TV Licences.

[Bill Cameron]

JS, #36 HMC&E in Scotland in my day always had their own warrant stored in each main office, it was know as a Writ of Assistance, very carefully used, the police never liked this right that we HMC&E officers had that they did not, This was for UK wide use by HMC&E

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Don't know about anyone else but our TV watching time is down to about ten hours a week, only to keep in touch with what's going on with Covid, any other time we watch our big stock of DVDs, with the odd Escape to the Country Programs.
Des

[Doc Vernon]

At least whats on the Box here is all Free! And no Licence Fee !
Cheers

[Keith at Tregenna]

A few years ago, I paid £12 as my share of a community license, this was for 12 months.
If Aunty needs a few bob, a similar charge for the aging community would still rake in a
fortune.

K.

[happy daze john in oz]

Yes no license here in Oz, though many long years past there was.

But like the BBC our ABC is fast going down the tube, most programs are set for a particular type of person, not the average one.
How long the gov can keep supporting them is questionable.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Programmes on Aunty are not that bad and now so many other channels a lot of choice.
If all is going downhill in other countries, the Beeb will still be on top.

The concern is re: charging pensioners.

K.

[Stan Carter]

#43, Bill, you used the expression Writ of assistance, haven't heard that in years. when I was working our force did not have them, but the Horsemen, "RCMP" did. If we were working with them and wanted to do a search warrant, that writ came in handy, just straight in, not having to chase around for a Justice to get a warrant.....of course that was forty odd years ago, times have changed and tightened up, no more writ's of assistance....Good times then....
stan..

[John F Collier]

The most BBC TV I've watched for quite a while was the Olympics which I thoroughly enjoyed, in my younger days I was a very competitive
all round sportsman, I would take on all comers, Conkers, Marbles, Tiddlywinks, I excelled at the YoYo endurance game. I was sad to see
none of these have been included in the Olympics as yet, but one lives in hope , cheers.

[Doc Vernon]

I wish they would include " Flick the Knife Game " in the Olympics !! LOL

Anyone remember that one , we played it in South Africa a lot especially at School, during Long Breaks at the back of the Sheds! Could be Fun , and a bit Sore at times!

[j.sabourn]

#51. Is that the one where you flicked the knife by the blade and tried to catch it by the handle Vernon ? JS.