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CaroDane Sat 24-Aug-19 08:33:52

I must confess to occasionally getting an attack of palpatations that have nothing to do with a badly digested jammy dodger when certain CHAPS appear on the telly.
Even at my advanced age I'm not immune to a celebrity crush!

Mine are - Monty Don
Kim Bodnia (thanks to Lessismore for reminding me)
Michael Portillo
Jeremy Paxman
Simon Schama
Andrew Scott ( I know, black armbands all round ladies)
And the winner of my Nobel Prize for Hunk of the Year.......DAVID OLUSOGA ( A House Through Time)
I just love to see him staring gravely at the camera when he's about to announce another resident wiped off the face of the earth by typhoid, bankruptcy or lunacy.

I keep a picture of him I cut out of the paper stuck in the back of my diary. He's between my Sacred Heart prayer card, and my Farmfood coupons.

Who do you secretly long for?

WOODMOUSE49 Sat 24-Aug-19 20:16:08

Luckygirl

How could I have forgotten Douglas Henshall. I'm a huge Shetland fan. Love his eyes ...

Barmeyoldbat Sat 24-Aug-19 20:21:30

Oh how could I forget David Essex, I use to sleep with his photo under my pillow.j My sister use to have a crush on Rod Stewart and when we use to have arguments I only had to say he looked like a toilet brush with his hair and she would cry. Sisterly love.

BBbevan Sat 24-Aug-19 20:38:53

My very first was Eric Fleming as Gil Favour in Rawhide
Bryan Ferry
Suzanne Jones ( as Anne Lister)!!!!
Colin Firth ( as Mr Darcy)
there must have been loads of others but can't recall them

Sara65 Sat 24-Aug-19 20:42:29

My friend and I had massive crushes on Cat Stevens, we would sit on my bed singing about the ill fated Lady DeBanville. (haven’t the slightest idea if that’s the correct spelling)

Deedaa Sat 24-Aug-19 20:51:01

My secret passion is Toto Wolff, the head of the Mercedes Formula One team. Tall, dark and gorgeous with a sexy Austrian accent and a lovely smile. Unfortunately he also has a lovely wife, the beautiful Suzie Wolff!

KatyK Sat 24-Aug-19 21:14:15

Sara Paul would have definitely spotted you and dumped Jane. I could never understand what George saw in tall, blonde, willowy super model Patti when I was there in the back streets of Birmingham!

Glammy57 Sat 24-Aug-19 21:23:12

luckygirl I had Douglas Henshall on my list!

Sara65 Sat 24-Aug-19 21:25:01

katyk

So many missed opportunities!

CaroDane Sat 24-Aug-19 21:45:25

Sarah65 I know for a fact that Paul Mac has loads of cousins back home and sends all of them a hamper for Christmas. He really is as nice as you think you is!

CaroDane Sat 24-Aug-19 21:53:53

Come on Rufus2 come and play in the Argy Bargy! Poor Jude Law and George Clooney need a rest from all the voracious minxes that frequent that den of iniquity!
PORK SCRATCHINGS. POTEEN. POLE DANCING.
What more can a man want?

CaroDane Sat 24-Aug-19 21:54:43

Sarah65 or even HE IS confused

Sara65 Sat 24-Aug-19 21:57:30

Caro

I would have expected nothing less!

CaroDane Sat 24-Aug-19 22:00:13

I used to love the actor Anthony Bate. I met him a few times professionally and he was gorgeous. Really really beautiful eyes.

JessK Sat 24-Aug-19 22:22:58

Paul Newman was my first crush. it was those blue eyes. David Bowie and Idris Elba too.

callgirl1 Sat 24-Aug-19 22:55:18

KatyK, would that be the concert where Elvis was sitting with a group of girls at his feet? My eldest daughter and I drool over that as well, that was when he was at his sexiest, Mmmmm!!!

SirChenjin Sat 24-Aug-19 23:08:04

My current crush is Julian Norton from The Yorkshire Vet. I really must get out more.

Rufus2 Sun 25-Aug-19 06:02:51

David Essex autographed my arm (many years ago blush)
I didn't wash that section for weeks!

Phoenix; Good job it was only your arm! Or was it? grin grin

Blinko Sun 25-Aug-19 07:59:50

For me it would be Alan Rickman (by a country mile!); James Norton; Barack Obama; Neil Oliver. Oh and Laurence Fox (aka James Hathaway).

Loving this thread!

Jangran99 Sun 25-Aug-19 08:53:38

For me Richard Gere all the way for looks,
James Martin looks and cooks,
Barry Manilow's music while I drool over the other two ?

KatyK Sun 25-Aug-19 09:50:08

Yes callgirl that's the one. Lovely..

BradfordLass72 Sun 25-Aug-19 12:07:49

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Idris Elba, Rufus Sewell and the young Robert Redford.
The adorable Richard Griffiths RIP. Martin Shaw.

None of these were crushes but cute and appreciate in movies (when I could see them!! grin)

NZ actors: James Rolleston, Alex Tarrant, Temuera Morrison who seems to have matured nicely.

Julian Dennison who was brilliant in 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' one of the best films NZ has ever made..... and beautiful Stan Walker, also in that movie.

CaroDane Sun 25-Aug-19 12:18:38

BradfordLass72 are you sure you uploaded the right pictures there and not your recent holiday snaps grin

Beckett Sun 25-Aug-19 13:11:13

Looks like I have Ryan Reynolds all to myself - now all I have to do is work out how to get him interested in a 70 year old overweight woman he has never met and steal him away from his gorgeous wife!

Rufus2 Sun 25-Aug-19 14:03:02

voracious minxes that frequent that den of iniquity!
What more can a man want?
CaroDane; You claim to be of "advanced age", but modesty obviously prevents you from revealing on how many fronts you've advanced; not from the rear I trust! grin
At a guess I'd say you are one of those voracious minxes, (I've heard of various voracious appetites, including food!) and judging by your demeanour in your posts I'd
say you are a bit of a "live-wire" and yet to advance past 60; profound apologies if I've over-estimated! wink

What else does a man want? Well. in the absence of identifiable Grandads, you'll have to take my word for it, but even an expurgated version will bore your socks off at this late hour. hmm
OoRoo

CaroDane Sun 25-Aug-19 14:31:56

Rufus2 the only thing remotely near 60 in this house is my waist size! Try adding 10, subtracting three, dividing it by 2, and then multiply it by the square root of 50 and you'll be nearer the mark of my true age.

How do we know you're even a real grandad? You could be the alter ego of Mavis wearing a false beard and a tweed jacket to confuse the opposition!

On the other hand Rufus is a very manly name, unless you're really called Reginald.

I have a vision in my head now of you dressed like Russell Crowe in Gladiator striding up and down by the meat counter in Morrisons, flourishing your giant baguette, ready to challenge another in your battle for the last pork chop.

You might even end up on here as someone's celebrity crush?

Believe me I have it on good authority that many of these gransnetters spend their weekends forcing their unfortunate offspring to the swing park, just in the hope of meeting a virile OAP just like yourself smile

OK then. Celebrity crush -

RUFUS2. smile