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Workers Playtime
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Barbra | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:09 |
Now does anyone remember this .its from way back :-D Wilfred Pickles went into factories ,& asked people Questions ,& his wife handed over the Money ( Give them The Money Mabel ) I just thought about it last night as Pat mentioned meet the Huggetts ..good old fashioned humour .my Mum listened all the time .was it in the 50s .I was only a young un Honest :-D Barbra |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:18 |
they recorded from my workplace once - Freeman's Cigar factory in Cardiff |
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Allan | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:19 |
I remember it, Barbra :-) |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:22 |
I remember them as well. Two different programmes. Workers' Playtime was a sort of variety show, usually ending with a singer and I think the Wilfred Pickles programme was called Have a Go. |
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Barbra | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:23 |
Aw Thank You .I must be feeling either old this morning or nostalgic ;-) |
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ElizabethK | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:28 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers'_Playtime_(radio_programme) |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:30 |
Yes I remember both programmes , and Carroll Levis discoveries ,my elder sister was on that and came second in one program |
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Barbra | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:32 |
Thank you for the link will have a look Barbra :-) ~~~~To all |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:39 |
Have you tried Radio 4 Extra. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 26 Feb 2017 10:54 |
Henry Halls guest night ran for a long time I think as well. |
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Barbra | Report | 26 Feb 2017 11:04 |
Thanks Pat .~~~~~Brenda ,be back later Barbra :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 26 Feb 2017 11:20 |
I don't remember 'Have a Go' but both my elder brothers won money on it! |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Feb 2017 12:16 |
The "Navy Lark" was and is the funniest thing that was ever broadcast along with “Around the Horne". Happily most of the episodes are still available. I thought Workers Playtime was boring and Wilfred Pickles even worse but not as bad as the Archers.. Eventually Radio Caroline came along marking the end of skiffle beehive hairdos and the beginning of modern times. |
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Sharron | Report | 26 Feb 2017 13:14 |
Sandie McPhearson(?) at the organ when Reginald Dixon would let him have a go and has there ever been a programme broadcast that was more filthy than Round the Horne? Still it was bona to varda your dolly old eke wasn't it? |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Feb 2017 13:44 |
Sharron is alluding to Kenneth Horn ( may he be blessed with merriment) frequent use of London gay slang which was in part derived from Romany. As most of the country were unaware he got away with a lot. He was incorrect in his thinking that the BBC top brass were unaware. As Horne had fans in the highest places there was not much they could do about it. |
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Barbra | Report | 26 Feb 2017 13:48 |
Navy lark Leslie Phillips .Jon Pertwee ..Heather Chasen ..Round the Horne Kenneth Williams .Hugh Paddick .Hmm .never a fan of these progs . Workers Play time Variety show & Have a Go Wilfred Pickles Thanks Folks for in put Barbra :-) |
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Daftoldbat | Report | 26 Feb 2017 14:02 |
'Mabel at the table and Harry Hudson at the piano', though heaven knows why I remember that bit! (Apologies if I have got it wrong) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 26 Feb 2017 14:10 |
Round the Horne is also occasionally on Radio 4 extra. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Feb 2017 14:17 |
Sundays were great - Family Favourites, Ken Dodd and the Navy Lark and little Jimmy Clitheroe - we hit the "off" button for Billy Cotton's Band Show - Wakey Wakey - could not stand him!!! |
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Sharron | Report | 26 Feb 2017 14:26 |
Billy Cotton has much to answer for, my lack of class for instance. |