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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 10 Mar 2014 11:44

Wee 'eck was allowed to watch Bill & Ben then. Explains a lot.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 10 Mar 2014 03:33

I do remember my mum, not letting my brother and me watch Bill and Ben.

Imagine this...... Mum, with a strong Scottish accent......... "Yer No watchin' that, I don't want ye to grow up talkin' funny"

:-D

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Mar 2014 21:58

1953 we had a TV

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Annx

Annx Report 9 Mar 2014 21:31

We didn't have a tv till 1955, but I remember all those progs and loved them! I also loved Muffin the Mule and had the puppet. Whatever happened to it I wonder. :-S They are worth a lot now. :-S I also loved Prudence Kitten with her sister Primrose.

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Staffordshire, Warwickshire

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Mar 2014 21:00

I also found some episodes of Captain Pugwash.......... how did they get away with all that? :-0 :-0 :-0 :-D

Sue

Sue Report 9 Mar 2014 17:35

That does surprise me!!!! - Making it to modern TV.

Thought it may have gone the same way as Noddy and Big Ears.!!




:-D :-D

Researching:
Honey and all Jack Russells

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 9 Mar 2014 14:23

Well we had a tv ... somebody must have had one or there would have been little point in making the programs! My grandfather thought it an extravagent waste of money but that didn't stop him from watching it! My great aunt came to stay for 2 weeks in about 1957 so as to watch Wimbledon on TV. By that time my father had updated the set to the monumental dimensions of 17in no magnifier!

I remember Andy Pandy ( and still know the theme song by heart ), had a crush on Luby Loo, Bill and Ben, Rag, Tag amd Bobtail ( precursor to tales of the Riverbank) and of course the frequent interludes.

afaik Andy Pandy & Bill & Ben have made it into modern color tv.


:-)

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Sue

Sue Report 9 Mar 2014 12:32

Similar to you Kitty re electricity and tv . Loved Andy Pandy and Looby Lou sp.?


Wonder what todays' children would think of it./ :-D

Researching:
Honey and all Jack Russells

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 9 Mar 2014 12:19

We didn't even have electricity until 1959!!!

We got our first television in about 1963

My favourites were the wooden tops :-D

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Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Mar 2014 11:51

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Andy Pandy!! :-D :-D :-D :-D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLI7V-xcQA

It was aired 16 September 1952......... who had a tv then? My family didn't, I think we got one about 1958.

:-)

I've been watching Andy Pandy, The Flowerpotmen, Rag Tag & Bobtail, The Woodentops..... and that posh woman on Picture Book. :-D