Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 St Ann's was DC too, probably mid 50's when they changed us over, roughly about the same time the gas street lamps were replaced with electric street lighting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danny333 7 Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Yes Danny I remember Mr & Mrs Lymn at the shop on the corner and Taylors the Newsagent just on Henrietta Street, there was the greengrocers next to Lymn's whose name I cannot recollect, then on Highbury Road the other way was May Clark's sweet shop, when I was a young child we called her "Goody Shop May". Further along was Turners chemists. You must be older than me I cannot remember 1936 and the only gas mantles I remember were in caravans at Skegness. Hi Brian , I was 4 in 1936 , so I may be a bit older, the Greengrocers was Ellis`s. I remember May Clarks, if you wanted something in short supply, her standard reply was ' sorry it`s all ordered ". Cheers Danny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I remember Albert Brown a hairdresser Got put in jail When he got out someone drew a bum on his shop window & it said business as usual Does anyone remember the guy we used to call the Nottingham Nose i have a story about him that nearly kills me everytime i think about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Was Alberts shop on Vernon Road near Burnaby Street? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Ellis's thats right Danny. You are 10 years older with a good memory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I remember around 1970 an old tramp type guy who had a big pock marked nose who hung around snienton market. I always thought it was some kind of nasty disease? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Itchy Coo was a tramp i remember he would walk half way across the road & then run back getting a bit further each time ,It took him about 30 min to actually make it,I know cos i watched him one lunchtime The guy we called the Nottingham Nose had something wrong with him & it was about six inches long Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shears 0 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I remember at work workers play time (I think that' what's its called) Can anyone remember any others. I remember it from the sixties (did it start in the fifties?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Workers Playtime started during the War. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Was it Two Way Family Favorites on a Sunday Dinner Time in the 1960s, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 shears (#58), here is a 'Workers Playtime' excerpt featuring one of my favourite comedians of the time, Harry Worth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Carni, re #60, "It's 12 Noon in Britain, 1.00 O'clock in Germany". Jean Metcalfe and Cliff Michelmore with Forces Favourites, followed by a half hour comedy such as Rays A Laugh, life With The Lyons, Archie Andrews, Ignorance is Bliss etc, then The Billy Cotton Band Show. That was how to have Sunday dinner in them thar days!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 To remember Two Way Family Favourites, you also have remember the joint cooking and the smells coming from the kitchen. And it wasn't a poxy chicken either! It was good old beef, pork and lamb. Chicken was for posh folks, how times have changed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 As I remember it - in my day at least - The Billy Cotton Band Show was always on first, at 1.30pm, following Family Favourites. Then it would be the two comedy shows at 2pm and 2.30pm (a couple of my own favourutes were The Navy Lark and The Clitheroe Kid. At 3pm it would be Movie-Go-Round (I think) - the film news and review programme introduced by Peter Haigh. I think it was 4pm when Pick of the Pops was on for an hour. Re Workers Playtime, at High Pavement in the early 1960s for the boys who took sandwiches rather than have school dinners a classroom was set aside for you to eat them in during the lunch break from 12.30 to 2pm. The radio (through Rediffusion speakers) would be switched on, tuned to the Light Programme, and Workers Playtime would be on at least one day a week (may have been more) so very likely would have started at 1230pm. There must have been singers on the programme but I only remember the comedians, such as Cardew 'The Cad' Robinson and 'Mrs Shufflewick'. On at least one other day of the week there would be Mid-Day Music Hall - another variety show - and I think there was also an early pop music programme called Go, Man, Go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 To remember Two Way Family Favourites, you also have remember the joint cooking and the smells coming from the kitchen. And it wasn't a poxy chicken either! It was good old beef, pork and lamb. Chicken was for posh folks, how times have changed. You're right there - chicken was a treat for Christmas Day. Now beef is! And corned beef was a cheap substitute for 'real' meat - now I can hardly afford it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sheridan 7 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 It starts off a bit odd then The Show starts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I recall hearing Morecambe and Wise on Workers Playtime, long before they were on TV, there were some good comedians started on radio. And don't forget "Have a Go" with Wilfred Pickles...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 And don't forget "Have a Go" with Wilfred Pickles...... With Mabel at the table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Give 'em the money Mabel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 What about Hylda Baker and Cynthia BE SOON I SAID BE SOON. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Regarding "Have a go" - there was a question that stumped a lot of contestants - I think it went on for more than one week : "My watch is five minutes fast; I think it's five minutes slow; I think it's two o' clock. What time is it really?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hilda Baker,,,Has he been yet and I must get a little hand for this watch, anyone remember a TV programme called Lunch box with Noel Gorden? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sheridan 7 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 yes I just remember Lunch Box as a kid, they showed a trailer for Doris Days "Move over Darling" ( The car wash Scene) it looked funny on a small grainy BW TV set, but when we saw it on the big screen in colour we started crying in fear!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Regarding "Have a go" - there was a question that stumped a lot of contestants - I think it went on for more than one week : "My watch is five minutes fast; I think it's five minutes slow; I think it's two o' clock. What time is it really?" 10 minutes to 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 'Educating Archie' spawned many a star. Julie Andrews, Harry Secombe, Max Bygraves and many more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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