Then & Now

[TheTramp]

I know that it was called Take Hart, after Tony Hart. But surely Heartbeat wasn't named after him too???

Steve

(Standing in for Heather)

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Ian W
The following is a free alternative to the 118 numbers:

www.ukphonebook.co.uk

Of course, its only useful if you are sitting in front of your computer at the time ;-)

Ian

Ian that is brilliant! Thanks for that, I just used it and it works a treat!

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Pammy
It came after Take Hart; I distinctly remember the music..

Hart BEAT Beat beat .. beat.. beat.. beat.. repeating........

That rang memory bells that did so i looked it up...and its true

go here

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
That rang memory bells that did so i looked it up...and its true

go here

Lesson no:1 grasshoppers...never question that lady's memory

[Pammy]

Ahhh, Morph in his little artbox with his friend Chad. Those were the days before Wallace & Gromit his the masses!

And as for my memory, I've gone blank

Px

PS: senior citizens were gainfully employed to sort through the 6,000 to 8,000 letters that arrived each week and thanks DS this answers the question as to why I never got on the gallery

[Fran]

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Originally posted by Emma
Noo...I remember *walking* on them. Sort of 'junior stilts'.
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Oh you're right! I'd forgotten about doing that too! But does anyone remember trying to use them as walky talkies???? Come on guys, help me out here, I wasn't so odd!!!!


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Urmm........ actually Jill we did walk on the tin cans.
We used to use the paper cups as walkie talkies!!! and while teaching a class on technology a few years ago we made them as well.

Originally posted by Pammy
Not cans, but plastic cups with a length of string: yes

What about those folded paper things that you used to put on your fingers and go "Pick a colour, pick a number" and after a lot of flicking of the thing this way and that, you'd get some sort of thing read out from the inside like "you fancy Bobby Dirty Pants" or something.... ....

Px

Good news girls - the paper foldy things are still on the go!! my 7 year old daughter is currently going through a phase of making them all the time!! yesterday I ended up with the " big bum" one. which caused her great humour!!

loved the reminders about blue peter and Take heart. I used to dream about having one of my pictures up in the "gallery". I did draw a few, but my brothers and sisters were rather critical - they scarred me for life!!!!

childhood sweets.
I lived in Germany when i was younger and remember that at one point in britain there was a sweet called "space dust" which we could not buy there. It was like gold dust - every time some one visited the U.k they would bring back supplies and would be very popular!

Childrens TV.
The first British TV show we saw in our district was "Mork and Mindy" and we were quite excited!! there was no satilite TV then and it was British Forces Broadcasting Sataion ( the programes were flown over fro the U.K - we used to get the news 2 days later.) ahh they were the days Mind you there were big avantages to not having TV. we learnt to play and socialise with other children - did any one used to play "kick the can"?

fran

[Dance Demon]

Originally posted by Fran


childhood sweets.
I lived in Germany when i was younger and remember that at one point in britain there was a sweet called "space dust" which we could not buy there. It was like gold dust - every time some one visited the U.k they would bring back supplies and would be very popular!

Anyone remember a choccy bar called Mint Cracknel?... It was in a green wrapper with a little cardboard tray inside. Two sqares of crunchy mint cracknel covered in chocolate
And Fry's five centre...like a Fry's cream only it had five different flavours of fondant inside. the lime one was yummy

[Pammy]

Originally posted by Fran
yesterday I ended up with the " big bum" one. which caused her great humour!!

Ahh, bless!

[Bardsey]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fran
[B]quote:

did any one used to play "kick the can"?

Yes, where I grew up there was a large roundabout in front of our houses, which we called "the island" and we used to play kick the can on there.

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Dance Demon
Anyone remember a choccy bar called Mint Cracknel?... It was in a green wrapper with a little cardboard tray inside. Two sqares of crunchy mint cracknel covered in chocolate
And Fry's five centre...like a Fry's cream only it had five different flavours of fondant inside. the lime one was yummy

Yes I remember Mint Cracknel and Fry's Five Centre was one of my favourites....mmm I liked the green one!

[Ian W]

Originally posted by Bardsey

did any one used to play "kick the can"?

I remember that! We used to play at the local yacht club. All those boats made for great hiding places.

It was also a great place to 'skim' stones. It was very competitive to see who could get the most skips. Stone selection was the trick, of course.

