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I was a huge fan of Bernard Manning. Totally non PC but absolutely hilarious. I'm not racist or anti Semitic (BTW neither was he) but he was very very funny. Tommy Cooper is up there with the best. His hats routine and brigadier/Fritz one man theatre are masterpieces of comedy. They're both on YouTube and are well worth a look.

I believe "Have a Go" was a programme in it's own right see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_A_Go I used to listen to it occasionally but never really got into it. Violet Carson aka Ena Sharples from Coronation Street played the piano on the show for six years.

And Hankie Flowerd. Oo yes missus. No don't.

Re: Oztalgian's earlier post.... Unfortunately not. That's the music that was used later. Interestingly the original music also featured a flute and I’ve often wondered if it's another one of Bach’s compositions. Thanks for trying.

I came across this link at the end of last year http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ For those who haven't seen it I thoroughly recommend it. It's packed with information from actual listings in The Radio Times. It's helped me with lots of names and dates that have been swimming around in my ageing brain for a long long time. I've tracked down a couple of Sunday teatime children's dramas from the 50s The Black Tulip and The Silver Sword and I've also established that Patricia Driscol presented Picture Book (Monday's Watch with Mother episode) from it's inception in 1955 right up to

I used to think the early Cresta ads were hilarious. I can't find them on YouTube. The later ones that are there weren't so good. They changed the product too. Tiffin. It's nuts and raisins, biscuits too, and creamy milk chocolate all the way through. Amazing Raisin: It's amazing what raisins can do What's the beer we all love best? Watneys keg red barrel Ticka ticka Timex R.Whites. I'm a secret lemonade drinker (written by Ross MacManus Elvis Costello's dad) Cadbury's fudge. A finger of fudge is what you need to give your friends a treat (written by Mick D'Abo fo

Yes, it was originally in French I believe. The theme music was excellent however. I watched Black Beauty most Sundays with my kids in the 70s. The music was also very good. Other favourite theme tunes of mine are The Wombles, Bengo, The Woodentops, Mr Pastry and The Railway Children from the 50s. I particularly like the theme music for Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads. Some good childrens TV themes here: http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/index.htm

They’re all on here https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Hits-Favourites-Various-Artists/dp/B01J6J23RS/ref=pd_bxgy_15_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AB8PJ0WAA472NRDBGJ6X Enjoy

Hi again to all the Bilboroughites on here. I haven't posted on this thread for a little while but now I've retired I have a bit more time. To recap, I was born and brought up on Elstree Drive from 1950 until 1961 when the family moved to Forest Fields so I could be closer to my new secondary school. I went to Beechdale Primary School (now long gone) and regularly played around the old canal, the tin bridge on Woodyard Lane and the railway line. I also used to play football and cricket on the grassed area in front of Ambergate Rd shops. The kids on Elstree Drive used to attend BPS or

Back in the mid 60s my friend and I went over to Skeggy on a coach from Nottingham. About halfway there the coach stopped at a pub for a break. It was selling Hole’s Bitter and my friend who swore by Home Ales (said Shippos always gave him a headache) had a pint and couldn’t stop farting for the rest of the journey. The other passengers were not impressed and neither was I.

Correction. I see here http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/back_issues/issue_6/issue_06_24.htm that Leonard Mitson was a director of Notts County FC although you can see here http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM010992&pos=7&action=zoom&id=62436 that he shared the joy of Forest's FA Cup win in 1959.

Loved the 1951 Festival video of Nottingham. I was born in 1950 so I found it very evocative. I spotted Leonard Miitson going into the Council House at 9.19. He had a hand made chocolate shop on Long Row and a factory in Lenton. He was Lord Mayor in 1955/6. I think he might have been on Forest’s board as well. My dad used to take some Mitson’s chocolates for my mum as a peace offering on a Saturday evening after the football at Meadow Lane in the late 50s. IIRC the bag was crimson and white striped with a dark brown cord handle. Very exclusive. Mum would sometimes let me have one b

It gets excellent reviews here: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/open-box-yamaha-ll6r-l-series-rosewood-spruce-dreadnought-acoustic-electric-guitar#productDetail The Musicians Friend site is hosted by musicians who know their stuff. There's no sales pitch. I've used it myself and always found the reviews helpful and unbiased. Harmony Central is a similar site for and by musicians. I've had a Yamaha acoustic model CJ838SII for many years and it's a brilliant guitar. Some reviews say it's as good as a Gibson SJ-200.

