Guest Anne Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Wakey Wakey! which band leader used to shout that? His lead singer was Alan Breeze His son took over after his Dad died..enough clues..you've got to know this one :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Him? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Good old Billy Cotton I had forgotten all about him. I remember listening to him,[among others ]on our little radio in the kitchen when we lived on Ryehill St. Caz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
den10 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 did you know, he was one o0f three bands that never played or got a record played on luxemburge 208 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hi Den10 No didn't realise that. Wasn't radio Luxembourg for the funky young thing's though?? Don't think Billy Cotton would have fit in to that category do you?? I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg as a child, I was always having to baby sit my gran who lived upstairs in our house on Ryehill st, it must have been very boring for a young kid, so dad must have given me a radio & I remember scouring the dial for something to listen to, lo & behold I found 208!! I really used to get lost in my own little world listening to that station & the DJ's,Stuart Henry, Kid [dave] Jenson who later went on to radio Trent in Nottingham, to name just 2. The world just isn't the same anymore,radio really was magical in those days,god know's what we would have done without it,probably killed each other or died of boredom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
den10 0 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Radio 208 luxemburge was a big life saver, I used to listen to it on our camp radio when I was in the army and on guard duty notic you used to live ryehill street when i lived bell street 50s [off orange st] delivered papers from muskum ?? street paper shop all round that area Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Remember all those Sunday afternoon shows on the Beeb? Family Favourites, The Navy Lark, Hancocks Half Hour etc etc ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tutanic 8 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Do you remember Semprini Seranade or is that going too far back?? A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 And worrabaht Workers Playtime, coming to you from Blackdykes Mills Canteen with yours truly Eric Morcombe and Ernie Wise........Them were the days... And Daphne the Glums were in Take it From Here, weren't they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Jimmy Clitheroe was my favorite,I was so surprised when I eventually saw him & he was a grown man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Jimmy has grown up ! :o Thats terrible! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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den10 0 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Workers Playtime with wilfred pickles [give them the money mable] ITMA tommy handly or valatine dial 'the man in black, 'saturday nights, and what about "bye that shady brook' singer Donald peers or tommy trinder, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tutanic 8 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 That was Donald Peers. What did Archie Andrews used to appear in, was that Billy Cotton? A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angi 3 Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Think it was the Archie Andrews show but I'm not sure,Pet Clarke was in it too. Remember Dick Barton-special agent also Journey into Space,that was my fave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Talking about old radio progs - anyone remember Jimmy Clitheroe (the Clitheroe Kid) or the Navy lark with Leslie Phillips and how about a ventrilquist on the radio - Archie Andrews with Peter brough - wow showing me age now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Jimmy Clitheroe was my favorite,I was so surprised when I eventually saw him & he was a grown man. We had a bloke at British Gypsum, the mines resident comedian who told me once he lived in the same village as Jimmy Clitheroe at one time. He said he nearly smacked the conceted little dickhead in the village pub. He told me he had never met anyone so conceted as Jimmy Clitheroe. Don't say much for the little feller off stage does it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigal 3 Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Archie Andrews !!!!!! ably supported by Peter Brough- probably the best ventriloquist on the radio - well could never see his lips move on our set! Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 There are certain things that you cannot have on the wireless. Trapeze artists, Ballet, Origami and Ventriloquists. As improbable as it may sound one of the most popular programmes started on 6th June 1950. Educating Archie was born. In fact the wireless was the best medium for Peter Brough the ventriloquist, because when he made his rare appearances on the television, every body could see his lips move, so back to the wireless. In 1951, Archie was kidnapped, millions followed the story in the press as if it was a real child. The person responsible sent an anonymous note saying Archie could be found at the Lost Property Office at Kings Cross Station. Archie made his last broadcast in 1958. Image & Text Courtesy Radio Fun You are of course, right again Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Think it was the Archie Andrews show but I'm not sure,Pet Clarke was in it too.Remember Dick Barton-special agent also Journey into Space,that was my fave. IIRC, it was 'Educating Archie'... Another regular performer with Archie was Avril Angers, who passed away within the last few weeks. Memories of 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' were said to have been a factor in the later success of the James Bond stories. 'Journey into Space' terrified all the kids in Britain! Many a sleepless night for me... Nevertheless, to miss an episode was considered something of a disaster! Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 ...and speaking of famous Band Leaders, how many can remember one of Nottingham's finest-Cyril Stapleton, who was really big late40's and 50's. I last saw him in 1972 at the Royal Free Hospital in London, 2 years before he died at the age of 59yrs. in 1974. There is a photo of him on the 'picture the past' web site(NTGM009553.jpg) Incidentally another famous character is on the photo also. CYRIL STAPLETON(1914-1974) During the 1950s and 1960s, Cyril Stapleton was a well-known orchestra leader in Britain and overseas, thanks to his regular BBC broadcasts and his many recordings. He was born on 31 December 1914 at Mapperley, Nottingham, in the east midlands of England. At the age of seven he began learning the violin, and when only 12 he made his first broadcast from 5NG, the local radio station in Nottingham. Thereafter he broadcast regularly from the BBC Studios in Birmingham, then went to Czechoslovakia to study under Sevcik, the famous teacher of the violin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 ...and whilst on the subject of Educating Archie how many of you can remember the 14 yearold girl with the 4 octave range voice who appeared in 1950-52 on the show ( Julia Elizabeth Wells born October 1, 1935, in Surrey, U.K. ...and what about other famous people on the show... !tanning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Petula Clark? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Bit before my time I would only be two in 1950.......that's the cat out of the bag... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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