Broad Shoulders

I'm sure it would have just been another minor altercation

BadgeIsBack

Hmmm....on the basis that every episode had a sad little kid whose fix-its were not exactly stellar (they had to be inclusive after all and cater for the little girl and her doll collection) my mother had the idea of writing to him to see if he could get us on to the little island in the middle of the local (biggish) duck pond which we had asked about. 'Gee Mum - get with the programme - how about we get into space on the next shuttle'

My mother was very advanced (and embarassing) even for the 70s. The sort of mother who would never bother using the changing rooms on holiday, that sort of thing. We were subjects of awe amongst our school-friends.

In other TV moments the whole thing of Playschool and having the musicians responsible for the background music appear in the episodes as regulars is down to my mother. She wrote to complain that her sons were wondering about not seeing the piano they could hear. She got a letter back, and that was around the time 'the piano man' made an appearance.

I reckon I am entitled to some of that man's pension!

emelems

oh god, Badge.. I nearly wept with laughter! Think it was the bit about never using changing rooms on holiday!!!

Em x

LouiseR

What?! Butlins was ace! I have fond memories of when I was little at Butlins Minehead, Good times!

Broad Shoulders

well I suppose if it had to be a Butlins then Minehead would be my choice

emelems

haha ! fond memories!! went there when I was 19 with 3 other girlie mates... had a brilliant time.. actually that was the weekend when Freddie Mercury died... Nov 1991 (eek.. from memory)...

Em x

Broad Shoulders

judging by the talent they have at those place I bet there was a Freddie Mercury impersonator there?

twhurl

I was born in Stevenage

Broad Shoulders

I used to love visiting my mates in Stevenage. Our favourite pass time was playing "who's the father?" with all the teenage single mums in the town centre, think of Blind Date for teenagers but with kids in tow

scottishcelts

twhurl

My wife also can trace her roots to Stevenage by coinkidink. I lived there from 0-5 (but I knew my father) She lived there from 2-6 and her whole (extended)family lived there at one point. When we met and fell in love in Canada I followed her back to UK for the final pull and we went back to Stevenage to find our houses. We pulled of the motorway into the Tesco It was pretty scary (Being from Canada and all). We got a map and found my place (Not too scary) then hers (scary). We took a few photos had a pint in a scary pub with a one eyed barman and continued up to Cambridge. On my farewell tour I pulled off the motorway into the old town for the first time and enjoyed an afternoon in a decent pub.

looky

lol nah it was easy, didn't take much time at all. Just put your name on google and everything came up including your student research report (I think thats yours) lol

Did you marry the guy on the show? Is he your husband now?

mr mover

That explains a lot , we missus was born in stevenage lucky for her she escaped at the age of five ,and came here...............mm

BadgeIsBack

She was one of those parents whose catchphrase was "Noone is looking at us".

Mum - every man jack and his dog is effing looking at us

Always remember being on public transport with my brother and her in the early 80s - I was on the cusp of starting school - maybe 11 odd. My mother stood up and said in her loud, strident, rather nice, old gal's school voice:

"Come on - let's get home and get you young men in to the bath".

Died..nearly twice over...

Kooky.

Gawd, Ozzidoc - I was watching that thinking, FFS DO NOT PICK NUMBER 2!

Embarrassing facts? Too many to recall. Unusual fact? I don't have a belly button. Not a lot of people know that.