Originally Posted by
JamesWales
I'm quite interested in these opinions actually. I remember Jimll Fix It, I guess it ended when I was maybe 10 or so and it was an iconic programme that I enjoyed - who wouldn't?
For most of my life he was a creepy older guy who Iike most people I found very weird, but I suppose in an eccentric way. In my twenties, I don't recall it being common knowledge that he was beset by rumours. The most common opinion was just that he was weird, and I obviously didn't spend much time thinking about it either, he was just an old celebrity.
That seemed to change a bit after the famous (and excellent) Louis Theroux interviews, but again he just seemed weird more than anything.
I remember him dying and randomly I was on the phone to a call centre in Leeds and the girl said the city was in mourning etc, albeit in a bit of a jokey way.
Do you think it was common knowledge that he had been committing the crimes we now know he did? I'm genuinely interested to know what people who were adults at the time felt