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How about a few general programme catch phrases ? Bernard Bresslaw : I only asked (The Army Game) Citizen Smith : Power to the people ! The Navy Lark : Left hand down a bit The Rag Trade : Everybody out ! Golden Shot : Bernie, the bolt Are you being served : Are you free ? Blackadder : I've...

Dead right sylvia, she was indeed. Colonel Chinstrap : I don't mind if I do June Whitfield : Ohh Ron ! Rambling Sid Rumpo : Hello me Dearios Dick Emery : Hello honkytonk, how are you ? and You are awful but I like you. Alfred E Newman (Mad Magazine) : What me worry ?

Eric Morecambe : Get out of that and They can't touch you for it Del Boy : Loverly Jubbly Max Bygraves : I want to tell you a story Tommy Trinder : Aye Aye that's your lot Arthur Askey : I thank you Frank Carson : It's the way I tell 'em George Dixon : Evening All

Mrs Mopp (ITMA): Can I do you now Sir? Norman Vaughan: Swinging Dodgy Norman Wisdom: Mr Grimsdale Al Read; Right Monkey Jimmy Edwards : Ello Ello Ello What's going on here ? Spike Milligan : He's fallen in the water Peter Sellers (Bluebottle) : You dirty rotten swine Harold Steptoe : Oh Gawd...

My wife who was 7 years old at the time was invited to tea by her Grandmother. As she sat down at the table her Grandmother said " I hope you like raw hide". My wife not wanting to appear ignorant said "Yes Gran, sounds lovely". Her Grandmother said, "Good, turn on the telly, it's on in a...

Here I am again, surely there must be more anedotes out there. When the NEC was newly opened 1975/76 (I'll be corrected), I was living away from Brum and starting to do quite well. I took my Mum to the first Ideal Home Exhibition to be held at the NEC. After a few hours traipsing around I...

During the war, my mother joined a queue not knowing what it was for, but queues usually meant an item in demand but in short supply. A few other ladies in front of her had no idea either. Finally after some time she managed to get into the shop only to discover it was home made jam and she had...

Johnny, Lived in Deykin Avenue Witton. If you look up Friends Reunited, Yew Tree School, you will find a number of class and sports photos that I have managed to identify quite a few kids. There is even a photo of Mr. Thomas. Let me know. As you were a wicket keeper as I was, we probably...

Johnnyharris, Mr. Thomas was my first teacher at Yew Tree in class 7 when I came up from the infants. I was also the wicket keeper. The teacher that looked after cricket in 58/59 was the one and only Mr. Liggins

I was minded to start this thread by a mother story by Brumophile under Primary School Cricket, which is a typical Mother's misunderstanding. Here's one of mine:- I took the ferry from Penzance to the Scilly Islands and for the first and only time in my life I was horribly seasick. When I felt...

Great story David, I think we could start a thread about "Mother's misunderstandings", I'll tell you one about the Isles of Scilly ! Thanks for the replies. I am suprised that there have not been more because I think Primary School cricket was flourishing way back then. I guess that today...

Re: Refuge Collecting Vehicles Lloyd, I enjoyed that. Recycling is another can of worms (pun intended). Houses with minute front gardens taken over by 3 or 4 wheelie bins. What a lovely streetscape. Refuse sacks a cheaper option, but as you say Lloyd they are not seagull proof as coastal...

Re: Refuge Collecting Vehicles What an interesting thread. The Wheelie Bin revolution has its pluses and in my view mainly minuses. From a Council's point of view the first investment is hugely expensive. Not only the purchase of the bins, but the purchase of new refuse freighters and the...

Thanks Alf. MossG. On reflection and after looking again at Alf's recommended photograph of Jardine Cycles, I think you are right. I assumed it was owned by a Mr Jardine - if so, the signs would probably have said Jardine's Cycles. I think one must conclude the shop was named after the road.

Ray, thanks for the photograph, it really brought back some memories. The bakers almost opposite, was there family called Austin involved ?

Jardine's cycle shop. On the left hand side of the road walking up from Witton Island. Past the snooker hall then as I recall a row of houses then 3 or 4 shops and Jardine's was on the next corner. Mr. Jardine himself walked with a very pronounced limp. Mrs. Wigley's shop was used by my...

Does anyone recall Mr. Jardine's cycle shop on Witton Road, it was on a corner but the name of the other road escapes me. My parents bought me a new bike from him on the "never never" at 5 shillings per week. On the right hand side almost up by the library going towards six ways there was a...

If my Father thought you were telling a fib, he would say:- "You must think that I came up on the down train"

There is an element of Rose Tinted Specs in all this. My geography schoolbooks in the 50's showed workers slaving away picking tea in India and sugar cane in the West Indies, saying " Here are these happy people providing for your breakfast" . It never said we had to pay for it, the Empire was...