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Cherskiy · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject:

The resumption of BBC TV in 1946 went like this, apparently: "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?". 20 minutes later, they repeated the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Mickey's Gala Premiere", that had been interrupted in September 1939.
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gfloyd · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

Ella Sailyour · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain

Shame about Baird and his ill-fated system. Still - as Mr. S assures me - the Zworykin / EMI system was much better and became the basis of television as we came to know it.

There. I almost sound like I know what I'm talking about! (Thanks to that big strong hunky if greying man of mine who used to work for Auntie).

Ella
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mcl · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:50 am Post subject:

Barkingbiker · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire

To go back to SW in the afternoon, I may be going soft in my old age, but I really enjoyed the oldies this afternoon, maybe it was cause they were mainly "Baby Boomer" years music. Good to hear Peter & Gordon, you know the one that ain't a moron Wink

BB

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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

her name is Julie...

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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject:

No BB, Julie was Gordon the moron's new girlfriend ala:

"I've been going out with a girl
Her name is Julie
But last night she said to me
when we were watching telly
(this is what she said)
She said listen John I love you
But there's this bloke I fancy
I dont want to two time you
So its the end for you and me
Who's this bloke I asked her
Goooooordon, she replied
Not THAT poof, I said dismayed
yes but he's no poof she cried - he's more a man than you'll ever be

Here we go, two three four

I was so upset that I cried all the way to the chip shop
When I came out there was Gordon standing at the bus stop
And guess who was with him
Yeah, Julie, and they were both laughing at me
oh, she is cruel and heartless
to pack me for Gordon
Just cos he's better looking than me
just cos he's cool and trendy

but I know he's a moron, Gordon is a moron
Gordon is a moron, Gordon is a moron

Here we go, two three four

she's a ****, and he's a creep
she's a tart, he's very cheap..."

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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

There was some pretty good stuff around when I think back to the late 70's and early 80's, and a strange mixture in the charts too. I liked oddballs such as Jilted John! Laughing

Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:31 am Post subject:

Unless I'm mistaken, John Shuttleworth was involved with the Kursaal Flyers.
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Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Jilted John. As featured on Alex Lester's show this morning (& 6 music a few times recently) This from his R2 pages:
'Thursday's tracks from Alex's Spare bedroom:

Everybody Takes A Tumble - The Waterboys

*Jilted John - Jilted John*
(Selected by John from Kent)

Beautiful and Dangerous - Desmond Dekker'
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Cherskiy · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

if it does, I try to avoid it
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Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil

gfloyd · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: