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I watch it because I know I am in good company with people I know so well.

For me all of the above and the joy of watching how things were some years ago

Most of the characters are really children in adult guise and I like daft innocent humour which SW has in spades. Also, there's probably a bit of nostalgia for a simpler time, helped by the wistful theme tune. Besides the physical gags...

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For me there are a lot of reasons: Firstly, it has had over the years an absolute cavalcade of comedy stars from so many different shows. Whether a cameo or guest star they all brought something to the table and as someone that acts...

I’ve just seen this on facebook. Available from the St Barnabas Hospice Charity Shop in Spilsby.

As I have said on more than one occasion, all I have to do is hear the introductory music and everything else, all the worry, pain, stress or whatever, just fades away.

A bit like Pearl, my dad was the main reason I started to watch. He grouched and moaned about just every other TV programme there was but he loved SW And it was about the only time you heard him laughing out loud at the TV.

I watch to escape from the current American reality. The scenery is restful and the dialogs make me laugh.

My dad, from his early 40s he spent most the time in a lot of pain, has a little girl I'd seen him cry with pain and it was traumatising to see but every Sunday he'd watch Summer Wine and laugh so I used to sit next to him and watch it...

What an excellent question Mikey ! I'm going to repeat @MoodyBlue amazing phrase about the series which totally sums it up for me - it's visual Prozac. I feel the pressures of life subside when I watch the beauty of the locations, the...

I'll begin. I enjoy its simplicity and how it reminds me of my very simple untechnical childhood. I messed about on river banks, climbed trees and cracked a few bones via such activities. I'm not anti tech, but I am anti...

I can just see it now......Foggy......with his railway cap on his head......waving his flag....standing on the bridge shouting "THAT'S NOT DIESEL.....THAT'S STEAM !!!!"............and our scruffy hero replying "THAT'S NOT...

Incredible it was able to go 126 mph, those bricks must weigh many tonnes!

"The piece celebrates the railway history of the town which formed one end of the famous Stockton to Darlington railway, the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives. It depicts the record-breaking Mallard, which still...