Christmas TV pasts

[Twinkle]

Greetings and seasons greetings all.

I've been a long time lurker and a recent poster ~ in the naughty shed I'm afraid (not just lurking in the naughty shed I hasten to add)  errr digging myself deep lol!

Anyway, hope you enjoy the following link.  Find out what Aunty beeb was showing on christmas day the year you were born.

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/tellyyears/

How wonderful, 1936 ~ 3pm Christmas Turkey carving demonstration ! (not that that's the year of my birth LOL!)

1962 (the year of my birth) my mum and dad could of watched The African Queen - except they didn't have a telly.

Twink.

[Twinkle]

[wardy]

Hi Twink

Watching African Queen while relaxing on sofa with box of chocs and bottle of something.  Wonderful  :)

[terrace max]

Heelllloo Twinkle. Couldn't give a rats patootie about TV, but nice to have you on board. :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

There was much less of the TV in 1954, obviously, and Mrs. Windsor didn't start inflicting her annual speeches on us until the year afterwards. You can't put her on in our house, it would just be met with cries of 'What do you have this royalty for anyway?'.

[undercarriage plan]

Hey Twinkle and how do you do.....shaking of hands...and I'm so sorry but you missed out on my homemade curried parsnip mince pies...but tomorrow, I'm working on parsnip vol au vents......you may well be in luck, you'd never have guessed I'd over done the parsnip side of things.... ::) ;)

[lorna]

UC Will they keep until February? What am I saying? I hate parsnips ::)


Twinkle. One thing we can never say we don't get varied opinions on her ;D


Wardy. I loved African Queen. (Now was I sitting in the back row??)

[wardy]

I like the Queen's speech on telly.  It's such a break from friggin Eastenders!

[lorna]

Wardy. I am with you there.  If my kids didn't want to watch/listen then they were told to go in another room whilst I listened/watched..Not sure about this year as I will be a guest round young Lornas. Oh the joys of recording machinery!!!

[undercarriage plan]

I always seem to miss it!! Have no idea how, cos actually try to see it......OK this year, I'll ignore it, that should work...

[Delilah]

Hello Twinkle....pleased to meet you...........don't do telly I'm afraid ..................... ;D

[terrace max]

Snob  ;)

[Delilah]

 ;D........................watch out Max..............theres no hiding place! ;)

[undercarriage plan]

Tst..MAx....you've done it again haven't you.....

Heelllloo Twinkle. Couldn't give a rats patootie about TV, but nice to have you on board. :)

You go Delilah!
Lorna, the parsnips should keep fine, as boiled them to a fine puree and iced them round the cake....never knew they were sooo versatile..... ;D we'll have a slice after digging in Feb.... :-*

[rosebud]

 Hello Twinkle WELCOME,   Lottie how come the plate of curried mince pies never came my way, :o i mean season of goodwill and all that!!!!............................

Wardy you made me LOL. but i confess to watching it, but not over Christmas.

Bring on the Queen`s speech, much to the disgust of children & grandchildren, i am a royalist and make no apoligies for that.  Opps just getting my coat and hat Byeeeeeeeee. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.

[undercarriage plan]

Well, Rosebud, that's cos Ive been saving the best for last....Sprout jam on scones.... ;D ;D ;D  Here you go, I think I've finally goy this cooking milarky sorted....
I'll make some more mince pies when the butternut and brocoli cake has finished cooking......where've I put me sieve....?

[Gardengirl]

OMG Twinkle that really has brought home to me just how old I am - Alice in Wonderland on the tele as well as Music Hall Cavalcade and in the days when the Radio Times cost 6d (old money) :o :o

Welcome to A4A BTW - nice to have you aboard ;D :)

[wardy]

I'm glad to see that the Beeb are doing The Importance of Being Ernest on telly on Christmas Day.  Colin Firth's in it and I think Judi Dench is Lady Bracknell.  Will make a point of sitting down to watch that  :)

[jaggythistle]

  Ok ..if anyones had a go with lotties scones....mind if I observe when they
  come back up....need to do carrot inspection....eeeeeewwww  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[lorna]

Rosebud. I am with you, better get my hat and coat and join you.  See you at 3pm Christmas Day :)

[the_snail]

Yup we always listern to Her Maj at 3pm. After dinner with a glass of sherry (or a glass a wine)

The film in the afternoon on BBC1 in 1977 was... you would not guess..... blinkin Wizard of Oz.

They show it every blinkin year. ::)

The_Snail