As we skip ahead to 1861, the death penalty was subsequently abolished for acts of sodomy, and instead 'offenders' were given a minimum of 10 years imprisonment. Giddy Game Show, The 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 7 (UK) 52 x 10 minute episodes "Giddy's ready". "Gorilla's ready". "Gus is… The bus was a deal with Western National, the local bus operator for Cornwall & Plymouth. They ran minibus routes that were branded as Hoppa, so one bus (Mercedes L608D C990 GCV) was given full Gus Honeybun branding along with the slogan "Hop on a Hoppa with Gus" and used on routes around Plymouth: Roger Ollerearnshaw met Vivianne (nee Linfoot) in 1957 at the weekly Saturday hop at The Winter Gardens, on Penzance Promenade. News Punches, flying, bunny hops, and birthdays, retired west country icon Gus Honeybun reveals all about his television stardom

Gus Honeybun would send coded messages to the LGBT+ community

People in Plymouth are being given a chance to have a selfie with legendary TV puppet Gus Honeybun. The puppet was spoofed on Victoria Wood As Seen On TV by Susie Blake's continuity announcer character accompanied by 'Wally Wallaby'. Terry Wogan for some time referred to Gloria Hunniford (whose show preceded his on national BBC Radio 2) as Gloria Honeybun. Our ex-boss, David Sutherland, who was head of presentation, came up with the idea of getting a character and that was Gus,” Judi told me. Gay Jones took up a temporary job at Television South West - and was responsible for operating the region's treasure.Dr Butler said: "Kids would send in their birthdays and he would read them out. He used to press a magic button too, and that was all totally legit.

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Across the South West, he’s bunny hopped and helped a whole generation (or two) celebrate their birthday in style.

Out in the arse end of the UK we had a monstrous tiger thing, described in this amusingly sour-grapesy article. But Dr Alan Butler, co-director of Pride in Plymouth and Plymouth LGBT Archive coordinator says presenter Ian Stirling would use Mr Honeybun to send out secret coded messages to the LGBT+ community. There were lots of presenters, and then Ian Stirling and I came along. He was a wonderful Scottish actor, had a great sense of humour, and we started to do some more ambitious things with Gus.” The Box has two of the four Gus Honeybun puppets that were made in its collections, including the puppet that took part in this final broadcast. He also influenced the network by rescheduling or removing programmes from the schedule and replacing them with local output. He kept his station’s continuity puppet Gus Honeybun, who was Ruth Langsford’s first co-presenter before later joining Phillip Schofield on the This Morning sofa, instead of opting for Children’s ITV network continuity.

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But less than 20 years later, The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 was introduced - making any male homosexual act illegal – even acts committed in private could be prosecuted. TSW continuity used to include a simulated lounge with a fireplace, Christmas tree and everything to make it warm and cosy. During the TSW era, Gus was broadcast twice a day on weekdays (before and after Children's ITV), and usually once a day at weekends. The show usually lasted about 2 or 3 minutes per episode. From 1987 to 1990, TSW used to often opt out of showing the first and last Children's ITV in-vision continuity links of the day so it could fit in Gus' birthday slot on weekday afternoons. Family flowers only and if anyone would like to make a donation in Paul’s memory please consider donating to the Royal College of Nursing Strike Fund www.bit.ly/RCNStrikeFund We used to have a lot of rubber bands that came in with the cards, and I would steal the sweets, and there would be little messages saying ‘this is for Gus, not you aunty Judi’, and we’d have a fight. Anyway, all the rubber bands that came in with the cards would get sorted out downstairs, and I would ask for the rubber bands. So what we did, like a baby bouncer, is to get Gus on the bands and I would come on and whoever was in the studio would let him go, and he’d fly through the air.A 'radical' bookshop opened up on Mutley Plain in 1982, owned by couple Prudence De Villiers and Gay Jones. The show changed title a number of times and was known variously as The Gus Honeybun Show, The Gus Honeybun Programme, Gus Honeybun’s Playtime and Gus Honeybun’s Birthdays.

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It's celebrated in February to coincide with the 2003 abolition of Section 28, an act introduced by Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988. This banned local authorities from ‘promoting homosexuality’ or ‘pretended family relationships’.Gus Honeybun first hit the screens of Westward Television in 1961 and later Television South West, from 1961 to December 1992. The callous murder of Terry Sweet and brutal beating of Bernard ‘Bernie’ Hawken was carried out by three teenage thugs in Plymouth’s Central Park on November 6, 1995. If you won't allow people to define themselves and use the words they'd use, you're denying them their own identity and opportunity for the LGBT community in Plymouth to start feeling like a community," Dr Butler said.