[Alf]

Steptoe and Son aired for the first time on 7th June 1962, 60 years ago today.

The Godfather of sitcoms. Set the template of the sitcom and every one that has followed owes it a debt of gratitude.

A milestone date in television

Youtube video

[arista]

Yes,
but shame about the old actor
arrested in Toilet
Gay Sex was illegal then.


[Brambell was a gay man at a time when
male homosexual acts were illegal
in England and Wales until 1967.
In 1962, he was arrested in a toilet in
Shepherd's Bush for persistently importuning
and given a conditional discharge.]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Brambell

[arista]

Yes,
but shame about the old actor
arrested in Toilet
Gay Sex was illegal then.


[Brambell was a gay man at a time when
male homosexual acts were illegal
in England and Wales until 1967.
In 1962, he was arrested in a toilet in
Shepherd's Bush for persistently importuning
and given a conditional discharge.]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Brambell

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes,
but shame about the old actor
arrested in Toilet
Gay Sex was illegal then.


[Brambell was a gay man at a time when
male homosexual acts were illegal
in England and Wales until 1967.
In 1962, he was arrested in a toilet in
Shepherd's Bush for persistently importuning
and given a conditional discharge.]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Brambell

That's where the gay men used to go in those days, the public toilets. George Michael didn't need to do that but he was a traditionalist.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

That's where the gay men used to go in those days, the public toilets. George Michael didn't need to do that but he was a traditionalist.

Yes that Actor
back then was Dumb.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes that Actor
back then was Dumb.

He (Wilfred Brambell) was probably drunk, he usually was. He used to be drunk whilst shooting the show.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

He (Wilfred Brambell) was probably drunk, he usually was. He used to be drunk whilst shooting the show.

No he was Gay
and broke the law, back then.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

No he was Gay
and broke the law, back then.

Good on him. It was an oppressive law and was right to be broken.

Stop bringing a downer on the 60th birthday of this great TV show.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

Good on him. It was an oppressive law and was right to be broken.

Stop bringing a downer on the 60th birthday of this great TV show.

Typical of You to Hide this

[arista]

[Brambell, pictured in 1971, could hardly have been
more different from the character that made his name.
Dapper and fashionable, he was extremely well-spoken]


[A life in the closet, his wife's secret affair
with their lodger and the wicked betrayal over
the son he'd raised as his own... Steptoe & Son
star Wilfrid Brambell's heartbreaking personal life
is laid bare in a new eye-opening biography
by DAVID CLAYTON]

[You Dirty Old Man!, by David Clayton, is published by The History Press]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...biography.html

[arista]

[rusticgal]

My dad enjoyed watching it…I was young but he repulsed me…especially when he had a bath in the kitchen sink..

[arista]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

My dad enjoyed watching it…I was young but he repulsed me…especially when he had a bath in the kitchen sink..

Yes lets hope Alf or LT
finds the Bath Video


Dirty old git
getting a good washing from his Son.
In a Great Episode.

In the Kitchen Sink

[LeatherTrumpet]

My Dad loved the show and i would watch it with him

Youtube video