'Hole in the Ground' by Bernard Cribbins

[@ramsfanyt8227]

RIP Bernard Cribbins who has died today at the age of 93. He will be remembered for his funny songs, narrating the wombles, Jackanory, Old Jack's Boat, Doctor Who and much much more. Forever a British Legend may he rest in peace.

[@rjjcms1]

RIP Bernard and thanks a thousand times for all the fun and laughter watching your performances and hearing those songs gave us through the years.

[@plumberman4u]

What a "Super British" voice. His narration was top quality. R. I. P.

[@london19657]

A great man,much beloved. Jackackanory and the wombles. When I grew up, he was my friendly uncle, as he was to many a young boy. Google Hornyby trains advertisment.. He was beloved. Still Is.

[@victorformosa228]

From the Railway Children to the Publican in Frenzy.

[@user-gc3gl5bl2n]

Yeah I don't see me getting 2 93, so let's have another cup of tea

[@NonFatMead]

Seems fitting to listen to this one. RIP Bernard. True legend.

[@stephencole1167]

spot on

[@kymclinton3140]

So very very true rip bernard

[@dieselfan7406]

I've just found the single in my collection!

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

We had men who wasn't wordy but could dig a big ole. They wasn't valued. Digging their oles. "Hard work doesn't make you better off slugger" my dad said. "Just better off dead" He was the fella in the road , down an ole with a spade.😂

[@BusinessButlers]

Rip Bernard x. Died 28 July 2022 aged 93. You were an all-round entertainer and the sort of person anyone would want as a neighbour

[@Moondog-wc4vm]

As a Grandparent!, hell i'd even welcome him as a hotel inspector if only I could have met him.

[@D0kRa]

R.I.P. Bernard Cribbins. I always had the impression he was like the Highlander, and couldn't die. I'm sad I was proved wrong. We will miss you good sir. ❤️😭

[@curlytheunacceptable.4298]

As a construction worker who has dug many a hole whether needed or not, I can confirm that yes there is always someone to tell you how to tell how to do it!

[@WarrenVincenzo]

Hold it right there! You're going all wrong. You don't want to be doing it that way, No, You want to do be doing it this way... I insist.

[@BadcatV]

Can't believe he's gone. Lovely bloke, great sense of humour and love of life.. We've really lost this time. 💔

[@classicautomobiles7602]

Bernard Cribbins sadly past today, and I just had to listen to his song again.

[@christopherlowe4776]

Me and the lad were singing this together today. Whilst digging a hole. Big and sort or round it was. I learned it whilst digging a big and sort of round hole with my Dad. Simple pleasures in hard times.

[@dollcefina]

What was this hole for?

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

To bury toffee nosed city banker blokes in bowler hats. What else?

[@rjjcms1]

@@Wilkins_Micawber Can we bury the ones that caused the 2008 financial crash in one?

[@michaelreeves8164]

Maybe it shouldn't have been there.

[@N1gel]

@@dollcefina burying numpties.

[@steveshovlar994]

RIP Bernard. Much loved by millions.

[@waylander1978]

RIP Bernard. If he is buried I hope they play this at the funeral.

[@tonymarshall7292]

Thankyou bernard lots of memories

[@kenmalanick]

RIP Bernard an ever present all my life.

[@darrenmoore7779]

Classic lyrics, basically telling the bloke to piss off, without swearing 👍

[@jasmithwrites]

Rest in Peace Bernard.

[@chrisdore6387]

What an absolute legend this man was. So sad to learn of his passing today: 28 July 2022. Rest easy and in peace Bernard Cribbins.

[@sturmgesutz]

Should be SIR Bernard Cribbins. Wonderful entertainer, Lovely person all round.

[@CliffLewis28]

Yes he certainly deserved it.

[@cryptofugazi9600]

RIP Mr Cribbins a very special sort of gentleman and entertainer one of a kind … 💎

[@roberthayes9842]

Loved this when I was kid, in 1972 I went to work and travelled on the tube thousands on men with bowler hats umbrellas and brief cases, empty briefcases and cucumber sandwiches luncheon vouches and empty face's, from suburbia to heights never been to living the 1970 dream, the things I have seen

[@timoakley277]

Died today. This song was so much part of my childhood

[@ianmedium]

Even comedy records were beautifully produced and arranged back then!

[@keithphilo6255]

The producer was a certain George Martin..I wonder what ever happened to him? 😂

[@Llanchlo]

RIP Bernard. I never met you but I have known you all my life.

[@miaschu7614]

I'm reading Bernard Cribbins' autobiography, atm, and wanted a reminder of when he was a much younger entertainer. And he was very entertaining! He'll always be the voice of Bilbo Baggins, to me, too.

[@andrewgriffiths1460]

Great song from when I was a kid happy times in a nicer world cheers mr cribbins

[@justahappylittlebunny2656]

Every Christmas morning we listened to these song's on radio two pealing Spud's

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Cribbins an absolute legend

[@MrMjp58]

A great, jazzy performance of an interestingly constructed song. Bernard had an exquisite vocal tone and perfect timing.

