ChellyWellyBoot
I will be skinny again!!!
I know.. As you can tell the falls didnt help me much in the common sense department haha!!
hmmm... I think i remember noels house party
hmmm... I think i remember noels house party
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ChellyWellyBoot
I will be skinny again!!!
LMAO Lou!!
Oh dear!!
I used to phone Live and kicking about 20 times in the morning until my mum and dad discovered the phone bill haha!!
Oh dear!!
I used to phone Live and kicking about 20 times in the morning until my mum and dad discovered the phone bill haha!!
ChellyWellyBoot
I will be skinny again!!!
awwwwwwwwww lol!!
Lou
Silver Member
Yeah but I bet you had a push button phone/redial button. I had to physically dial the number every five minutes....nightmare!!!
JanD
maintaining since June'09
OMG YEAH!! The old phones!!!!
We had an old black bakelite one with the brown twisty wire first and then progressed to the posh, modern two-tone grey jobbie. Still with a PROPER dial though. LOL! xx
And who in their right mind decided that 999 should be the emergency number when you had to wait 45 minutes for the dial to return to zero after each 9!!! Why didn't they make it 111????? xx
We had an old black bakelite one with the brown twisty wire first and then progressed to the posh, modern two-tone grey jobbie. Still with a PROPER dial though. LOL! xx
And who in their right mind decided that 999 should be the emergency number when you had to wait 45 minutes for the dial to return to zero after each 9!!! Why didn't they make it 111????? xx
irishhobo
Full Member
Aww thanks Suneeta
Glad I can brighten up your day lol
Yeah you sure did!!!
xx
ChellyWellyBoot
I will be skinny again!!!
Nope dont think we did, me and Jade (my sister) used to take it in turns to dial lol!!
ChellyWellyBoot
I will be skinny again!!!
Boy George is a Legend! I like him
MiniB
Here we go again!
I was a multi-coloured swapshop girl too, my hubby was a tiswas boy though. Swapshop brought their roadshow to our town and my sister-in-law's claim to fame is that she stood on Toni Basil's (Oh Mickey!) foot while trying to get an autograph.
Phillip Schofield got on our train once and as he passed my hubby says "Where's Gordon then?" I could have died!
Anyone remember Why Don't You? I really wanted to be a presenter on that with all the cool kids.
Phillip Schofield got on our train once and as he passed my hubby says "Where's Gordon then?" I could have died!
Anyone remember Why Don't You? I really wanted to be a presenter on that with all the cool kids.
Candlewix
Down boy!
Oh me garsh!! Yup, guilty pleasures. I did watch Phillip Schofield with my daughter and we used to love Neighbours...in the very begining, with Mrs Mangle etc..it was brill then. I totally loved the Big Breakfast with Chris Evans, then later Jonny Vaughan. I loved Pauls Yates on the bed with guests...sooo OTT. Oh..those were the days...I was thinner then too ( thought I was fat though, and went to my first WW meeting...how we live and learn!!)
Lynn8124
Gold Member
Carol Vorderman, Gaz Topp and...yeah that was it. Hmm wonder what happened to Gaz? I must google.
Anyone remember Palace Hill? Was a pee-take of grange hill, there was this girl with blonde curly hair and a green bit at the front, think she wore black lippy too, thought she was cool lol.
Hmm wonder what happened to Gaz? I must google.Anyone remember Palace Hill? Was a pee-take of grange hill, there was this girl with blonde curly hair and a green bit at the front, think she wore black lippy too, thought she was cool lol.
JanD
maintaining since June'09
Oh Dear...... showing my age (AGAIN!) how young are you??? Carol Vorderman et al were in How 2 ..... Unfortunately I meant the original version
This lot ...
HOW!
Informative children's programme explaining and demonstrating how things worked. 25 minute duration. ITV 1966-91.
How do you get a ship in a bottle? How did a medieval knight, laden with armour, mount his horse? How do non-stick saucepans stay non-stick? If you were a child in the 1960s you would know the answers to all these and many more of life's mysteries, thanks -initially- to the team of Fred Dinenage, Bunty James, Jon Miller and Jack Hargreaves: The presenters of Southern Independent Television Network's hugely entertaining and informative series, aptly titled 'How!'
