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They soon pulled that advert 'cos it made smokers look like sad loners !!

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In actual fact it ran a hell of a sight longer than ads do today

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It ran fer years T.V. n Cinema as i recall.

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Intro was followed by the voice of a newspaper seller calling out "In town tonight," as traffic circled the statue of Eros in central London. Remember Hobley interviewing Robert Mitchum when he was passing through during the filming of Ryan's Daughter which was set in Ireland. The author J.B. Priestley was on the same program. 'In Town Tonight' and 'War in the Air' were very popular programs at the time. Recall seeing film footage of Belson and Austwich which scared the pooh out of me as a gullible teenager.

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Of Course your right Stumped was eros not ally pally as I stated earlier, have been trying to find something on the Tube but have drawn a blank so far, but I'll keep looking:D

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do your remember CRACKERJACK>
circa 1960

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Oh Dear ! And I've been trying for 40 odd years to forget it !

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I have:D

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was the first advert not

GIBBS SR Toothpaste

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It was - Sept 22 (or 21) 1955.

Strand advert came in 1959 & the brand was discontinued in the early 60s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_(cigarette)

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oh dear Jaysay - you've got me into trouble again - I never meant to offend you but apparently I did and after your report to the super moderator he has told me to cool it -
so it's a stand off - go well mate

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the thing about the 1960s "All our Yesterdays " was it was only showing stuff 25 years old ... (historical stuff to us kids at the time ) if they did a program like that today it would be 1985 ......not really history to me or other "coffin dodgers" , wondered what our parents/grandparents generation thought of the program :confused: ;) :D

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well steelie - they projected that 'in the future' we would only have to take a tablet to supplement our diet - so no need for food! - in actual fact it has been the opposite - the Western world face a health crisis for obesity - hence the onslaught of diabetes type 2 -
at the time I thought the programme was quite innovative - time proved otherwise - you can hark back to Nostradamus who (in the same vein) thought he could 'see' into the future - unfortuanetly another charlaton - I say leave it to the scientific pioneers who because of their strict discipline of PROOF will (only slowly) show us the way.

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You've got me stirring the old grey matter, Jaysay. I too recall a program that started with the pulsing radio mast at Alexandra Palace, but no matter how much I stir, I can't for what's left of the life in me come up with the name of the program. Could it have been ITN news?

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It could just have been the introduction for a show like Whats my Line or This is your life Stumped:confused::confused::confused:

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just a guess but was it "That Was The Week That Was" the owd Bernard Braden programme?:confused:

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This is quite interesting Stumped

BBC TV from AP

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am going senile, twas David Frost not Braden.:rolleyes:

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Cassius Clay in the early hours of the morning, with a blanket over our heads because the reception was so bad, who would he have been fighting? early sixties, a big fight and he won,

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Sonny Liston? that was 64, when clay won world title.

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As Cashy says if it was early hours would have been Sonny Liston in '64.. or could have been Henry Cooper in '63 ?

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Don't think the cooper fight was early hours mancie as it was in uk, if i remember right.:confused:

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That's right..was a bit to young to see any of them..I was more into "Hectors House".. it's only in recent years I discovered that Jaysay played the lead role.. silly old Hector.:D

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It was BBC TV News & Newsreel that had the Ally Pally transmitter on its intro.

YouTube - BBC News 1954

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What do ya mean going:D

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Your a star Man Dave:mosher:

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Thats rich coming from Bill and Ben's mate, no no not the Gardener, the Little Weeeeeed:D:D:D

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'64 it must have been the one I remember but sure I saw all the big fights. It was in the early hours cause mum gave him hell for getting me up. Sonny Liston..... what happened to him after that?

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he fought ali/clay again after- lost, had a few more fights n died december 30th 1970, rumours still persist about the cause.:eek:

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I loved the Test Card.

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Which was your favourite ?

The Test Card Gallery

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The real one. The rot set in when the BBC introduced that silly card with the kid and her rag doll. It's been downhill ever since.

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What were the rumours?

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Traces of heroin found in blood, inquest only "Implied" Heart Attack, which seems odd to me.:confused:

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gosh it's hard to believe that. In them days fights were fixed weren't they, sure they still are

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Not at that level or any level for that matter kikine, too many pre and post fight tests now

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Have me mentioned the early Quatermas series? As an impressionable teenager I recall being scared sh**less by the contents of a huge globe featured in one particular episode. The first series depicted an astronaut returning from space and turning into a cactus by a fungal growth. There have been films and remakes since, but none ever matched the suspense of original(s).

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I loved the old black and white Sherlock Holmes films, with the part played by Basil Rathbone MC. No cinematic or small screen portrayal has yet come anywhere near his definitive interpretation of Conan Doyle's great detective. Nevertheless, the BBC have just spent an awful lot of money on their latest version of Holmes and in about an hours time we shall see the results. All I know is the setting is no longer late Victorian London but today's multi-cultural garbage bin.

