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I always remember we rented a TV from a company called multi broadcast in the 70s and 80s . Big box back. 3 channels and you had to get up to change channels. Imagine doing that now !! .

I remember our first colour TV. I was about 6 or so and it was amazing. That day I and my 3 brothers became remote controls for the TV. I'm exaggerating of course although we were handy when the old man got in from work. He always said...

For those of us that are nerds! (or is that nerdii? or nerds and nerdesses? hmmm, I could go on like this for hours :geek2: )

Remember our first set was Rediffusion with the channel changer hard wired to the set and screwed on to the window sill so you had to get up to switch channels. I remember the sets with the stick out pegs which you could pull out and...

The first tv set I remember at home (mid-1960s) had two big knobs at the side just above the speaker grille. You manually tuned the channel to change programmes. '4' on the dial was BBC1, '8' was ITV (Midlands). That was easy to...

Haddock of course, you have to be versatile even used it as a nom de plume for Clutterbuck, loved my time in TinTin . Anyway I listened to it, superb, but expect nothing else from them, they are brilliant at everything they decide...

Yes, it's a one off. Thanks for the information captain. Keep eating your fish fingers ahhhhhh.

Added and downloaded to my shows is this a single drama ? The other show Peking Noir seems to be six episodes yet there is another life and time:the Officers which looks like a single drama. NB Its only on there for 8 days so if you...

Every time I see that road on a map I wonder what about the history behind the name. Was it similar to the Preemption Line (and the associated road) that divided the aboriginal lands of western New York State awarded to New York from...

Issues Road in Holme

A guy who was on here and no longer posts Pete went there and posted photos he simply knocked on the doors and explained why he was there and the residents the time were happy to oblige because he did it discreetly, respectfully and...

Sadly there seem to be two main camps: One remembers the show and the part the area played in fond terms, I have met some of those people. The others - who I managed to avoid - consider the existence of the show a inconvenience on a...

Good idea on bringing Gordon back again. Would have been nice to see how he was doing along with his wife played by Liz Goulding. Liked her in I Didn't Know You Cared both in the TV and the radio series.

The number plate on the green Corsa appeared in a later episode on a red Micra.