Childhood. .Can you remember? A U.K. orientated topic

[smokie36]

knock down Ginger. Tis Was. minder. sweeny.

Paying 50p to get in the North Bank Upton Park to stand in the boys enclosure.

Tiswas....my first memory of a boner....that or the scene in Star Wars...can't remember which was first....

[DaveE13]

yes Sally James from Tiswas every boy ( and their old msn) wet Dream. swapshop i only watched now and then but prefered tiswas

[Patsycat]

The Wooden Tops (Spot the Dog), the Clangers,

One banana two banana three...

[rhythmworx]

Minute steak, pull it out the freezer slap a slice in a dry hot pan for 30 seconds while you get the bread out, throw it on the bread and add brown sauce.

I think people call it steak Canadian now.

[bannork]

Jeez, you're right, and there was another marmalade jar, fat with a sweet green marmalade, what was the name?

Rose's Lime Marmalade.

They also made Lime Cordial.

Thanks for that Karen, I found the marmalade a bit on the sweet side, 2 or 3 pieces of toast were enough with it, but the jars were great for storing all kinds of essential items for kids.

A boiled egg, timed to perfection, solidifying but still runny, then attacked by toast soldiers,( i think we called them that), delicious with the right butter and a sprinkling of salt and pepper.

[bannork]

Jackanory.

Blue Peter with Valerie Singleton, Peter Purvis and John Noakes. Petra the dog and Jason the cat.

Wacky Races.

Vision On.

The Tomorrow People.

Tiswas.

Mike Yarwood.

Dick Emery.

Stanley Baxter.

The Two Ronnies.

Dad's Army.

And most people didn't realise that Larry Grayson and his humour was gay.

Go shep go! I never took to Peter Purvis- apart from his dodgy surname he always seemed a bit morose to me, unlike happy John, and as for Val,.I had a crush on her, especially after she wore a Roman toga in one episode that revealed a little too much.

[siampolee]

Anyone remember ''CrackerJack?.

[nikmar]

football was a proper game instead of the over sponsored, corporate nonsense it is now, where the players played for the shirt rather than for incomprehensible wages.

[nikmar]

grange hill

[transam]

The Wooden Tops (Spot the Dog), the Clangers,

One banana two banana three...

[transam]

[smokie36]

You soft southern woofter transam....I know you didn't have a telly until 1977.....got a few years still to catch up eh?

[transam]

You soft southern woofter transam....I know you didn't have a telly until 1977.....got a few years still to catch up eh?

Actually we were the only folk in the street to have a tele, on Coronation day (1953) our house was full of folk ogling the screens black and white important occasion.. Dad had the only car too.

[billd766]

There is little I can add to this thread apart from a big thank you to all you guys who posted.

To quote from Tony the Tigers Frosties advert

Have a Grreeaaaaaaattttttttttt day.

[tonytigerbkk]

There is little I can add to this thread apart from a big thank you to all you guys who posted.

To quote from Tony the Tigers Frosties advert

Have a Grreeaaaaaaattttttttttt day.

Why am I always mis-quoted on this.

It should be 'They're Grrreat.

[transam]

There is little I can add to this thread apart from a big thank you to all you guys who posted.

To quote from Tony the Tigers Frosties advert

Have a Grreeaaaaaaattttttttttt day.

How about mum handing out Smiths crisps, unwrapping that little blue thingy of salt, sprinkling it over the chips, and then, the "piece de resistance"........mum shaking malt vinegar on them....Yeeeeeeeeeeh.... ..............

[Songhua]

There is little I can add to this thread apart from a big thank you to all you guys who posted.

To quote from Tony the Tigers Frosties advert

Have a Grreeaaaaaaattttttttttt day.

Why am I always mis-quoted on this.

It should be 'They're Grrreat.

Did you guys have Snap, Crackle and Pop?

[transam]

There is little I can add to this thread apart from a big thank you to all you guys who posted.

To quote from Tony the Tigers Frosties advert

Have a Grreeaaaaaaattttttttttt day.

Why am I always mis-quoted on this.

It should be 'They're Grrreat.

Did you guys have Snap, Crackle and Pop?

Yep, but Quaker Puffed Wheat was the biggy...............

