General Chat

Sound effects They appeared to have only one car which had a noisey gearbox The Boy detectives in Childrens Hour

I think one of Kenneth Horn shows a...r..g..h..it be in the soil I.T.M.A divers 'Going down' Mrs Mopp 'Can I do you now sir?'

The Navy lark...............Steady as she goes, Number one...................er left hand down a..bit.............crunch.........

one of the Billy Cotton sketches............. ' Hey...................you down there...........with the glasses!!!'

the very first Telly i saw in our house was when i came home from school and the tennis was on.............. was a Mullard set about 4 feet high with a 9 inch screen, and a little panel in the front where the tuning knobs were........ Bob.

There was a propgrame that was on after Dick Barton stopped I think it was called Cherry and the Circus same time 18.45

Henry Halls Guest Knight Didn't Victor Sylvester have a dance night Quick Quick Slow ?

Give em the money Mable! Oh gosh the name escapes me. Wilfred Pickles, thats him. Valentine Dial, the man in black Charlie Kunz at the piano Vivienne

James and Harry - time for a singalong - altogether now ! It's Monday Night at Eight-o-Clock Oh can't you hear the chimes ? They're telling you to take an easy chair, To settle by your fireside, get out your Radio Times, For Monday Night at Eight is on the air !

Harry - Was'nt that Senor So-So that said 'I go-I cum back '? and Frisby Dyke had a Liverpool accent you could cut with the back of a spoon - Tommy -' I thought you said you were the Bob Hope of Bootle'. Frisby - 'Nah, I.m the Bing Crosby of Bairkenhead' and who used to say 'Its being so cheerful that keeps me goin' ?

Monday night at 8 is on the air; Penny on the drum; in town tonight; Paul Temple (Royal Scot music)' workers playtime; the men on tommy handley - 'I go, I come back' 'This is funf speaking' Happy days

Ooh! you must be nearly as old as me. Always listened to I T M A with my best friend we're still best friends. As kids we would leave our outdoor game and the street would empty for Dick Barton. Elaine

I remember being sent up to bed when Uncle Mac said 'Goodnight children everywhere' - those were the days -children went to bed at 6pm

Nudging up to join new one!!!!!

the first Tele I saw was the size of a chest of drawers with a tiny screen about 5 X 4, the first tele my dad brought was a 9inch Cosser in 1947-8 it cost £120 I do not know what the equivlent would be nowdays. I remember Muffin the Mule Picture Parade. James

James - it was Dick Bentley. I can still hear Jimmy Edwards saying 'GENTLEY - Bentley !'

Violets, lovely violets in town to night

'In Town Tonight' Stopping the roar of London's traffic for half an hour.

Didn't Jack Benny do a funny violin thing as well?

What was the third one in Take it from Here, DIck ? went to Australia, June Whitfield (still going strong) Oh................R..o....n! Jimmy Edwards