cymaz Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 06/02/2016 22:10:04: Ian Messiter devised Just a Minute I think as heard on Radio 4. BEB Correct BEB, you are the font of all knowledge ! Don't think there's nothing more nostalgic than remembering Woolworths at Christmas or any time of year for that matter. Edited By cymaz on 07/02/2016 05:49:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GONZO Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thought I'd got it wrong, Gilbert Harding hosted 'Whats my Line' and was famed for being rude. Woolworths - where I bought my my Airfix kits from the start of the Airfix range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Posted by Tom Sharp 2 on 06/02/2016 19:54:52: In the 1950's there was a program on Granada TV called 'All Our Yesterdays' So this thread has probably been done before. I remember AOY very well, it was hosted by Brian Inglis and IIRC, ran well into the mid '60s. Thinking back, the programme covered life 25-30 years prior to the '60s and what was striking was how totally different things were in the '30s & '40s to say 1965. Go back 30 years from today and the change is no well near as profound (technology excepted) - 1985 wouldn't be the alien place that 1930 would be. Depends on how old you are now, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Gonzo, Slight correction. In my day (1960's) What's my line was hosted by Eamonn Andrews, Gilbert Harding was one of the early panel. Lady Isobel Barnet, Bernard Braden and another lady I forget were there at some time. John Edited By John Tee on 07/02/2016 12:37:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Barbara Kelly wife of Bernard Braden was the other panellist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONZO Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Quite so, I've been watching the huanted fish tank since just before the coronation, thats why I mentioned Eamonn Andrews in my original post. Just got the prog mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 IIRC Gilbert Harding was host of Any Questions for a while, he may have also been a panelist at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 BTW, Gonzo & other London based ex PO Telecoms people, you might find this book stirs some memories. I was given a copy as a Xmas pressie. I could relate to some of the anecdotes but I think a lot might only ring true for London area people. I found it quite funny in places but IMO not as good the review rating it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Posted by PatMc on 07/02/2016 13:36:18: BTW, Gonzo & other London based ex PO Telecoms people, you might find this book stirs some memories. I was given a copy as a Xmas pressie. I could relate to some of the anecdotes but I think a lot might only ring true for London area people. I found it quite funny in places but IMO not as good the review rating it gets. Thanks Pat - I've ordered my copy! When I started in the very early 70s, the old boys (all older than I am now as nobody was allowed to work past their 60th birthday - but I remember them being a lot more ancient!) were fond of telling stories about the old days and the characters - and moaning that the job wasn't what it was and they had to work for a living now....) Mind you, we were in the North LTR (Crouch end out to Welwyn Garden City) and still heard tales of how lax it was in the inner areas - certainly backed up by a manager I had much later who had been an engineer in the West End and seemed bemused by how much harder we were expecting to work than he expected! That's not to say that there weren't specialist work avoiders to be found but most people did a reasonable day's work and I wouldn't say that we were particularly chased after by management except on the odd occasion that a new manager decided a purge was a good career move. We soon learnt to deal with them though... Sadly (old boy mode now) it's all very different these days and I was extremely glad to be able to take early retirement a couple of years ago - hoping that the book brings back the good memories! Edited By Martin Harris on 07/02/2016 14:14:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Engine Doctor Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Posted by Tom Sharp 2 on 07/02/2016 21:16:23: Posted by John Tee on 07/02/2016 12:25:10: Bernard Braden was never on Whats My Line. The other male panellist was a Magician, sadly I cant remember his name but he was bald headed which was unusual at the time, wigs being the rule of the day. David Nixon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Posted by Tom Sharp 2 on 07/02/2016 21:16:23: Posted by John Tee on 07/02/2016 12:25:10: Gonzo, Slight correction. In my day (1960's) What's my line was hosted by Eamonn Andrews, Gilbert Harding was one of the early panel. Lady Isobel Barnet, Bernard Braden and another lady I forget were there at some time. John Edited By John Tee on 07/02/2016 12:37:23 Bernard Braden was never on Whats My Line. The other male panellist was a Magician, sadly I cant remember his name but he was bald headed which was unusual at the time, wigs being the rule of the day. John, the other lady you're thinking of was probably Barbara Kelly, she was Bernard Braden's wife. Actually Gilbert Harding presented the first (pilot?) programme of WML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Was the magician David Nixon? He was very popular, a household name really, although you never hear him mentioned these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 That's who it was (if anyone else recalls Basil Brush's first partner - boom-boom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Begg 1 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Maybe only the good times are remembered? http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/76670307/search-for-children-whose-slum-homes-broke-british-hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 So who remembers Arnold Doodle with Val Singleton ? And what about the the family of Grockles who lived in a tree ?. We were assured every week that the latter would be continued, but eventually they were not without any announcement by the TV program that presumably they had run out of ideas / cartoons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Bernard Braden was on Whats My Line but just the Radio Luxemburg version according to Wikipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 funny how david nixon ....just disappeared? ... ken anderson...ne....1 magic dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Remember your first pair of long trousers? Convention during the 1950's had it that boys had to wear short trousers at school until age 11 or secondary school age. So the first pair of long trousers became a coming of age thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 At our school it was 3rd years and up - 13 year olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 David Nixon died at age 58 in 1978. He was inspired by seeing a magician called Maskelyne. Maskelyne is said to have been the first person to demonstrate a radio controlled model. Edited By kc on 08/02/2016 12:50:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Bob - I think you are right - 3rd form at secondary school was minimum age for long trousers at school. So everyday wear was short trousers until then but probably long trousers were Sunday best a year or two before. But it was an occasion when one got the first long pair. Of course half the population left school at 15 - only 2 years after they were into long trousers! I wonder when long trousers at school became normal at any age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Saroli Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Going to school on my bike. Getting told off for smoking in the back of the gym by the caretaker My first kiss Watching **LINK** Precedent Fly Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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