Dick Barton, Special Agent, with his associates , Snowy & Jock. Light Programme 6.45pm till 7.00. The same time as the original Archers programmed, which, I think, took over from Dick Barton. In the children's programme it was Uncle Mac.
Back on track.
Radio Luxembourg was established in order to advertise products. No such thing on the old BBC. The top weekly programme was the Sunday evening Top Twenty presented by ex. bandleader Jack Jackson, later by Pete Murray. I seem to think it was some beauty product. I need help on that one. The product, not the treatment!
Eddie
Quite right all of you, I am just too young to have listened to a "Crystal Set Radio", my mug I remember distinctly as red plastic with white night cap, I remember Dick and Snowy, Dan Dare, and yes Muffin, the flowerpot men and the wooden tops, and Andy Pandy. and the cotton tails, Muffin the mule, were all on early BBC TV, the one where the starting shots showed Alex palace radio mast with words going round it.We had a TV in 52/53, how I don't know because we were poor as church mice, all our neighbours about 12 people crowded into our small parlour to watch the "Coronation".Paul
I remember as a nipper, i was a really skinny kid & whenever i called for my mate, his mother would forcefeed me a dripping sarnie, saying i needed feeding up. I didn`t need feeding up as i could stuff myself till the cows come home & hardly put on an ounce, unlike today i`ve only got to look at 4 squares of choc & i can feel my waistline bulging. Still enjoy a dripping sarnie today. As kids we would get on our bikes & ride to Walmley or Shenstone & we would often knock on someones door & ask for a drink of water, & quite often we would be invited in & have lemonade & a slice of cake. Folk seemed so much nicer back then.
Eddie i don`t know what you`re taking for your memory but it`s bl...y good stuff. I can`t help you with the beauty product ( didn`t need any :-} I do have a vague memory of a advert on r/lux for the foorball pools. Some guy called Horace ? claimed he had a system, & also Milton Keynes was mentioned a lot (don`t know why )
It was Horace Bachelor and his famous "Infra Draw Method" and I believe it was in Keynsham Bristol. How about that for memory?
Dave A
Pretty good, though thinking about it now it was probably a scam. If his method of predicting footie results was any good he`d be living a life of Reilly in the carribean.
It was Horace Bachelor and his famous "Infra Draw Method" and I believe it was in Keynsham Bristol. How about that for memory?
Dave A
Not totally Dave: you forgot to tell us how to spell K E Y N S H A M.
You got me there! I'd forgotten about that. He actually spelled it out twice!
Dave A
Eddie, you`ll get into trouble nicking the lovely Les Dawsons jokes.We never had anything. Until I was eight I never had any clothes, then my Mum bought me a cap so that I could look out of the window.
Eddie
We never had anything. Until I was eight I never had any clothes, then my Mum bought me a cap so that I could look out of the window.
Eddie
Pretty good, though thinking about it now it was probably a scam. If his method of predicting footie results was any good he`d be living a life of Reilly in the carribean.
Eddie, you`ll get into trouble nicking the lovely Les Dawsons jokes.
They probably felt sorry for me because i was so skinny.Hi Smudger,
Or was it that the youngsters, yourself included, were better behaved and people were not frightened of you?
Old Boy
Not really a scam. If he sold millions of lines each week, then law of averages states that someone would win something, from which he then took his cut. He would always boast that he had winners every week. It may be true, even if they only won a few bob. He must have made a good living out of it. Even in those days, everything being relevant, his radio adverts were not cheap.
When the top win was £75,000, did you know that the only man to win that twice was the bandleader/drummer Ray Ellington?
Eddie