I quite like James Corden but I think his bubble may have burst after his insensitive jokes at that award ceremony in the US a couple of weeks back. I think he's a good comedy writer as is Ben Elton who wrote most of the Black Adder scripts, however, as a performer Ben Elton was just awful. Lee Mack can also be funny as he seems to have a bit of a brain. IMO Russell Brand is a total t-sser and Jo Brand also gets on my t-ts. The fact that Keith Lemon, Alan Carr and Jimmy Carr are so popular speaks volumes about the intellect of some of today's younger generation. At the other end of t

In the early 60s I used to get my hair cut at a barbers on Berridge road called Alf's. He always had a few copies of Parade around for waiting customers to enjoy. I think the pictures were a bit more raunchy than those in Reveille and Tit-Bits (Who thought up that name?) and some were in colour. On the subject of Mad Magazine I used to love Don Martin's cartoons. They were absolutely hilarious.

The original Little Black Sambo and the other non PC titles by Helen Bannerman are very expensive books to buy these days on the second hand book market. You can still pick up the non PC books as paperbacks. They stopped publishing them in the 90s I think. A politically correct version was issued in 1996 called The Story of Little Babaji (with Fred Marcellino).

Milly Molly Mandy stories were read to us when we were at primary school in 1957. I was 7 years old and they bored the arse off me. I much preferred Worzel Gummidge and The Famous Five which were also introduced to me at primary school. The Borrowers and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe were also recommended reading for primary kids back then. A first edition of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe with its original dust jacket in good condition will cost you thousands these days.

Nice selection here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mary+mouse&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQxu-1_b7XAhXM0xoKHVlPC6wQ_AUIEygC&biw=1024&bih=729#imgrc=cuMdy0EQYBNPKM:

I had The Dandy comic and the annual at Christmas from about 1957. I'm not sure why I opted for The Dandy because I actually preferred The Beano My mum got rid of all my childhood books when I went off to Uni in 1972. About 30 years ago I started to collect them again and now have a man cave full of Beano, Dandy, Topper and Beezer annuals not to mention Rupert, Toby Twirl, Muffin, Blue Peter, Giles and Enid Blyton's Famous Five. I also have a stash of comics and other childrens books and annuals from the 50s and 60s (no Eagle Chulla I wasn't a fan) . I also collect music memora

Don't the Americans spell the plural of sock as sox?

Sadly have to agree 100% with your comment Carol. IIRC your mum and dad were sticklers for good grammar and spelling which certainly rubbed off on you and Tony. Our attendance at FFGS was also enormously important in developing our spelling and grammar skills.

Regularly used to see Sir Jimmy Sirrel at Meadow Lane in the late 60s. COYP

Thanks for reminding me about those spun aluminium jugs in red, green and blue that were used for dispensing water with school dinners. I went to Beechdale Primary School 1955-61. It was on Frampton Rd not too far from Portland. Most of the kids there lived in the prefabs. I lived on Elstree Drive. The school closed in about 1962/3 and the kids transferred to Glenbrooke. School dinners at Beechdale were grim. They used to be delivered in a green van in aluminium containers which were then reheated. I can't think of any of the main meals I enjoyed. One or two of the desserts were

Doesn't Jimmy Tarbuck have COM 1C? This thread has started me looking on the DVLA site. I see there's loads of registrations available that begin ME55 . Would be great for me, just need to save up £1000

Disgraceful. But that's NCC for you. I've said it before. I can't start to think about Christmas until the embers on the Nov 5th bonfire have died. As for Halloween, it's just another excuse to get people to spend money like grandparents day. Bleddy American marketeers. Just so you don't think I'm a total miserable git I should add we do give sweets to trick and treaters and we do have carved pumpkins on display but I can't say it floats my boat. I went in a card shop in the US a few years back and saw a Happy Circumcision Day card. How long before they turn up here? I