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Post by Three Litre on Dec 5, 2021 22:04:36 GMT
I had a look at Mamod's site, a new steam engine like the one in the TV Times ad costs over £200 today. Mine didn't come with wheels, it was on a base plate and you used a rubber band to take power from the flywheel to mini machines or your set of wheels. Must have got it Christmas of '67 or '68.
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Post by Stan on Dec 6, 2021 10:45:50 GMT
What a marvelous thread - many thanks Arthur.
Using a different year on each day means plenty of variety on the TV scheduling; great to look back on.
Also good to see forum members posting their thoughts and memories from this era.
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Post by Palmer on Dec 6, 2021 11:38:16 GMT
I'd love to see Dennis on Page.10 please...!!!! These are just superb...
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Post by Sparky on Dec 6, 2021 12:11:59 GMT
Just a random observation...
December 5th fell on a Monday.
I noticed University Challenge was scheduled at 5.15. Was this it's actual slot, or only did it only apply to a few regions?
Reason I ask is, by 1980, on ATV at least, it was scheduled for a Sunday - I think after Weekend World at lunchtime. Just wondered if the entire UC slot had moved to a sunday by 1980.
That tea-time gameshow slot normally had something like Gambit in there.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 6, 2021 18:33:13 GMT
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 6, 2021 18:37:35 GMT
I'd love to see Dennis on Page.10 please...!!!! These are just superb... It's included in the 'Sweeney In The Press' thread Harry
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Post by Sparky on Dec 6, 2021 18:43:31 GMT
The Schools programme slot only lasted a little more than 90minutes, and then Anglia would close down until lunchtime. This wasn't the case across the ITV network, others areas would continue to broadcast schools programmes to their own region. HTV in wales did this a lot, as they often opted out to show Welsh Language programmes.
It shows how crucial the timings were - as they had to meet up at 12.05, with Thames for Rainbow
I notice there are two Sweeney regulars in the episode of Crown Court - John Alkin and Morris Perry.
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Post by Three Litre on Dec 6, 2021 18:45:08 GMT
Those prices are amazing, a rotary dryer for £1.99!
Also I spotted UFO banished to 11.45pm, I'd read it wasn't as popular as other Gerry Anderson work.
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Post by Nightfly on Dec 6, 2021 19:28:02 GMT
I vaguely remember Harriet's Back In Town as another of those new afternoon soaps. I hadn't heard of Pathfinders before. It seems to be a Thames WWII drama about the RAF behind enemy lines with Crossroads creators Hazel Adair and Peter Ling on writing duties on some episodes. Followed by Public Eye - sounds like a good telly night back in 72.
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Post by Three Litre on Dec 6, 2021 19:53:50 GMT
I vaguely remember Harriet's Back In Town as another of those new afternoon soaps. I hadn't heard of Pathfinders before. It seems to be a Thames WWII drama about the RAF behind enemy lines with Crossroads creators Hazel Adair and Peter Ling on writing duties on some episodes. Followed by Public Eye - sounds like a good telly night back in 72. The Pathfinders were squadrons of RAF planes that flew ahead of the bombers on night missions and drop markers, a type of flare, on the targets to aid the bombing. A caught a couple of episodes in the mid 70s, can't remember much though.
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