Nostalgia.......................not what it was

[happy daze john in oz]

Once again we stop the might roar of London traffic to bring you people who are
"In town tonight'

Educating Archie
Life with the Lyons
The Navy Lark
Much Binding in the Marsh
Steptoe and Son
The goon Show
Hancock's half Hour
Dick Barton special Agent
Mrs Dales Dairy
The Archers, an every day country of story folk
Andy Pandy
Muffin the Mule, no longer an offence
Billy Cottons Band show
Family Favorites
Housewife's Choice
Five to Ten
Workers Playtime

These were the shows we listened to and sometimes watched.

The radio was the medium we all knew and it allowed our imagination to build pictures in our mind.
We enjoyed such simple programs that made us laugh and enjoy life. in a time when live was a little simpler.

I often wonder what the younger generation of toady will recall when, and if, they reach our ages?

[robpage]

i still listen to the Archers

[Roger Dyer]

John, There's a lot of memories there, mate ! Hope you don't mind, but I've added a few more that some of the older shipmates might remember...

Up the Pole (Jimmy Jewell and Ben Warriss)
Wilfred Pickles ( 'give him the money, Barney !)
Life With The Lyons
Ray's a Laugh
Breakfast with Braden
P.C.49
Paul Temple
The Man in Black (with introduction by the eerie-voiced Valentine Dyall)
Carroll Levis Discoveries
Music While You Work
Desert Island Discs
Variety Bandbox
Saturday Night Theatre
Itma with Tommy Handley ( 'can I do you now, Sir?)
Quatermass
Riders of the Range
Dixon of Dock Green

Just to name a few.....Oh! where did the years go ?

......Roger

[Jim Brady]

To think that we used to listen to a ventriloquist Educating Archie on the radio.
Regards.
Jim.b.

[Stan Carter]

then there was.....
Bill and Ben, the flower pot men....
and of course, Noddy..
all watched on the small 12 inch screen with a magnifying contraption hung over the screen.
regards Stan.

[cappy]

to think that we used to listen to a ventriloquist educating archie on the radio.
Regards.
Jim.b.

###not in shields we didnt ###lol cappy

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then there was.....
Bill and Ben, the flower pot men....
and of course, Noddy..
all watched on the small 12 inch screen with a magnifying contraption hung over the screen.
regards Stan.

####WAS NEVER INTO MUFFIN THE MULE ..THINK SOME DID .....CAPPY

[Dennis McGuckin]

Larry the lamb.
Mr Mayor sirrrrrrr.

[Rodney Mills]

Dick Barton, Special Agent (with Snowy and Jock). Better than 007


Valentine Dial (sp.) The Man in Black. I still remember two of the weekly shows "The hand of Makarnim", about a Mummies hand that could climb up walls, open fanlight windows over the bedroom doors and strangle those sleeping. I had a bloody fanlight over my bedroom door and it took me hours to go to sleep for weeks after. The other was about vampires and after the broadcast, me, my sister and beloved Aunt Jean had to go out in the garden and bring in the laundry from the line. It was freezing, the sheets and towels never dried and were stiff as a board, it was pitch black in the garden and we couldn't fold the stuff up. It seemed like hours before we got back indoors to safety. We swore we could here batwings beating, They don't make movies that good today let alone radio shows. And those I heard more than seventy years ago.

[happy daze john in oz]

John, There's a lot of memories there, mate ! Hope you don't mind, but I've added a few more that some of the older shipmates might remember...




Just to name a few.....Oh! where did the years go ?

......Roger

Roger, the list goes on and so many memories go with them.
Now radio is just background noise with little content of interest.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
Now my favorite time is the afternoon, go through the posts on site, then settle back with the earphones on and listen to CDs of the Shadows, Welsh Choirs, Frank Sinatra, The great Tenors, bliss.
cheers Des