50 years ago today

[Accy cyclist]

Colour tv was introduced in Britain. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...tv-from-tennis-and-ties-to-petals-and-plumage We didn't get a colour set till 1974. I remember my friend's parents got one in 1969. His dad turned the colour up to maximum saying "I've paid for a colour license so we're going to bloody well have colour"! As figures moved on their tv they were followed by what looked like an orange flame. Any of you remember going to seaside resorts and seeing We have Colour TV signs in hotel and guest house windows to attract customers?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

We didn't have a telly at all when I was a kid.

 

[Accy cyclist]

We didn't have a telly at all when I was a kid.

Why not?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

We didn't have a telly at all when I was a kid.

Freak-show parents? That would figure...

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

It came as quite a shock a few years ago to discover that Bagpuss had been bright pink !

 

[Accy cyclist]

It came as quite a shock a few years ago to discover that Bagpuss had been bright pink !

I was surprised to find that the Buses on On The Buses were green,

I always thought London buses were red.

 

[Drago]

Why not?

He was born in 1914.

 

[Accy cyclist]

This cartoon is the first program i remember in colour.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fex1b7axXl0

 

[Accy cyclist]

A red On The Buses bus.

Mmm,very confusing.

 

[Welsh wheels]

A red On The Buses bus.
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Mmm,very confusing.

That show doesn't look sexist at all....

 

[Drago]

Who'd have watched it back then if it was pnt sexist?

 

[Accy cyclist]

That show doesn't look sexist at all....

I used to wonder as a youngster why those young "birds" would fancy those two old blokes(Stan and Jack?).

 

[Welsh wheels]

Who'd have watched it back then if it was pnt sexist?

True

 

[Drago]

They were only 26. People didn't age well back then.

 

[classic33]

Who'd have watched it back then if it was pnt sexist?

Off topic, but the fella on the left was in Last of The Summer Wine, the one on the right, the first to withdraw money from a cash machine(June 27th) in Britain.