What did you watch when you was a nipper?

[gdm27]

Originally Posted by Greeny

I remember the Grove family, granny Grove in the armchair with hotwater bottle on her knee, kept asking for her elevenses.Muffin the mule I loved and just realised it was John Mills sister who played the piano for Muffin. Crackerjack was one of my favourites, yes its Friday , its 5o clock its CRACKERJACK, every time the namecarckerjack was mentioned the entire audiance had to shout it out loud.At tea time I remember a series Top of the Form . Also Pencil and Paper this was a quiz but the questions were for the viewers,when all questions asked, the answers were then given and explained.Family viewing,brilliant.

Yea Crackerjack. Get a question right and you got a pressy, get it wrong and you got a cabbage!!! Fantastic!

[gdm27]

Crackerjack. What was the name of the 2 guys ( don't google!) who presented it back in the 70's? They always sang the latest chart hits but dressed as idiots??

[Greeny]

Are you thinking of Peter Glaze and Leslie Crowther , they took over from Eamon Andrews I think, gosh I am showing my age!

[gdm27]

Originally Posted by Greeny

Are you thinking of Peter Glaze and Leslie Crowther , they took over from Eamon Andrews I think, gosh I am showing my age!

Got it now thanks, Peter Glaze yes and Bernie Clifton. Didn't Lesley Crowther do it on his own????

[Doug]

Andy pansy; Thunderbirds; Stingray; Batman & Robin; Puff & Stuff; Cracker Jack? (I'm ****ed) Voyage to the Bottom of the sea: Roy Rodgers; some poof with an Indian and Larry the Lamb…..P.S. not in that order.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by Greeny

Just remembered Mr Pastry , doing the Lancers ( dance) on his own, was so, so funny.Lets not forget Billy Bunter at Greyfriars school, always eating .

is this the one

[steeljack]

I'm sure folks of a certain age will remember this from 50 yrs ago.......whats amazing is that the jury features NCIS 'star' "Duckie" , David McCallum

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Doug

Andy pansy;

Was this the Pink & fluffy alternate version Dougie ??

[garinda]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Was this the Pink & fluffy alternate version Dougie ??

He lives on the Fylde coast.

It's all sequins and glitz there.

[jaysay]

Liked one of the first Sci Fi series they put on, was even before colour Quatermass

[gdm27]

I remember when I was doing my apprenticeship for Pilkington Bros. back in the 60's I would get home for lunch and the Sullivan's were always on. Years later my dear old Mum found a channel on Sky that showed all the same old series of that time, The Sullivan's, Skippy, Little house on the Prairie, Flipper! I think it was called "Mum your doin my head in" channel!!
Did I miss any?

[Judith Addison]

In the 50s we didn't have a telly but we used to watch it when we went to friends' birthday parties. In the mid-50s there was "Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men", "Larry the Lamb in Toy Town", "Rag, Tag and Bobtail", "Andy Pandy", "Muffin the Mule".... In the late 50s I remember watching "Mr. Ed", who was a talking horse. "Coronation Street" arrived about 1959, in black and white of course, with Ena Sharples, Elsie Tanner, etc.

[cashman]

was Mr Ed not early 60s Judith? i remember Sgt Bilko n I Love Lucy way back.

[gdm27]

Highlight of the week had to be Sunday Night At the London Palladium. Everyone kept happy watching this, jugglers to the Beatles and then the revolving stage! Fantastic!!

[martin01]

my contribution :
flash gordon - listened to on radio before we had a telly -
torchy, torchy, the battery boy!
and Wind in The Willows - Hayley Mills
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