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https://youtu.be/usxxj3Jrzv0

Happy memories thank you.

70s?
Champion, September 23, 1955 to March 3, 1956; Skippy, airing from 1968 to 1970....
I remember Champion, I was married before Skippy appeared....

As a child of the 70s these shows were shown when I was a kid and I hope those of a similar age will remember.

Anyone that saw them before or after are equally welcome to enjoy.

Wow, that has taken me back some. Those were the days you did not have to flick through channels to find something to watch. And the remote control was the youngest kid in the room.

Soner wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 6:35 am

Wow, that has taken me back some. Those were the days you did not have to flick through channels to find something to watch.

Tbf On The Buses used to top the ratings and pull in around 18 million viewers! It had 3 spin off films, in the cinema for gods sake.
Reg Varney was in his mid 50s when it was made. I used to like the conductor Jack who used to pull all the 'birds' even though he was played by one of the ugliest men god ever put breath into. And of course there was Blakey played by Stephen Lewis one of the most versatile actors ever. The British De Niro.

Did I miss Captain Scarlett?
We used to take it in turns at school to be Captain Scarlett and as there were big class sizes even then you could wait a few terms for your turn.
I remember one kid finally got his turn and run around the playground shouting "I'm Captain Scarlett I'm indestructible" only to have a brick lobbed at his head. As he was carried to the ambulance he kept mumbling "but I'm indestructible."

Be fair, those were the days when there were no channels to flick through! My two girls used to watch TV in Limassol that came from Italy, all in Italian apart from the very odd English movie - lol. Being a child of the 40’s and 50’s I watched colour TV in Canada.

Soner wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 6:35 am

And the remote control was the youngest kid in the room.

I remember my Dad upgrading from Radio Rentals and getting a tv with a remote. I'm thinking late 70s.
It was attached to the TV by a 5 foot cable which was probably thicker than the cables that feet all the electrical power into London. You could break a toe if you tripped on it.
I remember his pride as he showed me how we could switch between the 3 channels. Well pretty much two really,
"Look at this. Me, nowhere near the television right? Bang on the other side. How did I do that eh?"
I had to ignore the enormous black cable which was stretched to chest height so as he could get back in his chair and play along.
"Wow how do you do that Dad?"

As there was only two channels we probably only changed channels 3 times a week!
Can you still rent a TV?

waddo wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 9:04 am

Being a child of the 40’s and 50’s I watched colour TV in Canada.

We got our first colour TV in April 1972 just in time for the England V West Germany game at Wembley. Forget wide screen, 3D smart TVs I don't think you ever forget your first colour TV

I came home from school and the old man was sitting there pleased as punch watching Magic Roundabout with the colour turned fully up.

It was like watching a magic mushroom trip.

Hedge-fund wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 11:44 am

I came home from school and the old man was sitting there pleased as punch watching Magic Roundabout with the colour turned fully up.

It was like watching a magic mushroom trip.

I can't figure how we actually got our TV in the tiny front room given it was the size of a Nissan Micra.
It was still smaller than the radiogram, anyone remember that cutting edge bit of kit?

EnjoyingTheSun wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 12:04 pm

Hedge-fund wrote: ↑

Mon 25 Jan 2021 11:44 am

I came home from school and the old man was sitting there pleased as punch watching Magic Roundabout with the colour turned fully up.

It was like watching a magic mushroom trip.

I can't figure how we actually got our TV in the tiny front room given it was the size of a Nissan Micra.
It was still smaller than the radiogram, anyone remember that cutting edge bit of kit?

Remember 'em?

My poor back remembers them every day!

I started work as an apprentice Radio & TV repairman in 1962, and had to lug the damn things around for the next 30 years before I sensibly transferred to a field of electronics with somewhat smaller hardware...

...although I did once have to lug two 22" CRT monitors back from Taiwan as excess baggage as punishment for being too 'picky'

It always seemed to me to be an inviolable rule that the size of the TV or Radiogram was proportional to the distance that it had to be carried - e.g. the last house down the terrace, or the end flat on the top floor of the maisonettes boasted ownership of the biggest, heaviest, most unmaneuverable item!

Narrow hallways and tight corners were merely a random extra embuggerance

Stationed in BAOR in the 60s and 70s it was de rigeour keeping up with the Joneses to own a Grundig radiogram. The only problem was that you couldn't meet the repayments and buy records at the same time - rather defeated the object.

Keithcaley wrote: ↑

Tue 26 Jan 2021 12:43 pm

Remember 'em?

My poor back remembers them every day!

I started work as an apprentice Radio & TV repairman in 1962, and had to lug the damn things around for the next 30 years before I sensibly transferred to a field of electronics with somewhat smaller hardware...

...although I did once have to lug two 22" CRT monitors back from Taiwan as excess baggage as punishment for being too 'picky'

It always seemed to me to be an inviolable rule that the size of the TV or Radiogram was proportional to the distance that it had to be carried - e.g. the last house down the terrace, or the end flat on the top floor of the maisonettes boasted ownership of the biggest, heaviest, most unmaneuverable item!

Narrow hallways and tight corners were merely a random extra embuggerance

What I loved was the fact that record storage took up a good 60% of the space and the speakers which could barely be heard across the room accounted for another 30%. Apart from that you had a turntable and a radio, no cassette.
As for the size you could bury Lenny McLean wearing a top hat in one.

Kanonier wrote: ↑

Tue 26 Jan 2021 1:06 pm

Stationed in BAOR in the 60s and 70s it was de rigeour keeping up with the Joneses to own a Grundig radiogram. The only problem was that you couldn't meet the repayments and buy records at the same time - rather defeated the object.

My Dad liked to be cutting edge with anything new so often upgraded from Radio Rentals. The part of the deal that you might have to pay rental on the stuff usually slipped his mind. Eventually it became easier for Radio Rentals to have their own key

Erm this thread was for us 70's kids. Can't you oldens start your own thread about radiograms (whatever they may be)

JoandJelly wrote: ↑

Tue 26 Jan 2021 4:21 pm

Erm this thread was for us 70's kids. Can't you oldens start your own thread about radiograms (whatever they may be)

I was a 70s kid and we had a radiogram although admittedly it was probably still there from the 60s.
You have to remember back then electrical stuff wasn't as disposable as now cost a couple of months wages and lasted forever.

No-one who had a radiogram got rid of it in a hurry because;
1. It could survive a direct hit from a torpedo
2. As Keith pointed out it took 12 people to carry the bloody thing.