Old TV Programmes

[HOLDorFOLD]

Seeing as I have blown my meagre bankroll on poker, my chess site is down and I have trawled the net .... I'm now resorting to posting on blonde (arrgghhhhhhhh just JOKING mods).

For some reason, i woke up this morning thinking about Tales of the Unexpected ... does anyone remember that?    Something about that siloutte lady and catchy theme tune that made it a 'must watch' in our house.

Hammer House of Horror was another one that I remember always feeling excited to watch - the House that Bleed to Death :-)

Any old TV progs that you think could do with a repeat on one of the numerous channels we have aviable these days??

Tales of the Unexpected? You are older than you look, young lady.....

Sunday Nights, ITV. After Sunday Night at the London Palladium, if I recall correctly.

hold on, I remember now - I'm sure it was on video   

Video had not been heard of in those days Mich......

And the Telly was from either Radio Rentals, or Rediffusion, at 10 bob a week.

I soooo knew you was going to reply with that - couldn't let me pretend could you     

The test card at the end of the night where it looked like there was something attached to the girls arm, that picture wasn't the best was it lol.   And, finally, standing transfixed waiting for the little white circle to get smaller and smaller before you finally turned away and went to bed (which granted was about 10pm back then  )

[HOLDorFOLD]

i have the first 3 series of Tale of the unexpected on dvd

You're getting me back for the Texan Bar and Merlins Brew - grrrrrrrrrrrr

Blake's Seven, was a fave with my brother - they had this elongated starship carrier thing which was made into metal toys for the kids.  I'm sure he still has it boxed up in our parent's attic.  I can see it in my head now, the sides opened up. I'm sure that was Blake Seven, but doubting myself now so going to google that before bed - what an exciting life I lead lol

Night all/x

[sofa----king]

she never was a looker,..,.,.

[KeithyB]

Blakes Seven

Was the complete dog's wotsits for a 10 year old!

I know you know I'd have picked that if I didn't already have the dvd's!  

[RED-DOG]

The boke was a BSA 500cc long-stroke single-cylinder ex AA jobbie. £35 the lot.

I rescued one from the scrap and got it going, it used to fire once every lamp post.

[thediceman]

I've  just been seaching for a copy of the Quatermass tv series, the one with the plant people.

I also love Tales of the Unexpected and the HAmmer House of Horror programmes. Other classics were One Summer, Day of the Triffids and Sapphire and Steel and Charlie Chan films. I also have strong memories of BBC's sunday night programming, probably as it was the quiet night in before School watching things like That's Life and the Dick Emery show.

[KeithyB]

i have the first 3 series of Tale of the unexpected on dvd

You're getting me back for the Texan Bar and Merlins Brew - grrrrrrrrrrrr

Blake's Seven, was a fave with my brother - they had this elongated starship carrier thing which was made into metal toys for the kids.  I'm sure he still has it boxed up in our parent's attic.  I can see it in my head now, the sides opened up. I'm sure that was Blake Seven, but doubting myself now so going to google that before bed - what an exciting life I lead lol

Night all/x

Hmmm....I reckon that might have been a Space 1999 eagle rather then the Blake's 7 Liberator!   

"sides opening up" just doesn't sound like the mighty battlecruiser flagship that was the Liberator! 

[tikay]

The boke was a BSA 500cc long-stroke single-cylinder ex AA jobbie. £35 the lot.

I rescued one from the scrap and got it going, it used to fire once every lamp post.

At the very maximum. Long-stroke, 3 gears, 55mph downwind if you were lucky.

To start it (via kick-start) there was a decompression lever on the handlebars, & you pulled that in, & "eased" the cylinder to the top of the stoke via the kickstart. Then you stood on the kickstart & heaved down with all your weight, & if you were lucky, she fired up. If you were not so lucky, she backfired, & that could often end in a broken ankle. My mate Bert Foreman started his up in his garage, it backfired, & shot him up onto the garage roof (ceiling), & he had 11 stitches & got concussion.

When we passed an AA Patrolman going the other way, they'd always salute you! And we'd salute back. Different days, different people. Oh to turn the clock back now & then.

[taximan007]

I use to love Jack Hargreaves and his "Out of Town" series, even as a child I thought his way of life was so idyllic.

When I read a lot of Reds stories I am reminded instantly of this "great man".

[RED-DOG]

I also rescued a Lamberetta. It had no clutch or gear cables. I used to push-start it, and by removing the fairing from the offside, I found I could kick the gears in with my foot.

It burst into flames one day and set fire to Ernie, my pillion. I had no Idea it had happened because we had no exhaust and I couldn't hear him scream above the noise.

[tikay]

I use to love Jack Hargreaves and his "Out of Town" series, even as a child I thought his way of life was so idyllic.

When I read a lot of Reds stories I am reminded instantly of this "great man".

Oh yes, recorded in his Garden Shed, surrounded by the most medieval of gardening instruments, & talking oh-so-softly. I think he died recently.

[sofa----king]

The boke was a BSA 500cc long-stroke single-cylinder ex AA jobbie. £35 the lot.

I rescued one from the scrap and got it going, it used to fire once every lamp post.

At the very maximum. Long-stroke, 3 gears, 55mph downwind if you were lucky.

To start it (via kick-start) there was a decompression lever on the handlebars, & you pulled that in, & "eased" the cylinder to the top of the stoke via the kickstart. Then you stood on the kickstart & heaved down with all your weight, & if you were lucky, she fired up. If you were not so lucky, she backfired, & that could often end in a broken ankle. My mate Bert Foreman started his up in his garage, it backfired, & shot him up onto the garage roof (ceiling), & he had 11 stitches & got concussion.

When we passed an AA Patrolman going the other way, they'd always salute you! And we'd salute back. Different days, different people. Oh to turn the clock back now & then.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         When we passed an AA Patrolman going the other way, they'd always salute you! And we'd salute back. Different days, different people. Oh to turn the clock back now & then.
 only coz he thought you was mr jones out of DADS ARMY ya silly sod.,.,.,

[tikay]

I also rescued a Lamberetta. It had no clutch or gear cables. I used to push-start it, and by removing the fairing from the offside, I found I could kick the gears in with my foot.

It burst into flames one day and set fire to Ernie, my pillion. I had no Idea it had happened because we had no exhaust and I couldn't hear him scream above the noise.

Lambretta & Vespa's were the thing in the Mod Days. I was a "rocker" so I had a motorbike, a BSA Bantam, 125cc, ex Telegram Boy bike. My luckier mates had the bigger 150cc Triumph Tiger Cub, but sadly, three or 4 of them died in crashes - this was pre-crash helmet days.

My Bantam caught fire, too. I was testing for a spark from the sparking plug, which I'd laid on the gearbox housing, so I could see the spark, but it was underneath the leaking carburettor. Still, at least I knew there was a spark. It set light to the washing on the line, too.

The lesson, I was told by a mischievous elder, was to hold the Lead (with plug attached but not in the cylinder) while turning over the engine gently with the kickstart pedal. Wow, that stung......

[tikay]

The boke was a BSA 500cc long-stroke single-cylinder ex AA jobbie. £35 the lot.

I rescued one from the scrap and got it going, it used to fire once every lamp post.

At the very maximum. Long-stroke, 3 gears, 55mph downwind if you were lucky.

To start it (via kick-start) there was a decompression lever on the handlebars, & you pulled that in, & "eased" the cylinder to the top of the stoke via the kickstart. Then you stood on the kickstart & heaved down with all your weight, & if you were lucky, she fired up. If you were not so lucky, she backfired, & that could often end in a broken ankle. My mate Bert Foreman started his up in his garage, it backfired, & shot him up onto the garage roof (ceiling), & he had 11 stitches & got concussion.

When we passed an AA Patrolman going the other way, they'd always salute you! And we'd salute back. Different days, different people. Oh to turn the clock back now & then.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         When we passed an AA Patrolman going the other way, they'd always salute you! And we'd salute back. Different days, different people. Oh to turn the clock back now & then.
 only coz he thought you was mr jones out of DADS ARMY ya silly sod.,.,.,

Damn////,,,,,...Welsh Cypriots....///////.....

[sofa----king]

3.30 am here.,,,.,
gotta stop the vodka redbulls...im wide awake.,.,.