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Old December 12th 16, 07:39 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Norman Lynagh[_5_] Norman Lynagh[_5_] is offline
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Default RIP Ian McCaskill

David Mitchell wrote:

On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 7:40:05 PM UTC+1, Col wrote:
On 12/12/2016 18:06, Alan [Guildford] wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38294661


Yes, very sad.
Very distinctive and instantly recognisable.
He is the only TV weather forecaster I remember having his own Spitting
Image puppet!

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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg


He was a lovely guy, loved his presentations. Often to be found in the shop
at the MO in Holborn and would always chat for a while.


Those were the days :-)

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr