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A question for the real oldies 65 plus
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PC & TJ.....arguably two of the best ice skaters of all time.....
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Speakin of oldies, I haven't seen naydam for a few months. Any ideas anyone?
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Radio Luxembourg in the dark ... the only station that played new music. All the knob twiddling to get rid of the whistling and shrieking - that's the old Bakelite valve radio, you pervs. My sister got a transistor radio for her birthday. The thing was as big as a shoebox. It took three or four big batteries. One day the mother found brown marks on the bedspread in my sister's room. The little Yorkshire terrier got blamed, and probably got a few kicks. Then we found that the batteries in the transistor had aged and leaked sticky brown fluid.  |
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I couldn't have a tranny on in the dark.
Hi Kenny, I'm still recovering from the thought of Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson. Surprised that "Mrs Dale's Diary" didn't get a mention (and the tragic tale of Ellis Powell) My parents had a very good friend who was a lovely man, a Scotsman called Alec. He had an old valve radio that had stopped working and I volunteered to mend it for him, suspecting that it just needed a replacement valve. I repaired it for him and gave it back and to my surprise and delight, he said that I could keep it. I was about 11 at the time and I listened to that radio in the dark every night for years. I can still remember the faint light and slight warm bakelite odour it emitted as it sat on my bedside table. |
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Great story Foinavon
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I remember them.
How about Miki and Griff - A little bitty tear let down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmU7f7u2p0 |
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Hi Kenny,
I'm still recovering from the thought of Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson. Surprised that "Mrs Dale's Diary" didn't get a mention (and the tragic tale of Ellis Powell) My parents had a very good friend who was a lovely man, a Scotsman called Alec. He had an old valve radio that had stopped working and I volunteered to mend it for him, suspecting that it just needed a replacement valve. I repaired it for him and gave it back and to my surprise and delight, he said that I could keep it. I was about 11 at the time and I listened to that radio in the dark every night for years. I can still remember the faint light and slight warm bakelite odour it emitted as it sat on my bedside table. Great story indeed I remember that easily B-B Sorry you got banned. |
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Although I think I remember the Burl Ives version, which was earlier.
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^ That's right kenny, my parents had a record player and remember a few Burl Ives records they had, A Little Bitty Tear, It's Just My Funny Way Of Laughin', Ugly Bug Ball. They use to play those a lot, and other ones I liked which I still remember, Little White Bull - Tommy Steele. Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat, My Old Mans A Dustman. And lot of records by Alma Cogan, and lot of jazz music.
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I remember all those Tel.
Loved Burl Ives songs. Used to write to Uncle Mac on Children's Favourites asking for one to be played, along with The Runaway Train and Sparky and his magic piano. |
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What about Shirley Abicair (
 when I was 5) Little boy fishing |
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Bloody hell, I couldn't place that. But now I can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4eTRU9YfJM |
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I think they made a sex tape in 1958.
It was all over the net at the time. |
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ha ha ha
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Cy Grant..used to sing at the end of the show with Cliff Mitchelmore.Can't remember the shows name.
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Just googled him..
Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant (8 November 1919 – 13 February 2010)[2] was a Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet. In the 1950s, he became the first black person to be featured regularly on television in the United Kingdom,[3][4][5] mostly due to his appearances on the BBC current affairs show Tonight. Following service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, Grant worked as an actor and singer, before establishing the Drum Arts Centre in London in the 1970s.[6] In the 1980s, he was appointed director of Concord Multicultural Festivals.[7] A published poet and author of several books, including his 2007 memoir Blackness and the Dreaming Soul and other writing that reflected his belief in Taoism and an expansive world view,[8] Grant was made an Honorary Fellow of Roehampton University in 1997, and a member of the Scientific and Medical Network in 2001. In 2008, he was the founder and inspirator of an online archive to trace and commemorate Caribbean airmen of the Second World War.[9] A father of four children, Grant lived with his wife, Dorith, in Highgate, London. |
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I temember the Tonight programme very well. I was 10 when this was broadcast. It has Cy Grant singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ21FPr9S2U |
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Teddy Johnson RIP aged 98.
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Also just noticed Danny Kirwan yesterday too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmuRc1Ypw9w |
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What about - Workers Playtime.
Brought to you today from the Morris car factory canteen in Cowley. Unfortunately there's no audience. All the workers are out on strike over their demands for longer tea breaks. |
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They were regulars on the box when I was a kid as were Joyce and Lionel Blair .
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drink ovaltine its the nicest way to stay healthy
and to sleep serene,drink ovaltime. |