Benny Hill the genius

feeds@yuku.com (sladdin) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:38:10 GMT

Sure Benny often revamped old sketches year after year, but then some comedians tell the same jokes show after show, as for the scantily clad girls surely they knew what they were doing , now I hear that Benny wont be on royal mail stamps?

Inorganic Food

feeds@yuku.com (Alex Balmforth) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:56:13 GMT

Not Poodle?

Born in 1948? How lucky you were......

feeds@yuku.com (Lee Carpenter) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:10 GMT

Born in 1948? How lucky you were......

Sex, drugs, music and a pension: why 1948 was the luckiest year to be born

Woman bathing a baby, 1948
Yes, there was rationing ... but think what this baby had to look forward to
...

Movietone newsreels

feeds@yuku.com (ChardonnayPascoe) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:47 GMT

Some may be interested in watching these. At www.movietone.com, you need to register - it's free - then you can stream clips of anything you find when searching.

Just seen a clip of an ENSA concert with Binnie Hale impersonating her sister-in-law Jessie Matthews!

Like what things was.

feeds@yuku.com (ROBIN) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:28:56 GMT

I was going through some old files I had saved for posterity, when I came across this utter gem. Some of this has been kept in among the site's archives, but it well worth a revisit. Oh Jim where are you, it seems a long time since threads like this once abounded.

Whirligig

Stardust

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:56 GMT

All over the place piano playing by the man himself, but so individual, unique and with a magical quality. As deep as Debussy in its own way. (first track only).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3xyZz_mow

And if anyone has written better lyrics than these by Mitchell Parish in the twentieth century then please tell me what they are. Nat King Cole does the definitive version.

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart...

Free war films in the Telegraph newspaper,November 7th and 8th.

feeds@yuku.com (regentroad5) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:08:46 GMT

Thought members of the forum might be interested in this:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/6459493/Free-DVDs-Four-free-classic-war-films-inside-The-Telegraph-this-weekend.html

Robert Stanton

feeds@yuku.com (librarian466) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:40 GMT

This fellow has certainly escaped me Robert Stanton the brother of Dick Haymes, nice voice.

On The Buses

feeds@yuku.com (Polly Wet Legs) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:34:57 GMT

Caught an episode of On The Buses this evening,from way back when it was in black & white.Throughout the show,I kept trying to figure out who the actress was playing Mum.I knew it wasn't Doris Hare although the lines were delivered the same way.It wasn't until the credits rolled at the end when it was revealed that Mum was played by Cicely Courtnidge!! Such a surprise! This episode must have been from right back at the beginning of the series because the later ones with Doris Hare...

Pensions and the cost of living.

feeds@yuku.com (ROBIN) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:33 GMT

On another thread, Ray has made the following statement. Quote: You cannot under any circumstance quote our prices to those in NZ. Compared to the UK and Europe you have a low wage economy there, so all prices will reflect that. As a friend of mine told me when she moved there a couple of years ago it's like going back to the 60s in way of life and...

Broomy

feeds@yuku.com (col bloodnock) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:55:57 GMT
I had a text today from Broomy. He has asked me to pass this on. He has been away in Cornwall and is now back but to quote " I have somehow lost the internet". He assures all his many fans he will return as soon as the problem is sorted.
Right, mission accomplished and back to base.

Max Bygraves

feeds@yuku.com (ChardonnayPascoe) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:49 GMT
New photos of Max here...
http://www.maxbygraves.com/pages/news.htm

Goodbye Britain (EU Treaty Ratified)

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:44:53 GMT
In two days time you might be out with your kids or your grandchildren at a fireworks party. If they manage to get the damp wood of the bonfires lit, take a good look at the burning effigy atop the centre pole, he may just be grinning broadly down at you despite his imminent consumption by the flames. It has taken him four hundred and four years but Guy Fawkes has at last got his revenge. The Houses Of Parliament have today been destroyed.
RIP Democracy.
William Brown.

The Great Escape-the reckoning

feeds@yuku.com (Ray) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:35:59 GMT
Did anyone see this programme last night. It was about a man who hunted the Nazis down who shot the Great Escapers. It was quite fascinating how this ex policeman who was in the RAF was given the job of hunting these men down. It took him a few years to do it as well. Those he did find were hanged. But the programme had a couple of those who took part in the escape which made it more interesting. In the film of the escape Gordon Jackson's character was caught as he attempted to board a...

Another one for Vince Eager

feeds@yuku.com (ks45) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:38:36 GMT

Found out recently about Jay Chance...how come he was missed????? Sounds like he could have been a big name given the breaks

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

feeds@yuku.com (Andrew Doherty) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:52:12 GMT

On November 9^th, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell.

The following items, with the exception of the first item and the last three, are BBC Panorama reports and BBC news reports. In order to understand the grey cold war layout of Berlin, a colour...

Dreamgirls

feeds@yuku.com (camaygirl) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:58:00 GMT
Did anyone else watch this film last night? A film from a musical based on The Supremes story.

I watched it until about 10.30pm and then I switched off because I just couldn't take Jennifer Hudson's singing/shouting anymore. Her character was based on the tragic Florence Ballard and she shouted every time she sang but as her character got more tormented, the more she shrieked.

I realise this is just a personal thing with me, I can't stand singers who shout...

Pitch And Toss

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:21:48 GMT
I regret that this post is going to sadly disillusion certain members of this board who consider me a fully paid up and rather stuffy patron of and apologist for the Tory party but to cut to the chase, William has been around the block. When I was a lot younger I worked for a time in Tiger Bay when it was STILL Tiger Bay and we considered those lads from the Liverpool maritime quarter a bunch of right ponces. If I said I used to knock around with a rough crowd I would be using a very...

Revenge is Sweet Britain 2009

feeds@yuku.com (Vintage Strat) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:25:45 GMT
Found this film on you tube ,bare with it, there is bad language which I apologise for, but the pay back is well worth it. See the Chav .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNMfZ3CZco0&feature=related

It's Roy's ('I Should Care') Birthday on 2nd November!

feeds@yuku.com (Mr Turnip) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:13:22 GMT

Have a great day Roy!

1950's British TV and Radio

Benny Hill the genius

Inorganic Food

Born in 1948? How lucky you were......

Movietone newsreels

Like what things was.

Stardust

Free war films in the Telegraph newspaper,November 7th and 8th.

Robert Stanton

On The Buses

Pensions and the cost of living.

Broomy

Max Bygraves

Goodbye Britain (EU Treaty Ratified)

The Great Escape-the reckoning

Another one for Vince Eager

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Dreamgirls

Pitch And Toss

Revenge is Sweet Britain 2009

It's Roy's ('I Should Care') Birthday on 2nd November!