In the 60s I liked Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook and Steptoe and Son on TV. I was still at school so needed parents' permission. Don't think I would have got away with Steptoe if my rather strict father had seen it. In '69 went off to London to train as a nurse and never seemed to have time to watch TV. Evening duties and social life.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Muddle Up - Rawhide gave us our first introduction to Clint Eastwood
and what about Bonanza? Our tv was so old that it only received BBC but the children in the village had new tvs and watched ITV so we would wangle invitations to tea so we could watch Bonanza and Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Born in the early 60's, my first bath times were tin bath on caravan floor on RAF base. At 6 we had a proper bath, i was first in (oldest) on a sunday night with the electric fan heater in the room to warm it, followed by my by sister and then brother, all in the same water. Black beauty, horsey programme I can't remember name of with nice theme song, on white horses let us ride away? Radio was caroline, very cool to listen to that under the blankets on my transistor radio....hates...outside loo of house between 3-6yrs with spiders, they still scare the heck out of me...
I am wrong. The theme for Follyfoot was lightning tree. Don't know why I was associating Snowy white horses with Follyfoot , maybe they were about at the same time. Getting old and the memory muddles things up.
Sunday night at the palladium was on when Dad was setting of for his shift at the Chemical plant. I was always fascinated by the tiller girls and the revolving stage.
I too love White Horses and Black Beauty. Family favourites when the sunday roast was cooking. I also used to listen to Caroline/Luxenburg on the transistor radio under the blankets. Really trended people used to follow their charts not radio one. Tony Blackburn and Arnold whilst getting ready for school.
Always had an indoor bathroom, but we did have a second loo outside. Dad used to put a parafin lamp in there in the winter to stop the tank freezing.
Always had blankets and striped flannelette sheets with a candlewick bedspread, no duvets then. Stone hot water bottle, ours a lucazade stopper as the original one had got lost.
We had a bathroom but the toilet was round the back opposite the kitchen. Never had central heating just an open fire place. The one in the living room had a place where a kettle could be boiled. I used to like doing toast with one of those long forks.
We always had indoor plumbing but I remember having central heating installed (Baxi-burn-your-legs-boiler). It was only ever used to take the chill off the bathroom & sitting room - never used in the hall and bedrooms so it was still a draughty house. (No loft or wall insulation either of course).
There was great excitement when we had a phone installed. It was a party line with our neighbours (because there was a shortage of phone lines) and we children received tuition in phone etiquette. I also remember getting our first fridge and a modern style of cooker.
This modernisation all seemed to happen in the mid to late 60's - the real start of the great consumer age.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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Ditto with Harry Worth. Harmless fun in these days.
In the 60s I liked Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook and Steptoe and Son on TV. I was still at school so needed parents' permission. Don't think I would have got away with Steptoe if my rather strict father had seen it. In '69 went off to London to train as a nurse and never seemed to have time to watch TV. Evening duties and social life.
Muddle Up - Rawhide gave us our first introduction to Clint Eastwood
and what about Bonanza? Our tv was so old that it only received BBC but the children in the village had new tvs and watched ITV so we would wangle invitations to tea so we could watch Bonanza and Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Born in the early 60's, my first bath times were tin bath on caravan floor on RAF base. At 6 we had a proper bath, i was first in (oldest) on a sunday night with the electric fan heater in the room to warm it, followed by my by sister and then brother, all in the same water. Black beauty, horsey programme I can't remember name of with nice theme song, on white horses let us ride away? Radio was caroline, very cool to listen to that under the blankets on my transistor radio....hates...outside loo of house between 3-6yrs with spiders, they still scare the heck out of me...
It was called Follyfoot and the theme song was by Jackie Lee. loved watching this programme.
I am wrong. The theme for Follyfoot was lightning tree. Don't know why I was associating Snowy white horses with Follyfoot , maybe they were about at the same time. Getting old and the memory muddles things up.
Think it was called White Horses - still remember that opening sequence. Loved the Black Beauty theme tune too. And Daktari
Sunday night at the palladium was on when Dad was setting of for his shift at the Chemical plant. I was always fascinated by the tiller girls and the revolving stage.
I too love White Horses and Black Beauty. Family favourites when the sunday roast was cooking. I also used to listen to Caroline/Luxenburg on the transistor radio under the blankets. Really trended people used to follow their charts not radio one. Tony Blackburn and Arnold whilst getting ready for school.
Always had an indoor bathroom, but we did have a second loo outside. Dad used to put a parafin lamp in there in the winter to stop the tank freezing.
Always had blankets and striped flannelette sheets with a candlewick bedspread, no duvets then. Stone hot water bottle, ours a lucazade stopper as the original one had got lost.
We had a bathroom but the toilet was round the back opposite the kitchen. Never had central heating just an open fire place. The one in the living room had a place where a kettle could be boiled. I used to like doing toast with one of those long forks.
We always had indoor plumbing but I remember having central heating installed (Baxi-burn-your-legs-boiler). It was only ever used to take the chill off the bathroom & sitting room - never used in the hall and bedrooms so it was still a draughty house. (No loft or wall insulation either of course).
There was great excitement when we had a phone installed. It was a party line with our neighbours (because there was a shortage of phone lines) and we children received tuition in phone etiquette. I also remember getting our first fridge and a modern style of cooker.
This modernisation all seemed to happen in the mid to late 60's - the real start of the great consumer age.