[@martinallman5275]

Genius! Takes me back to childhood, granddad's parlour and the gramophone!

[@lazypizzaguy]

He will be missed

[@AlWynC]

RIP Bernard Cribbins :( What better way to remember his vast talent than to listen, fondly, to the most wholesome song about murdering an upper-class snob ever performed.

[@PIPEHEAD]

What a shocking thing to say, and a terrible misunderstanding of the song ! There is no mention of any murder, and I'm sure it is a harmless case of burying somebody alive ...........

[@MikeBuckland1954]

Presumably the 6 dislikes are from blokes in bowlers.

[@CardboardBox13013]

Well we'll just 'ave to put 'em in the 'ole next time won't we? Can't please their sort you know...

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

Mike Buckland No they are from people who have two views of how the world should be run. Their way and the WRONG. One. 🙃

[@nw8000]

Or commie uni FREAKS!!!

[@RebekahGaskin]

Aahah brilliant 🤣

[@markshrimpton3138]

Thank you Mr Cribbens for being a part of my childhood. I used to love him narrating Jackanory.

[@stevebridge8668]

RIP legend...😪

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

R.I.P. to a true legend, will be sadly missed.

[@gillsjohn1]

I once went on a charity shoot in Buckinghamshire for the Bobby Moore charity. Plenty of characters and TV celebrities. Bernard Cribbins ended up in my team. What an absolute Legend,such a top bloke who did lots for charity.RIP mate.

[@patphelan5824]

He was brilliant RIP ❤️

[@j.jaybrook7690]

RIP Bernard Cribbins....... you are A LEGEND!!!!

[@stuartpearson2993]

Brilliantly talented

[@Paul-eb4jp]

R.I.P Bernard, a true national treasure.

[@mojobag01]

Goodnight Sir. A truly beloved man and English national treasure.

[@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810]

I didn’t even know until today that he was gone, rest in peace Bernard Cribbins.

[@edwardcoe7293]

Lovely song, takes a dark turn at the end there though! RIP Bernard Cribbins.

[@marcelldavies5299]

Someone’s digging an ‘ole, but in certainly ain’t him! RIP Bernard.

[@Tayloval]

Love this guy. Just listening to some of his stuff and having a good laugh. Don’t get great entertainers like him today. Thanks Bernard for bringing back so many memories.

[@tyrotrainer765]

Suggest if you haven't seen it, the 'Hotel Inspectors' Fawlty Towers episode had Bernard playing an awkward customer. Absolutely brilliant performance.

[@aclark903]

RIP.

[@quillerpen]

RIP Bernard Cribbins and thanks for a lifetime's entertainment from Jackanory and the Wombles to Dr Who.

[@jodiepurplemermaid2598]

R.I.P Bernard, you'll be sorely missed. x

[@markhowards420]

I hope they play this at his funeral❤️

[@MrExEssex]

I love this song. And just think that Parlophone was releasing and George Martin producing this kind of record when he gave the Beatles a try out!

[@sirdickysirdicky800]

Fucking love it I'm pissed as fuck and this song keeps poping into my mind love it

[@benrawlins8768]

Rip Bernard. I had the pleasure of taking part in a clay pidgeon charity shoot with Bernard he was a charming guy realy genuine down to earth . He was a good shot as well. An afternoon i wont forget.!!

[@RockDodger]

RIP Bernard 😇Thanks for all the memories

[@robinbaxterayling7228]

beautiful

[@thesmallnotesduo]

Brilliant; only rivalled by Right said Fred.

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

So sad to hear Bernard Cribbins has died at 93 years.

[@joeplowman]

Bernard Crinbbins was and will always be one of my favourite British comedy actors ( and singers ) He seemed like a genuinely nice person , I am so sorry to hear he passed away ,I also thought the man could go on forever. Loved him in " Carry On Spying " ,one of my favourite Carry On movies ,also Carry On Jack ,but my favourite movie with him was "Two Way Stretch" , With Peter Sellers , Wilfrid Hyde White and the great Irene Handl played his mum . Great movie. And he was unforgettable as the " Spoon Salesmans " , mistaken for a hotel inspector , in that great episode of Fawlty Towers. Gone but not forgotten , the man had class and talent galore . And yes, he should have been Knighted .

[@CliffLewis28]

I couldn’t agree more Two way stretch was one of my favourites too! He was/is a legend!

[@simonlane1277]

Sssthpoooons - how interesting

[@robertknowles9506]

Rip mate Hope you are Just as funny up there Back with some of your friends Sadly missed

[@letmeinwillu]

A national treasure. Where's his knighthood?

[@johndavies7188]

I thought he was ,your right when you consider they've made Mr Blair one and let's face it Bernard Cribbins has done more to this country than he ever did.

[@stephencole1167]

gave it to some undeserving pillock

[@N1gel]

I guess the old bidy gave it to a migrunt.

[@royconnolly2767]

Bernard a real Gem what ever he did was done in true Bernard style you could not help but love Bernard a true Legend , loved him and everything he did

[@paulioannou9675]

He was fantastic in the Fawlty towers episode The hotel inspector. No-one else could have played that part better. Incredible actor and all round entertainer. And still working and in demand in his nineties! What a career. What a legend. RIP.

