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Bygone days ....

The army game!

The Lone Ranger

Crackerjack!
Never did get that pen!
 
Pipp said:
No, no, no, not my friends. I was rubbish at hopscotch. Preferred skipping with a washing line across the road. Hardly ever had to lower it to allow cars to pass.
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i remember everyone skipping with ultra-fine nylon line that whirred. The idea was called 'bumps' I think, and involved spinning the line several times for each jump. Hmmm! I wasn't athletic enough for that, unfortunately!
 
zand said:
Not as bad as Captain Pugwash though
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i thought Captain Pugwash was cool, as was Noggin the Nog, another Scandinavian offering, I think - expecting to be shot down in flames here..... Muffin the Mule predated my telly-goggling by a couple of years, but I remember my Mum saying how much my older sister loved Muffin the Mule and even had a toy Muffin the Mule to play with, which made me feel jealous for something I knew nothing about!
 
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Came home from school one day and wasn't allowed to go in the living room.
Curtains were shut so couldn't have a nosey through the window but there was some kind of surprise in there.
Wait till your father gets home is all we could get out of mum.
He came home and we were ushered into the living room ... behind the door was a telly!
First thing I ever watched was Popeye!
 
My nana got a TV first, for the Queen's Coronation. We all went there to watch it. Then dad gave in and we got one. A 9 inch Bush. I used to rush home from school to see Watch with Mother.
 
JACKTHELAD said:
Torchy Torchy the batterey boy!!!!
I reckon he was related to Sparky who had a magic piano.
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Sparky's Magic Piano.. That was a real tear-jerker, on 3 brittle EPs, but yeah, I loved it, and remember thinking, way back then, that EPs were on their way out, and I had to be careful handling it and not smash it, or I would lose it forever.
 
zand said:
Not as bad as Captain Pugwash though
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Unfortunately Master Bates, Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy are only myths - albeit persistent ones!

Torchy and Four Feather Falls were early Gerry Anderson productions weren't they? Then Supercar, Fireball XL5 before the more famous ones.

Play for Today, Out of the Unknown, TW3?
 
I hated Captain Pugwash anyway,,,,but I do have a very clear memory of my Mum and Aunt turning the programme off with a look of disgust at each other....so they must have thought that was what they heard...long before the urban myth started!
 
S
Stingray!

Anything can happen in the next half hour!
 
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