soapy©

ha ha ha oh i loved that
rmbr the fire one, when the wee guy jumps first to be followed by his fat wife. his face was a peach :scared:

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Battlestar Galactica.

Need I say more?

BM

thpinkpussycat

Blake Seven and Dr Who!

moneypenny20

Alvin Stardust doing the green cross code. I had a major crush on him :scared: even had a black leather glove with a ring. Funny thing is, his son is the head at my eldest girl's secondary school - bizarre or what!

TheAncientGeek

Murder in the Dark - can't recall the exact details but it involved switching the light off.
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - for some reason I have ALWAYS remembered that in one episode Frank went to Australia House in an attempt to move down under, his uncle was already there.
Get Some In - RAF-based sitcom
Tomorrow's World
Citizen Smith(?) with Robert Lindsay
Militant Tendency - Derek Hatton, Red Ken's GLC, Miner's Strike and collections for the striking miners' families.
The Falklands
Beta v VHS (particularly topical as Dixon's will no longer stock VCRs)
Radio 1 chart countdown referred to as "Top of the Pops" and to get to number 1 you had to sell more than 3 copies of your record.
Those stupid glittery martian spaceball things on headbands.
Punk being replaced by the New Romantics
Madness in the charts for the first time
Oh! Writing Madness in 3d style letters on your school rucksack
Those just-above-waist length military style jackets - in air force blue or khaki
Pepe jeans and espadrilles
Plastic bright-coloured key chain on a belt loop - standard issue with Pepe jeans
O Levels and CSEs
Our comprehensive being unusual because it had a computer room
Said computer room being stocked with BBC Model Bs and ZX Spectrums
"Sing Something Simple" coming on the radio when the VHF channel switched from Radio 1 to Radio 2 after "Top of the Pops" ended.
Ted Rogers, 321, Dusty Bin
Bullseye on Sundays - look what you could've won
Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven as an angel with a bearded companion.
Bonanza
Flash Gordon on Saturday mornings in black and white.
9 O'Clock News at 9 O'Clock
Not the Nine O'Clock News
YOUNG ONES! (the latest ad with a grey haired Rik Mayall scares me)
TV consisted of 3 channels only
Channel 4 going on air - Cheers becoming one of my favourite shows.
Sunday afternoon matinée on TV
Grandstand AND World of Sport
"Proper" Wrestling on ITV
BBC's Nationwide
TV not 24/7 but with long periods of the test card often with music
Being scared by the puppet thing in the test card
TV "Remote" control requiring a long wire to connect it to the TV
National Anthem played at the end of a day's broadcasting on BBC
Having a stock of candles in the house ready for the power cuts

See what a pandora's box you've opened?

TheAncientGeek

The bloke who stopped his car in a yellow box, then a great big hand came down and lifted him out

"Ooh, I've been pinched"

TheAncientGeek

Remember when seatbelts weren't compulsory?

Clunk click every trip
Jim'll Fix It - the sofa with loads of gadgets and moving bits.
Points of View with Barry wotsit
Mr and Mrs with Derek thingy
and now, live from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week.... Sale of the Century
My Dad calling the host Nicholas Parsnips (on purpose)
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Dad's Army - on a Thursday evening I think
Basil Brush
Brian Cant - give me a P, L, A..... etc. etc.
VISION ON! There is a prize for all those we show
Going out to play football after the FA Cup was over and almost having a fight over which team was going to be the one that had just won the cup...
Playing cricket with wickets drawn on a brick wall in chalk
Paying no attention whatsoever to "No Ball Games" signs
Walking to school - even junior school
Going on holidays, on the train with a family railcard
The Albery Finney musical version of A Christmas Carol being shown on Christmas Eve - this pet peeve got so bad that Ushas actually bought me a copy so I could watch it instead of whatever crap they put on instead
Oooh! Val Doonican on Christmas Eve in his beige cardigan

m u s t s t o p t y p i n g . . . . .

Cheeky

Just thought of another one......

What did your Mum use on you as a kid before baby wipes were invented??!! Anyone?

How about this.......

When I was a little kid and we were out for the day and after munching my way through choc/ice-cream/anything my mum would take out a nice clean, ironed hankerchief from her handbag and dare I say its sooo disgusting and SPIT on it!!! YUUUUCCCKKKK!! and proceed to use it on me!!!!!! OMG that is so bad I hope Im not the only one whos Mum did that!!

Thank you to who ever invented babywipes, kids dont know they are born today, tut!!

Cheeky

TheAncientGeek

My mum too

Shellfish

This is great..

Watching TV1 on Foxtel is *such* a trip down memory lane for me...all these shows that I loved as a child..the A-team, family Ties, the LoveBoat, the Wonder years, the golden girls...(most of them are pretty rubbish and I can't believe I actually sat through them )


I also know I am getting old because I mutter that the originals were always better than the covers that keep getting made nowdays. A few years ago driving with my husbands sister (who is 16 years his junior) and listening to Don Mclean singing "American Pie" and she asked why he was singing Madonna's song needless to say she got quite a lecture from me

scissors

ponchos are back in i had one of those when i first started school

tracey.

nightnurse2

Yup! Me too!! Mine was white, pink and blue!!

Anyone remember Mary, Mungo and Midge? Would love to let my kids see it! Much better than power rangers!

Tracey

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"British bull dog"

The c.1983 Colgate Blue Minty Gel advert "Mum and dad use it as well"- to Madness tune; still remember the words.

DagBoy

We live in South East Queensland, so still do that

anya4oz

Blimey, I've got all that lot on video! Poor Burt Kwouk (a talented comedy actor) always had to play the token japanese baddie

Anya.