Should The John Peel Tent Be Renamed

[hairybear]

Surely Glastonbury should not celebrate somebody who nonced 14 and 15 year old girls

[tommmy]

Ooooh careful, you'll get deleted.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Edit:

Probably not a good idea.

Edited October 6, 2012 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[whisty]

Edit, poor taste, removed.

Edited October 6, 2012 by whisty

[Ommadawn]

And your proof?

[rexclark]

I'd be doing away with the Jonathan King Karaoke stage first.

[CaledonianGonzo]

And your proof?

[Ommadawn]

Peels' first wife was 15 years old when he married her:

http://en.wikipedia....l#United_States

Edited October 6, 2012 by Ommadawn

[abdoujaparov]

Fair point - I remember reading about that in his book now. Not sure that makes him a nonce though.

[salvador wali]

NO

[hedgepeg]

obvious troll

[Bathimp]

The best stage of the lot in my opinion and well named too

[Mackem]

not least because she lied about her age, assisted by the fact that both her parents were dead

[Spindles]

I think it should be made into a larger stage rather than a tent, it has outgrown it's tent status with the size of the acts there since it was the new bands tent.

It shouldn't lose the name. Thanks for the troll though.

[tommmy]

Surely Glastonbury should not celebrate somebody who nonced 14 and 15 year old girls

[Spindles]

Who, the nonce or the girls?

[mr gumby]

She was 15, she lied about it, he didn't know. maybe with hindsight he could've asked for proof, but would anyone honestly do that?

Besides, they got married, a fairly serious relationship. It's not like he got her drunk at a party and took advantage of her, or dragged her into the back of a van.

I for one think that it's a minor issue, and is irrelevant in comparison to the massive legacy he left behind in the music and broadcasting worlds.

Keep his name, and keep his musical passion alive!

[UEF]

Shouldn't we turn our attention to the Sir Jimmy Saville Healing Fields?

[abdoujaparov]

You can marry at 14 in Texas with parental consent.

[rexclark]

Shouldn't we turn our attention to the Sir Jimmy Saville Healing Fields?

[Mackem]

You cant now, but I dont know what the law was in the 60s

[abdoujaparov]

According this you can but no idea how reliable it is.

Edited October 6, 2012 by abdoujaparov

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Wrong thread!

Edited July 5, 2022 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[Crazyfool01]

A second thread ?  Why ? 

[Quark]

@eFestivals do you want to kill this one off? Old thread been resurrected in error, might as well keep it to the one.