I can only await what trendy mess they will make of this. No doubt Doctor Watson will be a black lesbian but probably in paying lip service to the original books she will be suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome as a result of her service in Britains 4th Afgan War. Holmes, will of course, be a druggie - this time on Ectasy and the Met Police will be incapable of detecting and arresting villians because they spend their time beating up. killing and shooting innocent bystanders.

Needless to say, I shall switch this on but I shall have the vomit bucket at the ready. I anticipate no more than five minutes of this nonsense before the said utensil is used and then the contents thrown over the TV, at which point I'm off down the pub.

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well gotta say T, i tried it n didn't last the 5 mins.:(

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Me, too, as a great devotee of the original stories, I consider it sacrilege. Sir Arthur must be spinning!

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I remember watch the first ever broadcast from London on a 9ins screen at tony banfords house in Edward st rishton **** I'm old lol

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Yeah - Basil was the best Holmes though his Watson (Nigel somebody?) was a bit too much of a buffoon caricature.

My first look at telly was also on a 9" b&w at a neighbour's house. I think we got the giggles because the picture was quite distorted & she chucked us out! 1950-ish.

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I thought the on screen Chemistry between Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce was absolutely superb, and overall by far the best pairing. Bruce may have played the part a little different than the books indicated, but i think it really worked, and all others need to be measured against them!
I have the boxed set of Dvds!
Best Regards - Taggy

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That good, hey cashy, recorded it on Sky + will hit the delete button this aft. Ya Tealeaf I love the old B & W ones too, with old old Basil, keep saying I'll get the box set may just do it now

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I loved the Hoxton Creeper, reminded me of some one:D

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Black and White too Stumped, can't remember who played Quatermass though, he had a beard if I remember rightly

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LOL!!...That your not going to name Jaysay??:D
Must admit, that actor gave me the creeps as a kid!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Would be too embarrassing, as he was shaving when he thought of who.:D

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Lol!!

Best Regards - Taggy

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I only remember Quatermass & The Pit (I think there were a couple of earlier ones). Q was played by Andre Morell - he had a moustache but no beard.

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That was a film dave, the tv series was in the late fifties. going to have a look on the net sometime and see if I can come up with anything from that BBC TV series

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If I remember rightly he used to kill his victims by breaking the seventh vertebrae in the spine cashy, be careful:D

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Just found this dave, Andre Morell did play Bernard Quatermass but not in the first episodes in 1953, seems he turned it down, but played him in later on.

The Quatermass Experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Well chaps, I made about 9 1/2 minutes of Sherlock before I gave up in disgust and went for a pint. I think my original diagnosis was more or less correct, other than the black lesbian bit - but even then there appeared to be a few of them popping up in the background. Still, even the great detective made the odd error in his deductive reasoning.

Which reminds me - who remembers the very first episode of Doctor Who? And who remembers the first episode of the series when it was brought back about 6 or 7 years ago co-starring the drunken smoker Ms Piper at the point when she encountered a piccy of the good Doctor stood on a grassy verge, looking at something that has just happened. None of the TV critics picked this up at the time, but some of you may know what I'm talking about. What was it?

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It was a TV serial too - the 3rd in the Quatermass series on BBC shown in 1958/9. The film was from 1967 & Q was played by Andrew Keir - with beard!

Quatermass and the Pit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Think it proves one thing dave we can both use Google:D

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Can't help you there Tealeaf didn't watch the first ever episode nor the return a few years ago, never been a fan:rolleyes:

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Must admit Tealeaf, after 10 minutes of quick dialogue, short changing shots and trying to adjust to someone called Sherlock in the present day, (along with the fact that if you have a gammy leg, then the walking stick is held on the opposite side to support it) I decided not to like it, however, I did persevere and by the end gave the thumbs up that I absolutely loved it.

You couldn't even make the name up of the actor playing the title role :Benedict Cumberbatch. He is terrific.

Looking forward to the next one.

Re: What did you watch when you was a nipper?
 

I'll give you a clue (and you don't need to be Sherlock to work it out):

Date

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It's surprising how many people don't know that !

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Don't need to give me a date never watched it ever;)

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Love to read anything any time, but not offended by mstakes(oops). Just let me get my hands on a new book and i am happy. I have so many books that my mother-in-law thought they were just for fancy. Bless!

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used to play hopscotch
one of the songs went -
ring a ring of roses a pocket full of poses - ' I think relates to the great plague of London in the 18th century.
another one which bemuses me -
'some talk of Alexandrer and some of Hercules
of Hector and Lysander and such great men of these
but of all the men there ever was
there's none that can compare
with a oh and a ah and ee and haa
as the -------------???

oh the grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men
he marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down again
and when they were up they were up -----------------------

(nursery rhymes got us talking - and thinking ??)