The trick with 'How!' was not that it merely told you how all these things were possible, its presenters actually demonstrated how they were possible-and while some of the presenters were experts in particular areas of art, science, nature and technology, it was plainly obvious that others were not. This added to the fun and expectation of the audience because the series went out live so if a demonstration went wrong there were no re-takes: So when Fred Dinenage posed the question "How do you throw a pot?" and then attempted to demonstrate the art of putting a slab of wet clay on a potters spinning wheel and then tried to make a pot with it, the results were hilarious. Dinenage not only managed to cover most of himself in wet clay, but most of the studio as well, while his co-presenters fell about in fits of laughter. Even the experts were prone to making mistakes - the most memorable being the time Jack Hargreaves absent mindedly put his lit pipe into his pocket, only to be interupted half way through his demonstration by smoke billowing out of his now flaming jacket! Well - it was a smoking jacket!
In spite of the fun, a lot of thought had to go into the making of the programme as well as much debate. The 1968 Guide to Independent Television didn't shy away from the point:
"There are no easy answers for the producers of children's programmes. That very popular programme How does some experiments with fire. There is a very reasonable line of argument which says:- 'Children should not be shown experiments with fire except under strict laboratory conditions; some misguided child will try to repeat it and hurt himself.'"
(One assumes from this that girls didn't go in for this sort of thing).
The article then counters this with: "There is an equally reasonable argument which says:- 'Children are fascinated with fire, and want to find out about it. They will experiment come what may. It is far better to show children some of the things they can safely do, and warn them against things it is not safe to do, than leave them in dangerous ignorance.'"
(Like - if you really have to smoke don't put a lit pipe in your pocket!). The article concludes: "It is problems like this that make the work of children's programmes producers and performers both exciting and wearing. In the last resort, adults can look out for themselves, and make their own judgements: but children must be protected (not overprotected). Children love finding out; they love doing things for themselves." In spite of the ITA's concerns we didn't grow up a nation of arsonists and 'How!' enjoyed 15 years in the late afternoon slot on ITV. When Bunty James left she was replaced by Jill Graham, and later Marian Davies was the female presenter, before the series disappeared due to Southern's loss of franchise. But you can't keep a good show down, and nine years later the format was revived as 'How 2' (by TVS). The concept remained the same, as did returning presenter Fred Dinenage. He was joined by Gareth Jones and Carol Vorderman, with Sian Lloyd, Gail Porter and Gail McKenna following as the years rolled by - until 2006 when the show finally came off the air.
Carol Vorderman et al were in How 2 ..... Unfortunately I meant the original version This lot ...
Informative children's programme explaining and demonstrating how things worked. 25 minute duration. ITV 1966-91.
How do you get a ship in a bottle? How did a medieval knight, laden with armour, mount his horse? How do non-stick saucepans stay non-stick? If you were a child in the 1960s you would know the answers to all these and many more of life's mysteries, thanks -initially- to the team of Fred Dinenage, Bunty James, Jon Miller and Jack Hargreaves: The presenters of Southern Independent Television Network's hugely entertaining and informative series, aptly titled 'How!'
In spite of the fun, a lot of thought had to go into the making of the programme as well as much debate. The 1968 Guide to Independent Television didn't shy away from the point:
(One assumes from this that girls didn't go in for this sort of thing).
The article then counters this with: "There is an equally reasonable argument which says:- 'Children are fascinated with fire, and want to find out about it. They will experiment come what may. It is far better to show children some of the things they can safely do, and warn them against things it is not safe to do, than leave them in dangerous ignorance.'"
(Like - if you really have to smoke don't put a lit pipe in your pocket!). The article concludes: "It is problems like this that make the work of children's programmes producers and performers both exciting and wearing. In the last resort, adults can look out for themselves, and make their own judgements: but children must be protected (not overprotected). Children love finding out; they love doing things for themselves." In spite of the ITA's concerns we didn't grow up a nation of arsonists and 'How!' enjoyed 15 years in the late afternoon slot on ITV. When Bunty James left she was replaced by Jill Graham, and later Marian Davies was the female presenter, before the series disappeared due to Southern's loss of franchise. But you can't keep a good show down, and nine years later the format was revived as 'How 2' (by TVS). The concept remained the same, as did returning presenter Fred Dinenage. He was joined by Gareth Jones and Carol Vorderman, with Sian Lloyd, Gail Porter and Gail McKenna following as the years rolled by - until 2006 when the show finally came off the air.
