1979: The Model World of Robert Symes | BBC Archive

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  @BuonarottiM · 7 months ago

  I wish content like this was still being made

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• NA

  @Nathan93Baker · 7 months ago

  R.I.P Robert Symes (1924 - 2015)😢

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  @M_Bamboozled · 7 months ago

  Cheers me up just seeing Bob's face beaming with nerdy delight and enthusiasm as he shows us a model.

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• NI

  @nigelcarren · 7 months ago

  I remember watching this back in the day and excitedly telling my mother that when I grow up I want the same beard as him and I wanted to make toys like him! <br>46 years later, I have the same beard and I make a living making miniature suits of armour.<br>Be careful what you wish for people. 😂👍🇬🇧<br>What an amazing and refreshingly gentle float downstream this is. Bravo Mr Symes.

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• HA

  @haroldpearson6025 · 7 months ago

  Model Engineering is one of the finest, most underrated hobbies and should be considered an art form.

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• HA

  @harrybhal_mp4 · 7 months ago

  Phillip Warren is still going today with his matchstick Navy. He&apos;s made every Royal Navy ship including the new carriers HMS Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth. The destroyer HMS Sheffield that he shows us the model of in this clip was sadly sunk in the Falklands only 3 years later.

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• RY

  @ryanclarke2161 · 7 months ago

  There is a tiny Robert Symes out there somewhere and we must find him

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• SH

  @shanedavis9166 · 7 months ago

  Watching and listening to Bob, is like being with your favourite grandad.

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• MA

  @malakiblunt · 7 months ago

  oh such happy memories bed bound with a smashed ankle in the summer of 1987 watching the whole 10 part model world series being reapeated on week day mornings - If the BBC still made programs like this it would be worth the license fee.

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• VI

  @viewfromear · 7 months ago (edited)

  They don’t make them like the wonderful Bob (Schutzmann) Symes anymore! The ultimate enthusiast, explainer, and a thoroughly good (Austrian) egg.

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  @2000sPvibes · 7 months ago

  Old time narrations is really pleasant to hear

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• MR

  @MrAsBBB · 7 months ago

  Oh my word, the nicest video with nicest comments. The world indeed would be much nicer if we all just showed intelligence and love of what we do. My neighbours children never leave their bedrooms and live through their mobiles. I would say they haven’t left the building in months. That’s how life has changed.

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