to zoom in and seeing if I had the names right - but most weren't. Some names I don't recognise either so it makes me wonder who some of them actually were and why they were chosen to be exhibits.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 18, 2020 22:02:03 GMT
I think I'd rather go to a bad waxwork museum like the one featured in this article in Great Yarmouth-
Madam Tussauds in Blackpool is the only one I've visited, the Chamber Of Horrors was the highlight, I think this area was age restricted & I recall having to sneak in to see it.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 18, 2020 22:55:08 GMT
I went to Madame Tussauds on at least two occasions in the eighties. When I next went in 2008 I thought there was a vast improvement in the place.
I thought it was worth the entrance fee. I dont know what they're charging these days though.
I've been to the London Dungeon a few times and I thought that was quite good. They have actors playing ghoulish murderers who creep up on you from dark alleys among other things.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Jul 19, 2020 9:26:39 GMT
I’m not much cop with that! But interesting to see. I hadn’t really thought that, once people leave the public consciousness somewhat, they’re probably removed from it, otherwise the exhibits would grow exponentially! I’ve never been and not sure I have any desire to do so, really. Although, I do admire the skill required to make them.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 20, 2020 20:30:33 GMT
Surprising that waxwork 'museums' still exist, can't imagine young kids today being excited by them. As for updating the figures, the chamber of horrors no longer exists at Madame Tussauds in Blackpool, rightly so as it's hard to defend exhibiting a waxwork of Peter Sutcliffe.
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