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THE ACTOR WHO played Tinky-Winky in the hugely popular children’s TV show Teletubbies has died aged 52.
Simon Shelton Barnes died on 17 January just four days after his birthday, the actor’s son Henry revealed today.
The father of three landed the role of the handbag-carrying Tinky-Winky after the original actor Dave Thompson was sacked.
He also played the Dark Knight character in the popular children’s game show Incredible Games.
Shelton Barnes is the uncle of actress Emily Atack, who played Charlotte in The Inbetweeners. Atack paid tribute to her uncle on Instagram saying he was “the kindest and most talented man you could ever wish to meet.”
Teletubbies ran on the BBC from 1997 to 2001. The enormously popular programme became a worldwide phenomenon which was watched by around one billion children.
The show even had a number one single, Teletubbies say ‘Eh-oh!’, which hit the top of the UK charts in December 1997.
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Digital money loses value on each transaction. The banks and government chip away at the value until they have total and utter control over your currency. That is not democracy. The Irish government’s agenda is to regulate and account for all money in circulation. This legislation is a peacemeal gesture to trick Joe public into believing governments want to give people a choice. I’ll let you in on a secret, they don’t. The Irish government don’t now, and never will, work towards a better society. They don’t care about you. If they cared, they’d fix education, health care, housing and the cost of living. They can. They just won’t. The reason for this is the same as it has been since the
@Shane McGrath: …..foundation of the Republic. Votes. Irish politicians, save a small few genuine patriots, join the public service so the public can service them. They join as an end in itself, not to fix anything. And all they care about is staying on that salary, staying in government and getting through to pension time. Irish politics is a smarmy, vulgar and distasteful world.
@Shane McGrath: Absolutely well said Shane.
@Shane McGrath: I’m not saying the government is perfect, far from it but you can’t just wave a magic wand and fix all those things. It doesn’t work like that. As a country we are massively exposed to global events, we have too much red tape at a local level – on housing specifically. Healthcare is a spiralling mess that will never be fixed. We have one of the fairest societies in the world when it comes to gap between rich and poor, with a very generous welfare model. That said it’s the middle that get squeezed.
@Shane McGrath: so who are these ‘patriots’ you mentioned?
Cash is king imo. I’d rather but it under me bed than pay a bank to mind it for me.
@Paul Gorry: what’s your address Paul?
@The Boss: 221B Baker street London.
All businesses in all sectors should be made accept cash.
@Grant Masterson: legal tender as far as I remember is everything except cheques. Businesses had to acept in tge past . Got an A in junior cert business rofl
In a cashless society if the Internet goes down due to cyber attack, under sea cables being cut everything would stop. Nobody could buy anything, no fuel for your car, no food could be bought, no purchases of any kind.
@David Mc Cabe: yeah well cash would run out shortly after that since most people get it from ATMs and don’t have that much out at one go so we’d be down to bartering hens!
I have refused to give my custom to any business that refused cash during covid and any that refuses it now. If my money is not good enough for you, you won’t be getting any of it
I find it the opposite here in the West, takeaways doctors and pubs ask for cash.
@Liam Russell: I usually find that the ones asking for cash don’t like to give receipts either. I wonder why.
@Liam Russell: what’s a takeaways doctor?
I walked out of IKEA a few months ago. Left 2 trolleys full of stuff with nearly €800 because they refused cash. The manager was an absolute kn*b. Speaking down to me cos I wouldn’t use my card. So I walked out.
@John Barry: from IKEA’s own webpage:
“What payment methods do you accept?
At IKEA stores, we accept bank cards (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover and Diners Club), IKEA Gift Cards, CASH and certified cheques and bank cheques.”
Did you lodge a complaint with corporate over it ?
@John Barry: why wouldn’t you use your card though? What was the back story?
@John Moylan: Yes I looked at the site when I went home & sent an email which I got a reply saying “thank you for your email, we’ll be in touch within 3 days” Still nothing back.
@Sean: Back story?? No back story. I just didn’t want to use my card out of principal. As a consumer, I should have a choice of what course of payment I can use.
@John Barry: a store is under no obligation to take cash as a form of payment for a debt. They can refuse cash if they want. Why didn’t you just pay by card
@Mark: No they can’t. I don’t know where you got your info but that is wrong. Cash is legal tender and they’re legally obliged to accept it.
@John Barry: So you spent hours navigating your way around and queuing up in IKEA only to walk away empty handed out of “principal”? Boy, you really showed them up, Karen.
@Paddy Kennedy: LOL. See here: https://m.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/can-a-business-legally-refuse-to-accept-my-payment-in-cash-41939772.html
@Kevin Collins: Haha I was in there for less than 30 minutes cos I knew what I wanted & where it was. One person in front of me in the que. So wasn’t a waste of time Bridie
@Mark: I guess you didn’t check the citizens information. Cash is legal tender & is therefore able to be used in any transaction for goods in any business.
@John Barry: again I don’t think you understand legal tender. The term means they can be used for debt repayment, it does not mean they have to be accepted. The 1c coin can’t be used to pay off a mortgage, or your rent.
Banks cant make much money off cash so you can be sure they’ll do all the can to get rid of it
I was always under the impression that Cash was Legal Tender and shops etc were oblidged by law to accept. I’m flabergasted.
@David Daly: Legal Tender only means it can be accepted as a form of debt repayment. But it can be refused, for instance a €0.01 coin is legal tender but cannot be used to pay for large debts, like a new car. There is no law requiring a business to accept cash. They generally allow card payment as the alternative payment method
Absolutely all businesses should take cash
Cafe near me don’t accept cash.
@ChadChaderson: It’s legally obliged to take cash. Put in a big order then tell them you don’t have anything except cash and see how quickly they change their approach.
@Paddy Kennedy: it just said in the article they are not legally obliged to accept cash if they have notices up.
@Sean: Why don’t you check the legislation? That has the same effect as car parks saying they accept no responsibility for damage or injury caused on the premises and guess what happens when someone has an accident there? The sign is produced and the owners are told that it’s not legally enforceable.
Exact same, putting up a sign doesn’t usurp legislation because it’s written down in a window.
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