Qfive 1 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 No Sky TV or a Remote Control in this sitting room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 By coincidence... Robert Adler, the inventor of the TV remote, died yesterday in Idaho aged 94. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Boy, doesn't that living room look small? They looked quite normal when we were kids, but I bet if we went back to our childhood homes, we'd be amazed how small the rooms were. I supposed we had to sit up close to the fire as that was the only heat [in my house, the only heat in the whole house] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 The coal fire was the only heat in our house too! About 18 months ago I was back in Long Eaton and went to take a picture of the house I grew up in. The owner saw me and came out to see what I was doing - when I explained, they invited me in - WOW - I couldn't believe how small it was! To think my mum, dad and two sisters lived there - it would all almost fit in the living/dining room of our house here! Made me feel very "American"! However, they paid more for it than I paid for my house here - crazy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 What a typical 50`s living room,-even down to the plaster dog(?from Goose fair),and the tiled fire surround. I remeber ours being built in rhe early 50`s. The houses were bitterly cold,and unless you sat within 2 feet of the fire you froze. B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qfive 1 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Speaking of Remote Controls. I wonder how many young ‘uns of today would have the patience to tune one of those TV’s in. Whenever you used to switch them on, you either had to adjust the vertical hold, the horizontal hold, brightness, and or contrast. Then a car or a bus went past and the picture would start rolling just when Ward Bond of Wagon Train was fending 2000 indjuns off.. You would get up to make a cuppa and fall over the coffee table due to the room being in total darkness. Then get bawled at for making a racket, never mind that your leg was broken in six places. It was never hard to see who was watching TV on a nice sunny evening in the summer, as the curtains were always closed. All things considered give me today’s technology. Especially the Remote Control. Better known as the Childrens Pacifier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 LOL.... Excellent summary of early TV watching! As with the higher postings too, it all relates to the 'what you are used to' syndrome. When we lived in small cold houses watching single channel TV on a wobbly screen, we were not troubled at all because that was the 'norm' for everyone. We had never experienced anything that was better. Primarily to evoke some sympathy from my 2 young granddaughters, I recently told them how my childhood life differed from theirs. They both ran to their mother to announce that "Grandad is telling fibs again!" and "He is even older than we thought!" Perhaps they'll look back 50 years hence to conclude that their early life was primitive. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 WHAT! no flying ducks?.....or is that one on the mantle piece which some sharp shooter has shot down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Is that a Cat on the chair? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 ...perhaps it was Arthur Seaton with his air rifle who shot it whist preparing to shoot at the a@@ of the fat lady gossip on the corner.(D`you remember that scene?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Is this at the Castle Museum in York? I seem to remember something like it there several years ago. At the Imperial War Museum at Duxford there is a fully restored "Prefab" - remember them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Is it a new photo? It looks like a double glazed unit in the window. Lynmee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 At the Imperial War Museum at Duxford there is a fully restored "Prefab" - remember them? Remember them......we still have 'em... IIRC, Cinderhill Road, Bulwell and Nuthall Road,Whitemoor? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 The ones in Long Eaton are all gone - a friend of mine lived in one on Bennett Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 ...they were supposed to be a stop-gap until `proper' houses could be built. There are hundreds in Bilborough,some of which have been modified quite skillfully.Dunno how they would go replacing them with heavier houses though as I believe many are built over old coal mining seams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's funny how things have gone full circle. Nowadays having "cable" is very much the in thing, fifty years ago we had cable. Redifusion wired many of the houses in the Meadows, with a cable running from house to house. Inside the houses was a brown bakelite switch box mounted on the window frame which enabled the occupant to switch channels. Can't remember how many channels, probably two or three. We used to run home from school at lunch time to watch Emergency Ward 10 - magic days. Hugs Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's funny how things have gone full circle. Nowadays having "cable" is very much the in thing, fifty years ago we had cable. Redifusion wired many of the houses in the Meadows, with a cable running from house to house. Inside the houses was a brown bakelite switch box mounted on the window frame which enabled the occupant to switch channels. Can't remember how many channels, probably two or three. We used to run home from school at lunch time to watch Emergency Ward 10 - magic days. Hugs Alison We had a Rediffusion TV in a rental house in Stoke-on-Trent when I was in college! It worked great - and we could get several different ITV channels! I wonder what happened to them? Also - "prefabs" are back - just in a slightly more refined form. In fact, I am going to look at several "Holiday Lodges" in Leicestershire and Derbyshire when I come over in March - if the pricing is right it may be a decent way to obtain a base in the UK so we can stay for longer periods - and rent it out when we are not there. They are basically "upmarket" static caravans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 We had Redifusion, it would be around 1955, so there'd be BBC and ITV, plus the radio, which played through your TV. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,673 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ayup Alison, Can you remember the name of the show that was on at lunchtime about the same time as ward ten, it starred Noel Gorden and her side kick Jerry Allen ( I think) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I remember that, it was Lunch Box. Jean Morton had the Tinga and Tucker club on that programme too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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