Memories of Childhood

Cheesy Grin - thanks for posting the joke shop picture in the Images thread..

Did I ever mention getting banned from my local library for discretely dropping a couple of stinkbombs in there? Those little glass things..trod on them and....Christ they stunk!

Dropped one of them on the top deck of the school bus once and cleared it out..was laughing that hard at the sight I had tears streaming down my cheeks Driver went apeshit

Funnily enough those were developed in the 1960's by British Intelligence(according to last night's episode of Back In Time For School) and how on earth they came to be in joke shops years later is beyond me. I think there was an episode of early Grange Hill when someone stepped on one in class and one of the girls said " Oh god what's that smell...someone's 'onked!"

(25-01-2019 23:59 )GreenMachine Wrote:  Funnily enough those were developed in the 1960's by British Intelligence(according to last night's episode of Back In Time For School) and how on earth they came to be in joke shops years later is beyond me. I think there was an episode of early Grange Hill when someone stepped on one in class and one of the girls said " Oh god what's that smell...someone's 'onked!"

I can remember being able to buy that stuff in a small bottle, which was filled with a yellowish green liquid, you took the cap off and blew across the top of the bottle and the stench went in the direction you blew in...not that I ever did that to anyone you understand

Going to Butlins Pwllheli in 1978 in our old D reg Ford Cortina. About 30 miles from our destination on a boiling hot May afternoon the car is overheating.

Remember this is in the days when bottles of water weren’t available. So can you guess what went into the radiator to cool things down?

My Dad, me and my brother...all did our bit to fill the radiator with piss. When in an emergency and all that..Did the job though...

I was trying to remember all the kids programmes that were around when we were young right up to our teens, so here is a list that you are bound to find something you remember watching-no particular order:

Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, The Secret Service, Stingray.
Bagpuss
Ivor the Engine
Camberwick Green
Trumpton
Chigley
Marine Boy, Battle of the Planets
A lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoon shorts and series including Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Joe
Mary, Mungo & Midge
Crystal Tipps and Alistair
The Herbs
The Flumps
Noah and Nelly
The Wombles
Here Come the Double Deckers
Rentaghost
Grange Hill
Cabbages & Kings
Play Away
Banana Splits
The Singing, Ringing Tree(foreign weirdness)
Whirlybirds
Silas
Three's Company(another foreign import with catchy whistled theme)
White Horses(foreign, dubbed)
Follyfoot
Worzel Gummidge
Terrahawks
Postman Pat
The Woodentops, Pogles Wood
Mr Trimble, Rainbow, Paperplay
Pipkins(with that demonic looking Hartley Hare and brummie Pig)
Black Beauty

Saturday morning stuff
Multi-coloured Swap Shop/Swap Shop
Saturday Superstore
Parallel 9
On the Waterfront
The 8.15 From Manchester
No.73
Saturday Banana
Get Fresh!
TISWAS(This Is Saturday, Wear A Smile)
Phew! that will do for now.

Oops! Missed out these
Blue Peter
Magpie
Blockbusters
Dangermouse
The Family Ness
Play School
Bertha
Knightmare
We Are the Champions
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Cloppa Castle
Chorlton and the Wheelies
Wind in the Willows
The Chronicles of Narnia
Doctor Who

(25-01-2019 23:15 )GreenMachine Wrote:  I remember when he played for SV Hamburg-never quite understood why he left Liverpool. When I played football at school I had a red shirt with a number 7 on it, for Mr Keegan, and was proud to wear it whilst all around me were Arsenal supporters-but then back then all the shirts were the same looking. I remember that Superstars episode, nasty fall that.

I don't think superstars was ever the same after that happened. great theme music though.

i remember doing the gym tests at school once i think i did around 30 odd squats in a minute - can't remember if we did the dips.
I'd be hard pushed to do that now!!

Missed out again:
Beat the Teacher
Screen Test
Newsround
Record Breakers
Crackerjack!
The Time Tunnel
Michael Bentine's Potty Time
Think of A Number, Think Backwards, Think Again(all with the great Johnny Ball)
Jackanory
Jonny Briggs

(26-01-2019 00:19 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Going to Butlins Pwllheli in 1978 in our old D reg Ford Cortina. About 30 miles from our destination on a boiling hot May afternoon the car is overheating.

Remember this is in the days when bottles of water weren’t available. So can you guess what went into the radiator to cool things down?

My Dad, me and my brother...all did our bit to fill the radiator with piss. When in an emergency and all that..Did the job though...

I've heard of shit in the carberettor but thats ridiculous