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shaz
try a book called
'perfume'
the library will know what you mean

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by the way
ignore the infamy bit
I've been "picked" on

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I wonder why:rolleyes:

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I remember button moon being one of my favs, & magic roundabout. loved it. :D

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Bootsy and Smudge(Snudge??) Was watching an old 60's movie this afternoon and Alfie Bass turned up. I seem to remember him in an old comedy show back in the early 60's where he was in the army with Smudge/Snudge. Not going to look it up on Google as I'm sure my chums on here can help me! Also in the film was a woman who was also in a comedy where she was in a union and always blowing her whisle shouting "everyone out!!" No Google, who remembers?

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The Army Game and the Rag Trade .

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The first thing I watched - the dot in the middle of the screen.
Returned from a cycling holiday in North Wales to find there was a TV in the corner. Mum & Dad were away on holiday, so switched it on - bright dot in the middle of the screen as it was late at night, what a disappointment

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I used to like " Hectors house " lmao

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There was no TV when I was a nipper, however my family used to listen to "Itma" on the radio. I myself ried to play "Dustmans Knock" (similar to Postmans Knocl - but dirtier) with the local females = ah those were the days

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Chuck Conners was the rifleman

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Lawman was well before Chuck Conners , Ex us Marine with a tash and all in white

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Huckleberry hound the blue dog , Yogi bear and Boo Boo.
Johnny Morris was in Zoo Time.
Rocket Robin Hood , cartoon
5 o` clock Club.
The Dakota`s , a western ,only on a few weeks.
My Mother the Car.
Arthur Haynes. The one with Nickolas Parsons is superb , a must to watch.
Naked City.
Outer Limits.
William Hartnell , original Dr. Who and the Sgt. in the Army Game
No Hiding Place, ......... Francis
Avengers.
Thats all for now. These I remember at the mo.:hehetable

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Lawman was John Russell as Marshall Dan Troop.(wiki)

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I think you will find that Johnny Moriss first appeared as the Chestnut Man in the early 50's or the hot Chestnut Man.

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5 o'clock club.....hahahahaha....one of my fav's......Ollie Beek & Fred Barker....LMAO...:D:D:D

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Anyone remember Dr Finley's case book, Bill Simpson played Finley his side kick was Dr Cameron played by Andrew Cruickshank and the house Keeper was Janet played by Barbara Mullen and they all lived happily in Tannochbrae back in black and white in the 60s

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what would have been the first "soap opera" type program ? I'm thinking 'Emergency Ward 10' , think it pre-dated Coronation st. but could be wrong :confused:

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The Grove Family was the first
The Grove Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I remember it SJ there was an Aussie in it called Charles something or other played a doctor, might have been Tingwell, but not sure:rolleyes:

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You know Margaret, can't remember that at all, heard it mentioned before, but ain't a clue about it at all:confused:

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"The Trollenberg Terror" (1956)
Anybody remember this series from the 50s, think it was set in the Andes, was back of the couch stuff in those days for a 10 year old:D

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When did Z Cars start? Anyone rememeber the big names that came out of that?

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A reminder for you

YouTube - The Grove Family - Episode One - Part One

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I think it was about Nov. in '61. We had just moved into a flat in Weston-S-uper-Mare. Bryan Blessed as Fancy Smith, Jock Wier, and the Irish one. Think the DI moved on to his own series.

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People who stared in Z Cars and went on to other things James Ellis ( the irish one Barrie:D) Frank Windsor, Stratford Johns, Collin Welland, the series start Jan 61 and ran until Sept 78

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Thanks Margaret, but still don't recall at at all:confused:

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Just watched, don't remember the Grove family at all, Margaret musta had a telly before us.:o

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It's just that I am 6 years older than you.
You would have been watching Muffin the Mule

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It started Jan 62 till Sept 78 . see the wiki :-

Z-Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Theres a rude joke about him, but this is a family forum.:D

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Z CARS | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW The full story. My grey cells must be reducing daily.

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That where I got my info from david:D

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Seems like your on the same wavelength as me cashy:D

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Just finished watching a re run of "Time To Remember" on BBC4. That took me back to when I was a nipper that's for sure!! Tuesday 8-30 for the next 16 weeks I think! Bet they didn't think there would be anything more than BBC and ITV (2 channels) when it was made???

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Can't remember the name of the other "character" in the joke.:confused:

Re: What did you watch when you was a nipper?
 

Probably cos there wasn't one....in my joke.:D

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Dr. Kildare.
Space patrol on Sundays.
A square world ,Thurs.
Wagon Train, Sugar foot , Highway patrol with Rodrick Crawford. Cannon ball, whirlybirds.
The White Hunter.