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HollyDaze Thu 12-Jun-14 11:16:28

I'm not sure I've spelt that correctly (it doesn't look right anyway) but it gives the gist: who were your heartthrobs and has it changed over the years?

Mine were:

Clint Eastwood (in his Rawhide and spaghetti western days)
Steve McQueen

and, oddly enough

David Bowie

Now I have developed a soft spot for David Dimbleby!

HollyDaze Fri 13-Jun-14 13:09:16

Ooh, yes, I had a thing for David Soul as well smile - lucky you meeting him! Did he give you that dazzling smile he had?

KatyK Fri 13-Jun-14 12:48:50

used to have a thing about David Soul when he was in Starsky & Hutch. I met him once and he said 'hi, how are you' and shook my hand. I just gawped at him blush

Elegran Fri 13-Jun-14 12:10:02

Do you mean this man, aka ? If so, I agree with you. Can't remember him in the Canterbury Tales, but I like the look of him. Dishy!

Ana Fri 13-Jun-14 11:56:15

James Nesbitt, Aka?

(Was getting confused there, of course Stephen Fry is neither fanciable nor Irish! grin)

rubysong Fri 13-Jun-14 11:51:31

Try me with the folk musicians cross stitch Jon Boden is rather tasty.

crossstitchgill Fri 13-Jun-14 09:18:13

When I was at grammar school it was PJ Proby. Several of us had pictures of him on the inside of our desk lids! Nowadays it is Rufus Sewell, Richard Armitage and some young folk musicians who people will probably not heard of.

Mrso Fri 13-Jun-14 00:06:08

Pete duel from alias smith & jones

besottedgran Thu 12-Jun-14 23:44:11

Oh, Robert Horton was my dream. I kissed his photo every night and used to pray that I'd dream of him!

Tegan Thu 12-Jun-14 23:32:25

I've never seen [or heard] of that Gagagran but a combination of him and Connemmara sounds very nice. At the moment I have a crush on Anthony Horowitz after seeing him on The wright Stuff yesterday.

Aka Thu 12-Jun-14 23:19:38

Meant chappy (using useless Kindle)

Aka Thu 12-Jun-14 23:18:37

No not Stephen Fry (meant cheaply) he's not fancyable....(fanciable?) The Irish fella.

Ana Thu 12-Jun-14 23:11:17

Well, I'm sure Stephen Fry would love being described as 'cheaply'! grin
(seriously)

Aka Thu 12-Jun-14 23:07:39

Yes Ana that's who I meant. I'm useless on names. Still can't remember the other cheaply though.

rubysong Thu 12-Jun-14 22:46:56

Ah holly I get it now. No I am not a vicar. I did love the V of D and remember she had Sean's picture on the wall. I don't mind a Curly Wirly now and again though.

HollyDaze Thu 12-Jun-14 22:20:52

rubysong - just in case, I was referring to Geraldine Granger (Dawn French) in the Vicar of Dibley - she was madly in love with Sean Bean smile

rubysong Thu 12-Jun-14 22:07:02

Sorry, that should have been holly

rubysong Thu 12-Jun-14 22:06:05

-holly- no, I'm not Geraldine, but she clearly is a woman of taste.

Dragonfly1 Thu 12-Jun-14 21:38:45

Only just read this thread and oh my days! Robert Horton! I had an absolute crush on him when I was about eleven or twelve. I'd forgotten! And Scott Engel from the Walker Brothers was my teenage passion. Now it's Gary Barlow, Peter Egan and Martin Hughes-Games from BBC Springwatch.

Deedaa Thu 12-Jun-14 21:16:51

I quite liked Robert Horton when I was at school, but my real passion was Robert Fuller in Laramie.
Since then the list has included Steve McQueen, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, papaoscar 's mention of Diana Dors reminds me that I really liked her husband Alan Lake, nowadays I've added George Clooney and Alan Rickman to the list.

HollyDaze Thu 12-Jun-14 21:06:21

rubysong

Sean Bean

Is that you Geraldine grin

HollyDaze Thu 12-Jun-14 21:03:51

d4dsquared - my mum also had a 'thing' for Patrick MacNee who played Steed in The Avengers, when he came on the screen she'd say 'ooh, look at him'; I won't repeat what my Dad used to say in response grin

chloe1984 Thu 12-Jun-14 18:33:29

Paul Newman ,Richard Gere , Mick Jagger , Colin Firth , Elvis Presley and my all time heart throb and still my number one , David Essex .

Iam64 Thu 12-Jun-14 18:20:08

Clint, Steve McQueen, Robert Mitchum, Cary Grant, Alan Rickman, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Cohen spring instantly to mind grin

BeeWitch Thu 12-Jun-14 18:18:14

Charles Dance (then & now) Colin Firth & Daniel Craig. Oh, and Sean Connery. Er.. and Donald Sutherland too. Yum. grin

FlicketyB Thu 12-Jun-14 18:13:03

Adam Faith and Jeremy Spencer