Ian

[Sheepman]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bardsey

Originally posted by Pammy
Another thing about fireworks, how we used to go to the bonfire site the next day, find all the used fireworks and scoop out any remaining powder, put it in a tin then throw in a lighted match and see how big a bang we could make. DEFINITELY not allowed these days. It's a wonder some of us made it to adulthood when you think of the stupid things we did..... but we're still here!!!

We had some amazing bonfire parties when I was a kid, friends of the whole family getting singed by the 20ft high bonfire. The neighbours running up and down screaming "PUT THAT OUT!" Fireworks going off all around you (though luckily no one ever got seriously injured), this was in the days when bangers did what they said on the box, especially when let off in a giant (empty) steel water butt. The rockets went "phut" and that was it, but it was all much more alive (and dangerous) than your public displays.

Apart from setting the house on fire, the most stupid thing I must have done was (carefully) dismantling some very ancient live shells, and making rockets from the cordite, boy did they go!

But I'm a bit confused about Pammy's and Boomer's remeniscences, surely you're too young for all of this?

Greg

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by Fran
Oh you're right! I'd forgotten about doing that too! But does anyone remember trying to use them as walky talkies???? Come on guys, help me out here, I wasn't so odd!!!!

No Fran, it wasn't just you, I don't remember being allowed to punch the holes in the cans though. And I always wanted to have the real walkie talkies (but never got them) somehow much more fun than mobiles.

Greg

[Lory]

Originally posted by Bardsey
Yes I remember Mint Cracknel and Fry's Five Centre was one of my favourites....mmm I liked the green one!

Black Jacks.. 4 for 1p. you ended up with black tongue..
and sherbert dips..yukk, who the hell ever liked them?

[Pammy]

Originally posted by Sheepman
But I'm a bit confused about Pammy's and Boomer's remeniscences, surely you're too young for all of this?

Hey, watch your tongue (s) Sheepy; we indeed were all nasty, screaming 7 years olds once upon a time. Just because you all know we've been soinspecing, there's not need to pick on us!

Anyway, I bet I win hands down with the *father who tried the hardest to embarass you* theme

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Sheepman

But I'm a bit confused about Pammy's and Boomer's remeniscences, surely you're too young for all of this?

Greg

Another thing about fireworks, how we used to go to the bonfire site the next day, find all the used fireworks and scoop out any remaining powder, put it in a tin then throw in a lighted match and see how big a bang we could make. DEFINITELY not allowed these days. It's a wonder some of us made it to adulthood when you think of the stupid things we did..... but we're still here!!!

That's probably cos the above quote was posted by me and although I don't know how old Pammy and Boomer are, going by what you say, they're obviously younger than me!!!

Do you remember the Jumping Jacks? We always had great fun with them.

Where I was brought up we had a piece of land surounded on all sides with houses and all the neighbours used to get together on bonfire night and each bring something to put on the tressle table we set up, pies, mushy peas, toffee, drinks etc. It was very much a community in those days. My dad used to help guard the "chumps" too. We had word of a raid once and he set up a spotlight in the tree, when the gang came into the "piece" as we called it, he turned on the light and my mum and some other women came out with buckets of water and chucked it all over the raiders. Oh take me back, we had much more fun in those days!

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by Lory
Black Jacks.. 4 for 1p. you ended up with black tongue..
and sherbert dips..yukk, who the hell ever liked them?

4 for 1d! I think this illustrates my point Pammy!
Sherbert dips - yummy, perhaps they reminded you of butter balls?

Greg

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Lory
Black Jacks.. 4 for 1p. you ended up with black tongue..
and sherbert dips..yukk, who the hell ever liked them?

Urmmmm sorry, me for one. Also "Kailey" (don't know how to spell it) especially Rainbow Crystals with the proper hard liquorice, which we also used to make liquorice water out of. Funnily enough, you can still get both, and I do! I guess I'll never grow up!!

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by Bardsey
That's probably cos the above quote was posted by me and although I don't know how old Pammy and Boomer are, going by what you say, they're obviously younger than me!!!

Do you remember the Jumping Jacks? We always had great fun with them.

Ah, I must be getting confused, but that happens with age!

Yes the Jumpin' Jacks were great, def non PC nowadays, I wonder how many people they killed/injured?

Greg

[Pammy]

I'm 18, and he's 21, right Boo's *cough*