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DO YOU REMEMBER THE 40s?

There were plenty of posters put up in the 40's, all over the place - to get the messages over. Perhaps this one would be useful these days. :)
 
What about Sunday afternoon at two oclock, Peter Yorke and his concert
orch; with Freddy Gardener, Steve Conway, as a young guardsman in
Wellington Barracks I used to love this programme, we had to pay 6 pence per week towards having Radio Rentals in our rooms,but we also had Radio Luxenburge, which was a bonus! That was 1948, can anyone tell
me where all the years have gone?
Quote Books are silent companions Bernard67Arnold
 
hi
was there the dales diary every day on the radio
and dick barton every sunday evening
and wakey wakey billy coton on sundays lunch time
that folloed wilf picles and may the partner at the piano just before
lunch times on sunday and then the earlist tv programe in
black and white on sundays i remember is muffin the mule .
happy listening and viewing folks . best wishes astonian ...
 
Mrs Dales Diary Every weekday afternoon about 3-45pm

Dick Barton same at 6-45pm
 
I remember in '79 Southern television produced the television series of Dick Barton. My boyfriend, Kevan Sheehan was in the cast. But it was never the hit, that it had been on the radio.

Maggs,

I loved Beryl Reid as 'Marlene'. Still do it now. 'Good evenin' each. D'like me earrings.'

Ann
 
hi ann
put the finishing word to the phrase wil you ;
as she said ;
do you like me earings .--- percy bought them for me .
 
Astonian said:
hi
was there the dales diary every day on the radio
and dick barton every sunday evening
and wakey wakey billy coton on sundays lunch time
that folloed wilf picles and may the partner at the piano just before
lunch times on sunday and then the earlist tv programe in
black and white on sundays i remember is muffin the mule .
happy listening and viewing folks . best wishes astonian ...
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Hi Astonian,don't forget Wilfrid Pickle's 'give them the money,Vi',ended up playing Ena Sharples on Coronation Street,do you also remember 'Journey into Space',The Goon Show,2-way family favourites,down your way,music while you work,and many,many more............Mal.
 
By the way,Astonian,'Muffin the mule' with Annette Mills,was on a Saturday,along with 'Hank rides Again'..............Great stuff !................Mal.
 
hiya mal
yes i was memorised by muffin never forgot him
also mal . i forgot old wilf saying give him the money bitand her name
was not vi , - it was mabel and yes i remember the tunes even today
i remember the goons and old mike benteen , andmany more
best wishes mal . astonian ;;
 
Bernard67Arnold said:
What about Sunday afternoon at two oclock, Peter Yorke and his concert orchestra with Freddy Gardener, Steve Conway, as a young guardsman in Wellington Barracks I used to love this programme
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Thank you Bernard67Arnold
That certainly brings back memories to me. I was still at school in 1948, but I well remember Peter Yorke's arrangements, which were often very clever. In March and April 1948 he had a slot on the Home Service just before 8.00 am, and sometimes he would broadcast in the relatively late hour (after 10 I suspect) with his 'miniature orchestra' with only three or four players. He had a singer who was blind but a good pianist named Ian Gourlay.
Peter Yorke specialised in arrangements of old nursery and folk tunes. I was especially fascinated by them. One was "There was a little woman, as I've heard tell", others were "Three blind mice", "Humpty Dumpty", but I can't remember them all now.
He was trained as an organist and this shows in his ability to improvise and his understanding of mixing the voices of different instruments. Sometimes Freddy Gardner's sax got a bit tedious, but he got out by about 1950 and others took over.
I have seen a bit about Peter Yorke on the internet some time ago, and must look again.
Anyway thanks very much for you reminder. We have a common interest there.
Peter Walker
 
Hi Peter: I remember those organ arrangements of some nursery rhymes as you mentioned. I always like the one called The Old Woman and the Pedlar and the nursery rhyme often goes through my head even now. We learned it in Junior school in Singing Class at Marsh Hill. Here are the words:
Woman and the Pedlar

There was an old woman, as I've heard tell,Fa la diddle diddle dee
She went to market her eggs for to sell; Fa la diddle diddle dee
She went to market all on a market-day,Fa la diddle diddle dee
And she fell asleep on the King's highway.Fa la diddle diddle dee

There came by a pedlar whose name was Stout,
He cut her petticoats all round about;
He cut her petticoats up to the knees,
Which made the old woman to shiver and freeze.




When the little old woman first did wake,
She began to shiver and she began to shake;
She began to wonder and she began to cry,
"Lauk a mercy on me, this can't be I!
"But if I be I, as I hope it be,
I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me;
If it be I, he'll wag his little tail,
And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail."
(Chorus)

Home went the little woman all in the dark;
Up got the little dog, and he began to bark;
He began to bark, so she began to cry,
"Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I!"


I certainly remember all the programmes mentioned in the above threads.
Radio was "it" in those early days for us in the l940's...theatre of the mind in every way. Then along came TV and access to TV in the early l950's. Wonderful memories.
I remember "Flash Gordon" off hand. Whirligig is a great site if you want a "memory jolt" for those eras.
 
