Flippin eck! There's a name! 

I loved Beryl's lot ................I'd forgotten all about that. There was another programme called Mrs Thursday about a cleaning lady who won the pools (or came into a lot of money somehow) that was good.

Which, I believe, was with the Mike Samms Singers.

God, it was beyond depressing.  A few bars of the opening theme and I was off like a shot.

 

I remember Jimmy Clitheroe - saw him in panto! 

 

Jean Metcalfe and Cliff Michelmore hosted TWFF and were married in real life.

That confused the hell out of me, her having a different surname 

 

Mr Pastry.  Who's owning up to remembering him? 

He was ancient even when I was a kid.

Patricia Hayes!  She was wonderful; I remember Mrs Thursday, Soozy

I used to love Mr Pastry!

 

How about Old Mother Reilly .............anyone?

  Wot ya tryin' to say?

 

Pssst.... Peggy Mount.

The name rings a bell but I just can't quite grasp it

^^^^^^

 

Talking of Patricia Hayes ..........anyone remember Arthur Haines - Bootsie and Snudge?

 

Edna the Inebriate Woman - that was good.

 

 

And ......not connected but my favourite play of all time Abigails Party ................and Blue Remembered Hills.

Saturday Morning Pictures.

 

'We are the boys and girls well known as

The Miners of the ABC

And every Saturday all line up

To see the films we love and shout aloud with glee

We like to laugh and have our sing song

Just a happy crowd are we.....eeee

We're all pals together

We're miners of the ABC.

LOL!  And her as well 

Excellent! 

My daughter bought me it on DVD a couple of years ago ..............I can watch it over and over.

Can't remember that Sooz, although I remember queuing outside the ABC or the Gaumont in Ocean Road on a Saturday morning 

OMG Soozy ... I thought I was the only one that used to sing that

And I remember all those programmes too My dad used to love Bootsie and Smudge

So did mine  It was the highlight of the week.

Excellent 

 

And Bootsie and Snudge!  Alfie Bass and.......?????

 

How about For The Love Of Ada.  The wonderful Irene Handel and Wilfred Pickles

Yes I've been listening to a lot if old radio programmes on 4Extra ...such as the Clitheroe Kid, Dick Barton, the Navy Lark and Hancock's Half Hour

Charlie Drake - The Worker?

 

Funny I was only thinking of him the other day in the light of the JS revelations. He married a much younger girl. The thing is - when my mum was a teenager she saw him perform in a local club and he was having some banter with her. When the club turned out he came after my mum and her friend - they ran away and he chased them up the road 

I really must tell my mum and dad about this.

They also used to love ITMA.  Is that being aired, do you know, Baz?

 

My Auntie Ei has the Goon Show to thank for her getting married.

My grumpy grandfather refused to allow the radio on after 9pm.

This particular show was a 'special' and over-ran.  The radio got turned off.

Eileen was mutinous  

Anyway, she met her boyfriend the next day and they were married within the month.  He was nicknamed Uncle Goon forever after 

Awwww     

I've not heard them replaying ITMA Cosmo, but I'm sure your mum and dad would enjoy the station ...I do

They've had the Goons I think , and Beyond our Ken

Another vote for Arthur Haynes!

You know I didn't mean it like that..!  I was asking you because you are an expert witness and nothing more     

 

Anyhoo, before my lappy lost t'internet connection and sent me into a black hole, I was about to say that my dad rewired Charlie Drake's flat once upon a time.  He lived just off of Leicester Square in Irving Street. 

Lol... I never took it any other way Cosmo It's a great station

He ended up in New Addington ................nuff said.

Oooh did he?  Near Ronnie Corbett and the golf course?

The above is now the sum total of my Charlie Drake info.  Apart from loathing Henry McGee his sidekick.  It was Henry McGee, wasn't it?  He ended up as one of Benny Hill's early ensemble cast.

No ..........Addington is very posh - New Addington is anything but.

Ahh, I see 

I only have scant knowledge of the area.  I used to have to go to Coney Hall Rec for games lessons.  Our school had no facilities, so we all used to jump on the 138 from Bromley 

Stonks Baz Yogi EVIL EDNA 

My friend lived in Pickhurst Rise, Bromley.

Can anyone remember a spray in hair lightener used when you go out in the sun to naturally lighten hair.

Me sis mentioned it was available from years ago

Talking to an ex politico at Brussels Midi about the socio/cultural effects of WEA, trade Unions, and the old Labour Party. We aren't expecting anymore John Prescotts later on.

Aaah but those were the characters.

i miss a good Arthur Scargill

Dennis Skinner was a card ......................loved him - I think he was the last of his kind.

Aint Ken Clarke still gaffing?

Yes. it was called SUN-IN

I remember that!  One of my sisters had the most beautiful 'yellow' hair after using it 

 

BTW Renton, lemon juice does the same thing, the downside being it makes you very attractive to bugs.

its Saint and i got lemony aftershave

LOL

 

Sun - in ... hmmmm