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Old 16-07-2010, 13:15   #196
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Re: What did you watch when you was a nipper?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Our...ays_(TV_series)

I think Brian Inglis was the most memorable presenter.
Talking about TV , does anyone remember 'This is your life'? with Eamon Andrews
I can also remember the very first commercial I saw on my uncles's new TV
...The Esso sign means happy motoring........
I really am going back a long way!
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Talking about TV , does anyone remember 'This is your life'? with Eamon Andrews
I can also remember the very first commercial I saw on my uncle's new TV
...The Esso sign means happy motoring........
I really am going back a long way!
I remember Mr Andrews and his big red book, the first advert on commercial TV was for Strand Cigarettes, the tag line was your never alone with a Strand, showed a bloke standing under a lamp post at night with his mack collar up and trilby hat pulled over his eyes, think today he'd have been pulled by cops on Stop and Search
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Anyone recall 'In Town Tonight' : a weekly magazine programme chaired by McDonald Hobley. A bit like a latter day Jonathon Ross, but without the foul mouth.
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Anyone recall 'In Town Tonight' : a weekly magazine programme chaired by McDonald Hobley. A bit like a latter day Jonathon Ross, but without the foul mouth.
I remember it Stumped, think it used to be on around 6pm on a Saturday night, always opened with a shot of Alexandra Place with the TV antenna on top with air waves radiating from it, can remember the music though

Just found this on Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Town_Tonight

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how about The Cisco Kid..i wur only a kid back then
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the first advert on commercial TV was for Strand Cigarettes, the tag line was your never alone with a Strand, showed a bloke standing under a lamp post at night with his mack collar up and trilby hat pulled over his eyes, think today he'd have been pulled by cops on Stop and Search
They soon pulled that advert 'cos it made smokers look like sad loners !!
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They soon pulled that advert 'cos it made smokers look like sad loners !!
In actual fact it ran a hell of a sight longer than ads do today
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In actual fact it ran a hell of a sight longer than ads do today
It ran fer years T.V. n Cinema as i recall.
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I remember it Stumped, think it used to be on around 6pm on a Saturday night, always opened with a shot of Alexandra Place with the TV antenna on top with air waves radiating from it, can remember the music though

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In Town Tonight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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In Town Tonight
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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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 passin through during the filming of Ryan's Daughter which was set in Ireland. The author J.B. Priestley was on the same program. That 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.
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
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do your remember CRACKERJACK>
circa 1960
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do your remember CRACKERJACK>
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Oh Dear ! And I've been trying for 40 odd years to forget it !
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was the first advert not

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was the first advert not

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It was - Sept 22 (or 21) 1955.

Strand advert came in 1959 & the brand was discontinued in the early 60s.
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