poohbear 1,360 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 I miss westerns on the TV, there are no decent western themed progs lately, though I enjoyed " The Hatfields & McCoys" last year with Kevin Costner, very authentic. They'd have to slow down on the old Ethnic slaughtering and land stealing for todays better educated viewer. And even show one or two black cowboys who mysteriously didn't exist in the 40s/50s movies. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Grainy 405 lines, black and white and no remote or surround sound how did we manage? Our first TV, dating from 1953, had to have one of those plastic magnifying things on the screen because it was so small. We could only get the BBC on it (through one of those H-shaped aerials). In about 1958 or 1959 we got one which could pick up ITV (an additional, different-shaped, aerial was needed) - and which was big enough not to need the magnifying glass on the front! That set lasted us until 1967 after I started work and we could afford a new one - and it could pick up BBC2! There was a switch on the front for changing from 405 lines for the other two channels to 625 lines for BBC. And that's another thing - however did we manage with only two channels? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Merthyr, I think we'd watch anything, it was all so new to us, I don't remember our telly being switched off because it was something nobody liked. We were glued to everything. When the telly wasn't on, the radio was. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 For anyone unaware of the site, www.turnipnet.com is a great source for 50`s TV and radio nostalgia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Evening All!! I used to watch Top of the Pops and Ready Steady Go. Coronation Street was easier to digest in the 60s with real people. As for Crossroads? All the failed actors and actresses had parts in this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 In 1960 my dad and I used to watch an ATV programme called The Strange World of Gurney Slade. It was devised by Anthony Newley and he played the part of Gurney Slade. It was very strange, very funny and I think it was ahead of its time. The theme music is on Youtube and I still have the single recording of this in my collection. We saw Anthony Newley in a musical show at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham in the 1970s and I think it was called Stop the world I want to get off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Did you understand Gurney Slade because I didn't? I was a bit too young I reckon (9ish) plus I would probably be out playing in Papplewick woods anyway unless my sister had been sent to drag me home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Now I KNOW I'm old .... None of you have mentioned that you watched 'Six Five Special'. I did! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 speeding down the line..........six five special right on time..................i'm with you margie............don lang ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 And his Frantic Five! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 One of tmy best popular music programmes was Ready, Steady Go. A big fry up on a Friday evening. Watch RSG then on the bus to town..... The weekend has begun. Great days. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Didn't Don Lang sing a song that started 'I told the witch doctor I was in love with you...' It had some gobbledegook words in it. Lovely word ...'gobbledegook' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 This one Margie ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I never missed 'Six Five Special' MargieH. I also watched 'Ready Steady Go' and all the others. Great TV. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 BW, yes that's it. I'd forgotten what a stupid song it was, though! Is Don Lang dead now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Died August 1992 aged 67 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I always thought he was a lot older than me. He must have been well in his thirties when he sang the witch doctor song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Before my grandfather bought us a TV I used to go and watch The Lone Ranger and Superman with the lad next door. When we got the TV I loved to watch The Six Five Special with my dad. Tommy Steele and Lonnie Donegan provided my first real introduction to music. I still love Singing the Blues and Rock Island Line. My husband and I still laugh about "My Old Man's a Dustman" if we are late putting out the wheelie bin! No, I have never had to "jump up on the cart"! I think I have mentioned before that my dad and I loved to watch Gurney Slade. It was strange but we did laugh a lot. There were some programmes that I hated: Crackerjack, The Black and White Minstrel Show, Billy Cotton and sport. I was fortunate in having library books and other things to do when these were on. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I always liked Tommy Steele's version of 'Singing the Blues' better than Guy Mitchell's. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I agree Margie. I also loved Flash Bang Wallop as he performed this with a great sense of fun. A great entertainer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/561782/ Here you go reminisce 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Crackerjack? (#43) ......CRACKERJACK..haha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Didn't watch Crackerjack very often.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 And then, of course, there was Juke Box Jury... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FiftiesBoy 4 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 What about Casey Jones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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