[bangbang]

Anyone remember this programme?
back in the time when ad's were few, and content was ample.

[SallyintNorth]

Ev'nin' all!

Dixon of Dock Green.  That and Crossroads were probably the first 'adult' telly I liked to watch!

I think Z Cars came after that?  And Doctor Who started around the same time, with William Hartnell as the 1st Doctor.

I can also remember:

• Take Your Pick ("Open the Box!", "Take the Money!")
• Opportunity Knocks
• The Newcomers

Kids' telly was Watch with Mother, of which my favourites were Muffin the Mule and The Woodentops.  Jackanory came along quite a bit later, as did The Magic Roundabout.

[NormandyMary]

With Zcars came Softly Softly which was always my Dad's favourite programme. Then of course we also had Emergency Ward 10 and of course Corrie!
I dont remember much about childrens telly except Watch with Mother. Andy Pandy was my favourite along with the Wooden Tops.
I also remember Muriel Young as the continuity announcer on ITV along with Fred Barker and Olly Owl.
OOh its a lifetime ago!!

[deepinthewoods]

wow, you had a telly???

[bangbang]

I remember corrie when the Ogdens had the three ducks on the wall!
Back then we didn't have a choice on what we watched in the evening...parents!
" If you don't like it...you can always go to bed"..

[Fleecewife]

wow, you had a telly???

No 

[Crofterloon]

Yes I also remember he used to follow up the story at the end with some words of wisdom, standing on the police station steps.
The New comers was I think about a family who had moved onto a new state, as a teenager I think I fancied the blond daughter, altough I cannot remember a single story line. .

[NormandyMary]

Gosh yes, I remember The Newcomers too. Cant remember many of the cast, so Im going to have to look it up now! Yes we did have a TV, an old thing on a table stand. However, it took years and years before my parents agreed to go over to colour, and they never bought their telly, it was always hired.

[Possum]

Does anyone remember a children's programme called Twizzle? None of my friends can but I'm sure that  I didn't just dream about it.

[bucketman]

Does anyone remember a children's programme called Twizzle? None of my friends can but I'm sure that  I didn't just dream about it.

Twizzle (1957) - "Twizzle and Footso"

[bloomer]

I've tidied this up as the original topic is worth having running,


Please stick to the original subject in threads...

[bucketman]

Since the move we've not had a TV and the guy in the pub say they come out to get away from it. So cant see us getting one
rob

[Hermit]

We used to have a Bush set. With a fabric front and buttons that you really had to press so another popped out. I remember Andy Pandy , Bill and Ben and watching Apollo missions as my Dad was an Astronomer. I remember getting a colour telly especially  for a series the BBC did on Henry the VIII as my Mum has always been a history geek. I really hated Noggin the Nog and one that was something to do with a train.

[doganjo]

I've tidied this up as the original topic is worth having running,


Please stick to the original subject in threads...

Spoilsport!    We enjoy digressing!    Just as you would in a face to face conversation 

[Possum]

Bucketman - that's brilliant!
I haven't seen Twizzle  for nearly 50 years and I thought it had been lost forever. I had forgotten it was in black and white. My memory of it is in colour, but i guess that was my childhood imagination. It's a very simple story but it was the first thing that I saw when we got a TV and it seemed completely magical to me then.


Hermit - we had one of those Bush TVs as well. Very clunky. I think we hired it from Rediffusion. The good thing about renting was that when it went wrong (which it did frequently) a man would come out and fix it for free. Mind you it sometimes took a few days, and until he arrived you had to bang the side of the set to get a picture. I became quite good at it!