General Chat

Sandie McPhierson at the organ and Reginald Dixon.

Ray's a Laugh where Sydney Mincing was always the proprietor of somewhere.

When I was a small child and poorly in bed, I used to beg for the radio to be brought to me. Workers' Playtime, Have A Go, Educating Archie and the Afternoon Play....all aided me in my recovery. :-D :-D

Makes me smile when someone says "don't remember that it's before my time" but they have heard of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens etc. :-(

Went to the Isle of Man in the early 50s and danced in the Villa Marina to the Joe Loss Band....those were the days..showing my age now!
:-)

Brenda my OH and I went to a dance in Wrexham many years ago with Victor Sylvester Jnr's Orchestra

The sound just wasn't the same as his father's orchestra unfortunately.

Always wanted to have a dance with him! :-)

Victor Sylvester's orchestra on Saturday afternoon that my mother listened to while doing the ironing :-D

Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.
Henry Halls guest night
Sure there are a lot more!!

I had forgotten about "In Town Tonight"

"When the mighty roar of London's traffic stops" :-D

"Mighty roar" in those days :-D

Once saw the Navy Lark recorded on the aircraft carrier HMS. Victorious in Portsmouth.

I can remember all the shows mentioned.
What about In Town Tonight?

I think Round The Horne, and The Navy Lark was on after the Forces request programme with Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalf.

happy days :-D

The Clitheroe Kid and Round the Horne.

How they got away with 'Julian and Sandy' I will never know :-0

They were always on, along with the Navy Lark, in rotation on a Sunday between 2 and 3pm (or was it 1 and 2pm?)and we listened as a family while having Sunday lunch.

Oh the memories are flooding back:-D

Chris

Who remembers "Journey Into Space"?

I loved it :-D

Tec :-)

Not to mention Wilfred Pickles and "have a go" and Life with the lions ;-)

All the programmes mentioned by Tec and Bob can be heard on radio 4 extra :-D

So that's who it was serving tea with a spooky voice - thanks, Suffolk Vera. :-)

I remember her!

You did make me laugh - my mum was a young mum in the fifties - you're not as old as that!

Having spent my life at sea, you have no idea how true to life that programme often was Bob :-D

yep-

the navy lark........left hand down a bit...........ever so gently, number one

Your thread got me thinking Claddagh :-)

If you don't mind showing your age - does anyone remember the following =

The Man In Black - Valentine Dyall , I think.
Paul Temple,
Dick Barton - Special Agent,
Gert & Daisy......Elsie and Doris Waters or Walters?

Tec


:-)

Eileen apparently the answer to your first question is English comedian Ken Platt used this phrase in his radio comedy shows during the mid-1950s. But I am non the wiser as I don't remember that one. :-D