[@chrismathews272]

RIP Bernard 😪

[@HighlandChicken]

RIP

[@jonno52]

I recently read, in a book about Desert Island Discs, that the one which Noel Coward would save from the waves if he could keep only one, was Hole in the Ground, Most of his other choices were opera etc. Make of that what you will!

[@stephencole1167]

spot on

[@shep4977]

Rest in Peace

[@mrshaw3794]

R.I.P. Bernard cribbins

[@davidsuttie4192]

I hope you have checked in to Faulty Towers on your passing. I here that they need a piano moved upstairs. RIP

[@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach]

Thank you Mr. Cribbins. R.i.p. 😞

[@shaunfisher9292]

The spoons sale's man episode in faulty towers. Is amazing and gave Bernard a chance to showcase his talents. Hilarious.

[@joeoconnor5400]

I think Bernard Cribbins was one of the very few actors who Peter Sellers got on with and didn't fall out with him.

[@dianedale9984]

Love it

[@Geshreeyeh]

RIP. Legend

[@Tiresias55]

Catchy, simple, hilarious. A classic. Heard this a while ago when I got my hands on a novelty skiffle collection, some real classics. Both of Mr Cribbins hits Right said Fred and Hole in the ground were on it, and they are now some of my favorites. Love this man, true entertainer. respect.

[@stephencole1167]

simply the best

[@louisewalker9074]

Love this song! The Brexit song. ‘You’re digging it round and it ought to be square’ = ‘you didn’t know what you were voting for’!

[@paulframe85]

Rest in Peace Bernard Cribbins

[@gsg9205]

Rest in peace . Thanks for the entertainment and memories that last forever.

[@DesigninMind1]

A well loved voice in children lives of his ear-a . From jackanory , railway children and carry ons. Just took my daughter to watch the new railway children. He will be Sadly missed. Like others of this time. Jonny Morris, Kenneth Williams for example as children narrators of the time. Maybe a make voices for all those children without a farther figure in there early years .

[@spotlightonthestars]

Rest Easy Bernard Cribbins another Star has appeared in the heavens... 🕊️

[@stephencole1167]

the brightest and the best

[@ChrisSummerfield]

A Great man. A great life, A great example. We thank you Bernard.

[@paulharries9558]

R.I.P. Bernard Cribbins.

[@Caracasgirl100]

Such a sad day. RIP Bernard Cribbins 💔

[@dannybarnes2942]

Rest in peace Bernard a truly great man

[@simonhaines3441]

Thank You Bernard for being the Granddad i never had.

[@davidwalker8955]

I am enjoying reading Bernard Cribbin's Biography really enjoying it. Thanks Bernard for more entertainment.

[@miaschu7614]

That's what brought me here, as well :)

[@suenelson8836]

RIP Bernard

[@barbarasmith586]

Gonna miss ya. Thankfully you are immortalised on film and recordings. An institution that will be missed. Give those darleks hell.

[@nickb5391]

R.I.P Bernard, thank you for entertaining us

[@tuveuxlademocratieoutuveux4692]

*The fist ever "success" of then young record producer George Martin who produced this single for Parlophone Records, a few years before he ever met the Beatles !*

[@mikelheron20]

Just heard Mark Knopfler singing this.

[@joeoconnor5400]

The earliest memory I have of Bernard Cribbins was in the late 1960's when he had his own series Cribbins made by Thames TV. He was in a sketch where he was standing behind a lectern giving a monologue in public and being pelted with fruit and veg by the crowd. I couldn't stop laughing. Does anyone else remember that series?

[@rhiannonhopkins6876]

Farewell, Mr Cribbins. Thank you for all the stories you told me on Jackanory, the songs you sang, the films and dramas you appeared in. You've been a part of my life for most of my life, rest in peace now, you most certainly deserve to. My condolences to your family and loved ones.

[@anniejones1839]

Watching my daughters dog digging a hole reminded me of this ❤

[@svouras]

Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler meets AC/DC's Brian Johnson at the Spanish City in Whitley Bay!

[@deejayy2k]

that brought me back here as well 😂

[@babs5968]

Just been having problems with building inspectors, my builders too young to know the record but found it here to show them. Very happy builders now. 😂😂😂

[@rjjcms1]

haha,nice one.

[@nicholashooper9935]

Goodbye Burnard, thanks for all the childhood memories

[@foxearth1]

R.I.P. Bernard, another childhood legend gone...

[@nigelw512]

Remember listening to this as a kid on the radio and still love now

[@morgusmcmorggs]

RIP Bernard. you will be sorely missed. 😢

[@thisiszaphod]

RIP, Bernard. Godspeed.

[@raybrown2197]

RIP Bernard.

[@clarerobards3781]

Chosen by Noel Coward as one of his 8 selections for BBC radio series 'Desert Island Discs' - a compliment from one great performer to another!

[@colinturner4158]

So many childhood memories RIP

[@lindapadley5806]

Short and sweet! Brilliant song remember it well! Shows my age. R.I. P. Bernard.x