[nikmar]

the readybrek advert with the kid glowing red. i was convinced going to school that i was glowing just as much. i was gutted when the teacher informed me that, in fact, i wasnt and i should stop being silly and sit down. gutted.

[tonytigerbkk]

Anyone remember these adverts?

[tonytigerbkk]

Or these ones?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNslTmBRuww

[tonytigerbkk]

the readybrek advert with the kid glowing red. i was convinced going to school that i was glowing just as much. i was gutted when the teacher informed me that, in fact, i wasnt and i should stop being silly and sit down. gutted.

The 'Not the nine o'clock news' version.

Edited March 20, 2015 by tonytigerbkk

[bannork]

the readybrek advert with the kid glowing red. i was convinced going to school that i was glowing just as much. i was gutted when the teacher informed me that, in fact, i wasnt and i should stop being silly and sit down. gutted.

Watching The Man from Uncle whilst mother was ironing, she told me she used to go out with Robert Vaughan before she met my dad. Nonsense of course but very impressed with this, I put my hand up earnestly when the teacher asked us if we had any exciting news from the holidays. On telling the class my riveting piece of news, the teacher brusquely replied, 'Don't be stupid boy,Robert Vaughan inhabits the glamorous world of Hollywood, you, on the other hand, live in one of the least desirable areas of England'

To sniggers all round I wanted to disappear.

[roo860]

Anyone remember these adverts?

Classic!!!! Edited March 20, 2015 by roo860

[pigeonjake]

the good life,,

now that was a clasic,,

in fact,,, bloody hell thats what im doing here,,

pigs, ducks,chickens, pigeons, grow veg,,, but my misses hasnt got the ass of felicity kendal,,,

[tonytigerbkk]

the good life,,

now that was a clasic,,

in fact,,, bloody hell thats what im doing here,,

pigs, ducks,chickens, pigeons, grow veg,,, but my misses hasnt got the ass of felicity kendal,,,

Felicity Kendal - The thinking man's crumpet.

[KarenBravo]

the good life,,

now that was a clasic,,

in fact,,, bloody hell thats what im doing here,,

pigs, ducks,chickens, pigeons, grow veg,,, but my misses hasnt got the ass of felicity kendal,,,

Felicity Kendal - The thinking man's crumpet.

The phrase was the title of Joan Bakewell.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thinking_man%27s_crumpet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2300772/Joan-Bakewell-stand-Mary-Berry-feminism.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview--oh-joan-bakewells-60-is-she-oh-go-on-time-has-done-for-the-phrase-thinking-mans-crumpet-but-the-woman-who-inspired-it-still-works-like-a-whirlwind-1456317.html

[StreetCowboy]

the good life,,

now that was a clasic,,

in fact,,, bloody hell thats what im doing here,,

pigs, ducks,chickens, pigeons, grow veg,,, but my misses hasnt got the ass of felicity kendal,,,

Felicity Kendal - The thinking man's crumpet.

The phrase was the title of Joan Bakewell.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thinking_man%27s_crumpet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2300772/Joan-Bakewell-stand-Mary-Berry-feminism.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview--oh-joan-bakewells-60-is-she-oh-go-on-time-has-done-for-the-phrase-thinking-mans-crumpet-but-the-woman-who-inspired-it-still-works-like-a-whirlwind-1456317.html

I love Bakewell tarts

[tonytigerbkk]

the good life,,

now that was a clasic,,

in fact,,, bloody hell thats what im doing here,,

pigs, ducks,chickens, pigeons, grow veg,,, but my misses hasnt got the ass of felicity kendal,,,

Felicity Kendal - The thinking man's crumpet.

The phrase was the title of Joan Bakewell.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thinking_man%27s_crumpet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2300772/Joan-Bakewell-stand-Mary-Berry-feminism.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview--oh-joan-bakewells-60-is-she-oh-go-on-time-has-done-for-the-phrase-thinking-mans-crumpet-but-the-woman-who-inspired-it-still-works-like-a-whirlwind-1456317.html

Agreed, JB was the first but the phrase was (and still is) used for other women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_man%27s/woman%27s_crumpet

During my teens the title was applied to FK

[bannork]

Dougal loses it flying his kite, the naughty dog

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMpu8jH1LE8