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When i think of lyrics I think Ian Dury who could rhyme anything together , yes his lyrics in part could bordering obscene and challenging but its the sheer ability to rhyme words together deserves some admiration here's and example...

Do you remember with the rented TV's if you called out the engineer, he would whip the back off and if he could not fix it withing 10-15 minutes he would take the set away and leave a loan set

The early ones with valves probably were the worst! I heard about someone's family getting one as a hand me down from a richer relative, but their Dad didn't like the smell of dust burning on the valves so as soon as they could afford...

The old Colour TV sets would burn through the electric, then even worse the Plasma TV, you could stand in front of those with bread on a toasting fork

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I collected 2-3 of these a few years ago when I was getting interested in old technology. I still have them but most are in storage at the moment.

I recall the TV top antenna that would you stand there adjusting to picture perfect, but by the time you sat down the screen had turned to mush again

As technology improved I remember buying a Casio mini colour TV with something like a two inch screen used it when I was at work during quiet periods on nightshift just showed how far things had progressed.

Until the mid 1980s my family rented a set from Granada, which was replaced by a Philips set my Dad bought on credit.

With Bill's determination and love of Holmfirth he ensured his contribution spanned 3 episodes and an hour long special with this possibility probably foremost in his mind. His stoicism ensured another 11 years of laughter for us...

I remember in one episode at the coffee morning the women discuss the contents of their husband's pockets. Nora mentions Wally used to usually have treats for his pigeons & Ivy reckoned Sid's pockets always seemed to contain two...