New Posts For Thread: The news on TV has changed since I was a kidhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kidNowadays it's dominated by brown eyed people with dark hair. The UK really has changed in 40 years, what will it be like in another 40 years.Well in those days women had to be in bed by 9pm or you were allowed to admonish them with a spanking. So when they went to bed the men would sit in the drawing room in our smoking jackets watching "Strumpetstation" on the BBC, puffing furiously on ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146599#546146599Well in those days women had to be in bed by 9pm or you were allowed to admonish them with a spanking. So when they went to bed the men would sit in the drawing room in our smoking jackets watching "Strumpetstation" on the BBC, puffing furiously on oTue, 08 Sep 2015 16:30:53 -0500Eeeeeh ba gum JC, you put us all to shame there,did they show the relief of Lady Smith on your TV or was that another sort of channel ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146483#546146483Eeeeeh ba gum JC, you put us all to shame there,did they show the relief of Lady Smith on your TV or was that another sort of channel ?Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:20:11 -0500Maybe I'm showing my age but in my day there was a lot more international coverage, mostly about the Empire of course, the boer war and so on. In those days delicate flowers like Jemima Corbyn wouldn't even have got the vote, damn those suffragettes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146425#546146425Maybe I'm showing my age but in my day there was a lot more international coverage, mostly about the Empire of course, the boer war and so on. In those days delicate flowers like Jemima Corbyn wouldn't even have got the vote, damn those suffragettes.Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:16:58 -0500When I was a lad the news was a summary of what had been happening in the UK,now it is an emotional pull of the heartstrings anywhere in the world session and if we can all siwtch off feeling guilty it will have been worthwhile.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146349#546146349When I was a lad the news was a summary of what had been happening in the UK,now it is an emotional pull of the heartstrings anywhere in the world session and if we can all siwtch off feeling guilty it will have been worthwhile.Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:09:40 -0500Only 6 minutes until the BBC 10pm "let all refugees in" advert.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146251#546146251Only 6 minutes until the BBC 10pm "let all refugees in" advert.Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:55:08 -0500Trevor McDonut had black hairhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146241#546146241Trevor McDonut had black hairTue, 08 Sep 2015 15:53:09 -0500In a similarly retro vein:What's brown and 8 foot tall?The bird in "the joy of s*x"'s lawn.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546146013#546146013In a similarly retro vein:What's brown and 8 foot tall?The bird in "the joy of s*x"'s lawn.Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:31:54 -0500I miss Reginald Bosanquethttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546145993#546145993I miss Reginald BosanquetTue, 08 Sep 2015 15:31:16 -0500What's green and 8 foot tall? Terry Waite's lawn.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546145975#546145975What's green and 8 foot tall? Terry Waite's lawn.Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:30:31 -0500He had his own radiator did you know....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30582785/the-news-on-tv-has-changed-since-i-was-a-kid?post_id=546145955#546145955He had his own radiator did you know....Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:29:11 -0500