Recent content by RichardFromMarple

John Comer

The one in the bathroom had to wait until today to be changed, same with the one on my car's dashboard!

I have one clock that automatically changes time because it can receive a sync signal. This morning I had to change all the others in the house, some easier than others!

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 to buy a newer set it was disposed of!

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.

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

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 toffees covered in tobacco & fluff!

Luckily the BBC had a gap in their schedule & asked Sullivan if he could dig out a previously rejected idea about a market trader & his younger brother...

Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst.

Smiler.

When breakdancing became popular in the 1980s, many lino shops made a trade of selling offcuts to dancers.

Nora Batty

Dried Date

Zero, Captain.

I remember Highway, Three up Two Down, Kojak & Treasure Hunt. I've heard French Fields in passing, but can't remember watching it.