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It doesn't matter how old you are, you can still make your own special dream come true if you get in touch with
Wilfred Pickles. Maybe you want to feed a lion or pat a giraffe on the tiny top of his head; or perhaps you'd rather see the lovely lights of London reflected on the
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The series attracted a weekly audience of over 20 million and a mailbag of around 5,000 letters. Contestants could earn £1/19s/11d by sharing "their intimate secrets". In May 1954, he took the show to television with the programme
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from the church hall (now demolished), and later performed a version of the show in the adjacent school for the children.
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in 1970. He also played the part of
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to impersonate BBC broadcasters", and caused some comment by wishing his fellow northerners "Good neet".
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on 27 March 1978, aged 73, and is buried with his wife Mabel in
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Wilfred and Mabel
Pickles' grave, Southern Cemetery, Manchester
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In 1955, he opened the
Wilfred Pickles' School for Spastics at
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in Market Street, Halifax, was named after him and film actor
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Between You and Me - The Autobiography of Wilfred Pickles
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Silent footage of Pickles at a book signing, Colne 1950
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