Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:19 pm
I saw a VW ad he made posted only a couple of days back;
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Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:22 pm
R.i.p.
I saw a VW ad he made posted only a couple of days back;
I saw a VW ad he made posted only a couple of days back;
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:49 pm
Ah that’s sad. World’s strongest Man was a staple in our place as kids.
RIP
RIP
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:58 pm
Damn, Capes was a legend
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:05 pm
I met him as a kid
He was very quiet, gentle, and kind
It was a charity thing at a local fete
Think I've still got the autographed program somewhere
He was very quiet, gentle, and kind
It was a charity thing at a local fete
Think I've still got the autographed program somewhere
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:16 pm
RIP
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:43 pm
RIP, a legend.
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:49 pm
I have a vague memory of a tv programme where he kept budgies, which seemed really incongruent for such a massive guy
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:59 pm
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:05 pm
Yep, he definitely had budgies 
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:43 pm
Synonymous with UK Strongmen and someone I watched with my parents and a tradition that has continued with my kids comes Xmas
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 11:22 pm
Just seen this. Very sad. RIP big guy.
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:32 am
Met him a few times over the years through some cadet stuff and initially in Peterborough town at a Net Curtain shop with my Mum 
RIP big man.
Dave!
RIP big man.
Dave!
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:02 am
You just triggered a strong memory of us doing the same - particularly when Jon Pall Sigmarsson appeared - brash, gobby and a massive show-off vs Capes who was comparatively quiet & reserved and let the results speak for him. Comparatively ripped - JPS always looked like he was going to be the stronger, but we always rooted for Capes.Carlos wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:43 pm Synonymous with UK Strongmen and someone I watched with my parents and a tradition that has continued with my kids comes Xmas
Also brought back memories of Capes complaining his arms were too long for some events? (In general - not in relation to JPS).
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:37 am
You looked just like Emlyn Hughes in your youth there, Mik.
I always assumed he was Bruce Robinson's inspiration for Jeff Woad in Withnail & I. Capes was part of the furniture of my childhood; always on TV doing something strong. RIP to the big fella.
I always assumed he was Bruce Robinson's inspiration for Jeff Woad in Withnail & I. Capes was part of the furniture of my childhood; always on TV doing something strong. RIP to the big fella.
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:12 am
He was just a household name growing up, synonymous with strength. The kind of thing where if someone was trying to lift something heavy you'd hear something like "Who do you think you are? Geoff Capes?'.
Absolute legend, I really feel like he's been around at a county fair and the like when I was a kid, but my memory is very hazy (weirdly I do remember the crowd going wild at one of those things because an actor from Bread was there).
Anyway, RIP, a legend and seemed to be a nice guy too.
Absolute legend, I really feel like he's been around at a county fair and the like when I was a kid, but my memory is very hazy (weirdly I do remember the crowd going wild at one of those things because an actor from Bread was there).
Anyway, RIP, a legend and seemed to be a nice guy too.
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:43 am
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:22 pm
What a shame, was a total legend for us 80s kids and seemed like a thoroughly top bloke too. RIP.
Simpler times when it came to the work of celebrity back then.
Simpler times when it came to the work of celebrity back then.
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 9:21 am
I remember Manfred Hoerbel needing oxygen after most events. A very obvious PED abuser though sadly.
Currently Žydrūnas Savickas is the absolute greatest of all time, closely followed by Mariusz Pudzianowski and then Brian Shaw. Brian Shaw is an absolute monster and I’d love to see him compete.
Strongman currently is awesome, much more professional and the weights are getting silly. Tom and Luke Stoltman up
In Invergordon are doing special things, a 285kg Atlas Stone is ridiculous. We had an 80 kg stone, it feels like your stomach is going to come out your throat
Dave!
Currently Žydrūnas Savickas is the absolute greatest of all time, closely followed by Mariusz Pudzianowski and then Brian Shaw. Brian Shaw is an absolute monster and I’d love to see him compete.
Strongman currently is awesome, much more professional and the weights are getting silly. Tom and Luke Stoltman up
In Invergordon are doing special things, a 285kg Atlas Stone is ridiculous. We had an 80 kg stone, it feels like your stomach is going to come out your throat
Dave!
Re: Geoff Capes
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:45 am
Mitch Hooper is another one, just a total freakV8Granite wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 9:21 am I remember Manfred Hoerbel needing oxygen after most events. A very obvious PED abuser though sadly.
Currently Žydrūnas Savickas is the absolute greatest of all time, closely followed by Mariusz Pudzianowski and then Brian Shaw. Brian Shaw is an absolute monster and I’d love to see him compete.
Strongman currently is awesome, much more professional and the weights are getting silly. Tom and Luke Stoltman up
In Invergordon are doing special things, a 285kg Atlas Stone is ridiculous. We had an 80 kg stone, it feels like your stomach is going to come out your throat
Dave!