Bernard67Arnold & PeterW

Ref : Peter Yorke

You can find whole pages of details about Peter Yorke (and others such as Frank Chacksfield, Mantovani, Ray Martin, Cyril Stapleton etc. etc.) on :

https://www.rfsoc.org.uk/

which is the web site for the Robert Farnon Society.

A wealth of information and memories on these and many more of their contemporaries.
 
Hi Astonian,

Thanks for that. I didn't remember 'Percy bought them for me.'

Ann
 
hi Ann
yes i just loved marlene [ beryl] i loved her accent and they she came across
and if i think of her now i can just imagine her voice and her whopping big
earings . and that was the punch line to me. erm erm [ twice in the brummy
accent percy bought me them you know
she was a brilliant actor
have a nice day ann , best wishes astonian ;;;;
 
Astonian when I went to visit my future sister in laws home in Benfleet the local shopkeeper used to call me Marlene because of my accent. Jean.
 
Hi Jean
if you are blond like i think you are on your picture along with your brummy accent and if you was wearing large earing i reckon you could be a stand in for beryl
and thats a comploment jean , plus the fact he would have been a hardend
marlene fan like i was always mentioning and trying the brummy accent
of do you like my earing , erm . percy bought me em , many years ago
should we ever meet up on one of these forum dates i wil give you my opinuim
and you can give me a turn , okay jean
have a great day best wishes astonion , ps , would you be going down to
brean sands this year ,to see old mossy and the blue sea ?
i will be going down to brean to my caravan and we always pop up to weston
last year i was hoping to meet mossy and maggie at the sea gul but we had a hitch
and got there to late to meet them it country and weston time again for the week
its the last week in august and the firstweek in sept
i thought i would asked in case you,re gonnasee our mate mossy ,
astonian ;;;
 
I would love to Astonian but have to rely on my chauffer [Pete]. You never know I will have to twist his arm or be extra nice to him. Which site is your van on Astonian only we went to look at some vans a few years ago?. Jean. PS. Regards the earings I was only twelve at the time but I get the picture.
 
Alf I might just get National express one day and go on my own. Pete isn't keen on the place but I would go just to see Mossy and Linda. OOOOOOps off topic again. Sorry. Remembering the fourties afraid I wasn't born till 46 but can remember my days out to Thompsons and Ansells and eating chitterlings on the way home. Ooh hek my mouths watering at the though. Never liked the hodge though. Jean.
 
hi jean
we have an six birth van fully kitted out all the latest mod cons
and we are by the pleasure beach and unity farm
yes its country and weston music and the old town comes alive
every body wears all the gear from the age of five to 95 l
and a viarity of out fits the town is specatular to see
its very coulour ful with the people and of course we got the silver shoe
line dancing in pontins to go through
we are there for the week and we also go up to mossy,s neck of the woods
shopping so when we get near the time i will asked him down or
which one of the boozers he gonna be in and have a tot with him .
have a nice day jean best wishes astonian ;;;;
 
Dick Barton - Special Agent.
Saturday Night Theatre - you could always bet on Mom and Dad coming home from the pub (usually singing or very very happy) just as the interesting part at the end of the play was unfolding.
Have a Go with Wilfred Pickles. Just a few
 
Hi Jardene, a lot of Moms+Dads spent time in the pubs in these days which is one reason people were so poor, the brewers have been the
workingmans worst enemy. How could folk spend money on drink when their kids have no shoes on their feet My whole childhood seem to been
spent waiting outside pubs! My wife, bless her and made sure this did not
happen to our kids as did I, does any remember going to bed hungry? I
certainly can. Thank goodness people have more sense nowadays.,well most of them anyway.
Quote; Youth is wasted on the Young bye now Bernard
 
jardene1 said:
Dick Barton - Special Agent.
Saturday Night Theatre - you could always bet on Mom and Dad coming home from the pub (usually singing or very very happy) just as the interesting part at the end of the play was unfolding.
Have a Go with Wilfred Pickles. Just a few
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Jardene if you put Dick Barton in the SEARCH Box at the top of the page plenty of posts on him:)

Also anything else you might want
 
Bernard I was lucky as my parents never went out to the pub but dad did like a tipple at home. He called it wobble. I don't remember going to bed hungry other than the time I had been a right little tinker and my dad sent me up without my tea. I remember mom sneaking up a sandwich when dad went to repair a watch in his shed. Bye. Jean.
 
hi guys
does any-body remember the weekly series on sunday afternoon
the fat boy ,it was called billy bunter of greyfriers school
in the days of black and white years before itv
in the forty,s and it was on at 4 oclock every sunday
best wishes astonian ;;;;;;
 
Yes Astonian, I remember Billy Bunter, on black and white television. Wouldn't miss it for anything. And the Cisco Kid with Poncho.:)
 
Hi Astonian: Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School ....I remember very well. There is quite a lot on the Whirligig site: whirligig-tv.co.uk about this programme including the music. You can see some episodes on Youtube.com also.
It was a great show.
 
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