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Old tv programmes

Fanny Craddock was a nightmare in real life, too. She once beat up a policeman who tried to arrest her when she backed her Rolls Royce into another car.

I wouldn't have taken her on, either...

Big Gee
 
The wheel tappers and shunters club. My dad loved it ding ding ding. Jimmy Edwards played the headmaster at a school but I can't for the life of me remember. Was it Gordonstone and Billy Bunter Grey Friars?. Poor Fanny god rest her soul. Jean.
 
G G Jean said:
The wheel tappers and shunters club. My dad loved it ding ding ding. Jimmy Edwards played the headmaster at a school but I can't for the life of me remember. Was it Gordonstone and Billy Bunter Grey Friars?. Poor Fanny god rest her soul. Jean.
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Hi Jean,

Wheeltappers & Shunters Club was with Colin Crompton as MC - "On be-'alf of t' committeeeeee!"

Jimmy Edwards was headmaster of Chiselbury School on Whack-O, with Arthur Howard as his deputy.

All great stuff!

Big Gee
 
How's about Casy Jones going down the railroad?. Johny Morris Animal Majic Crackerjack and Tuesday Rendevous. Jean.
 
"Casey Jones, steamin' and a-rollin'
Casey Jones, you never have to guess.
When you hear the tootin' of the whistle,
It's Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball Express"

With Alan Hale Jr as Casey. Loved it!

Johnny Morris I couldn't stand!

"Crackerjack" with Eamonn Andrews was another must-see.

Now then - here's one for the real old TV programme pundits: Billy Bean And His Funny Machine.

Who knows the Billy Bean song, then?

Big Gee

PS: Jean, I have to ask, and forgive me for doing so: were you born this side or the other side of The Coronation?
 
Ooooh, Dek - you rotter!

Jean, I'm a 46 babe too. Great time to be born, because it meant that you got the full impact of the Sixties, which I did....only too well, as it goes...

Big Gee
 
Hi Froth,

That's not the same show as "Casey Jones"! The Casey I recall was a train driver!

But I do remember your Cannonball!

Big Gee.

PS: is this the best thread on this site for yonks, or what??
 
Big Gee said:
Hi Froth,

That's not the same show as "Casey Jones"! The Casey I recall was a train driver!

But I do remember your Cannonball!

Big Gee.

PS: is this the best thread on this site for yonks, or what??
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Is this the one you mean-

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuChht_7kSw"]YouTube- Casey Jones[/ame]
 
Hi Froth,

Yes, me mate - that is the one! Bloody hell, I feel young again!

Big Gee

(And not a speck of soot on either of their All-American faces, either....)
 
Blooming Hek this thread has got Pete interested he may even be joining. Great Frothy. Hows about the goon show?. Mr Carr I will ignore your comment this time as most ladies would. [off topic did you get those photo's I sent?]. Jean.
 
G G Jean said:
Blooming Hek this thread has got Pete interested he may even be joining. Great Frothy. Hows about the goon show?. Mr Carr I will ignore your comment this time as most ladies would. [off topic did you get those photo's I sent?]. Jean.
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CLASSIC-
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rOjiAyv0Dg&feature=related"]YouTube- Classic Goon Show Moment: What Time Is It, Eccles?[/ame]
 
alana124 said:
What about the prisoner i went to visit where it wasf filmed in portmerion wales
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I went to college not far from Portmeirion, and one day myself and a couple of friends 'borrowed' a rowing-boat and rowed across the estuary to Portmeirion, hoping to get in without having to pay. Unfortunately we were spotted leaving the beach and had to make a run/row for it....however, the tide had turned and we got stuck on a mud bank!
 
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6b07_6PRs"]YouTube- ATV Midlands start up 1960s[/ame]

Anyone remember this before the programmes started.
 
JohnO that will teach you. I used to watch What's my line and am trying to remember the name of one of the contestents jobs. It ended in stopper?????. Jean.
 
Frothblower said:
Memories. The times I've waited for that to finish, itching to watch the progamme to come on.
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How about this then Froth was that better


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wmbM6EpZU"]YouTube- BBC Televison - Interlude Film - Potters Wheel[/ame]
 
Going back a bit more. God I'm feeling old.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKn1beD_Kdk&feature=related"]YouTube- BBC News 1954[/ame]
 
Sorry about the sub titles

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvz-4dbQjE"]YouTube- Ivanhoe intro[/ame]
 
Froth, I remember the words going round the TV mast like that at the start of Children Television at 5oc till 6oc. There used to be stars too, and we used to try and catch them. Do you remember that.
 
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEqMbWNDp98&feature=related"]YouTube- Popeye - "Robin Williams" (Comical Fight Scene) 1980[/ame]

your find this one very very funny
 
Some of my favourites :

The Champions
The Invaders
The Saint
The Persuaders
Batman and Robin
Tiswas
Magpie
Steptoe and Son
The Partridge Family
Here Come The Double Deckers - incidentally, Peter Firth now plays Harry in Spooks
The Banana Splits
Starsky and Hutch
Department S
Mind Your Language
The Avengers
Mission Impossible
The Invisible Man
The Man from Uncle
Hi De Hi

AND My all time favourite Father Ted


Phew, I could go on and on about this, there are so many.....:-)
 
What about the Police series; Z Cars and the ones starring Raymond Francis and Eric Lander, one was called Murder Bag which got its title from the primitive (now) forensic kit that the police used to solve the crimes.
In thise days, everything went out live and the sets were really basic by today's standards. I remember the actors occassionally reverting to the own names as opposed to characters names.
Ted
 
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