hellbhoy Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Met him back in 2002 in Chessington Park standing beside one of the main rides whilst my Wife and Daughter was on it. He was watching over a pram with a child as we spoke about parenthood as I had a pram with my youngest Daughter waiting for the Wife and oldest Daughter. We simply conversed about kids and family and important time together with each other and had a laugh until my Wife and Daughter showed up and I said to him "Nice to see you" and he just laughed because he thought I didn't recognise him. Nice guy in real life. R.I.P. Brucie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 An absolute leech on the BBC that just wouldn't fucking disappear. A weird relic of 70's television that somehow remained in the public eye. I'm also sure he was a demon with a knife for a penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, Slenderman said: That's a better version, like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: You are only auld if you remember the white dot that got smaller and smaller after you switched the TV off (manually of course). Or when TV actually finished at midnight (none of this 24 hour tv pish...) and you just sat there staring at interference before having to get off your arse and switch it off!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Just now, IainMorton said: Or when TV actually finished at midnight (none of this 24 hour tv pish...) and you just sat there staring at interference before having to get off your arse and switch it off!! 405 lines, f**k this HD/4K shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, TAJ said: No chance! We didn't even have tv remotes then. You had to get up aff yer arse to change the channel and it wasn't just a case of pressing a button, you had to tune in with the dial. Just now, LongTimeLurker said: You are only auld if you remember the white dot that got smaller and smaller after you switched the TV off (manually of course). Just now, Jacksgranda said: That's me! Fucking auld farts. That includes me as well. May I add the annoying high pitched hum from dodgy valves warming up, give it five minutes and then bang the top of the telly to get rid of the high pitched noise for about an hour before it returned back. 3 channels of pish and they all shut down around midnight with the test card and crappy elevator music and one for The Rangers fans! "God save the fucking queen" as the BBC channels shut down for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 They also had difficulty keeping to the schedule. Programmes would often start earlier or later than advertised. Occasionally they'd show 5 minutes of something random like a bloke skiing or rock-climbing between programmes just to get the schedule back on track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLANCY2KTID Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 The static electricity you used to be able to get from the TV screen was incredible. Especially if you kept your hand on the screen when switching if off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 You all had it cushy, we had to make our own TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, CLANCY2KTID said: The static electricity you used to be able to get from the TV screen was incredible. Especially if you kept your hand on the screen when switching if off. Was that not caused by by-passing the meter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, welshbairn said: You all had it cushy, we had to make our own TV. I hope you waited until after the watershed before viewing that scene of graphic violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Train sets would knacker the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 25 minutes ago, hellbhoy said: Fucking auld farts. That includes me as well. May I add the annoying high pitched hum from dodgy valves warming up, give it five minutes and then bang the top of the telly to get rid of the high pitched noise for about an hour before it returned back. 3 channels of pish and they all shut down around midnight with the test card and crappy elevator music and one for The Rangers fans! "God save the fucking queen" as the BBC channels shut down for the night. and hunting my grannys house for a ten bob bit to put in the telly because the old yin rented the fucker for the best part of a decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 36 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: They also had difficulty keeping to the schedule. Programmes would often start earlier or later than advertised. Yeah, good thing that doesn't happen any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 55 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: My mother loved watching the showjumping, I think Harvey Smith was her pin up boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'm nowhere near as old as some of you codgers, but we had a telly where you had to change the channels by re-tuning with a dial. Not only did you have to get off your arse to change the channel, but you also had the risk that while the channel might be tuned as you stood at the telly, your positioning on the couch might interfere, and you would be up and down making miniscule adjustments. Oh, and RIP Brucie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Was Brucie pretty much the only male TV personality from the 70s who wasn't either Yewtree as f**k or a massive racist? RIP ya big chinned roaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I've almost certainly bragged about this before but fucked if I'm missing the opportunity for one last go. Bruce Forsyth once pushed me out of the way at Royal Birkdale for the British Open and he had been trying to bully the security codger into letting him into the clubhouse. "I'm sorry Mr Forsyth; it's for members only." "But I'm Bruce Forsyth!" "I'm sorry Mr Forsyth; it's for members only." "But I'm Bruce Forsyth!" Eventually the loveable scamp stomped off in a rage. On hindsight it probably wasn't the best time to ask for his autograph but I was only 11 or 12. I ended up on my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 35 minutes ago, Shotgun said: I've almost certainly bragged about this before but fucked if I'm missing the opportunity for one last go. Bruce Forsyth once pushed me out of the way at Royal Birkdale for the British Open and he had been trying to bully the security codger into letting him into the clubhouse. "I'm sorry Mr Forsyth; it's for members only." "But I'm Bruce Forsyth!" "I'm sorry Mr Forsyth; it's for members only." "But I'm Bruce Forsyth!" Eventually the loveable scamp stomped off in a rage. On hindsight it probably wasn't the best time to ask for his autograph but I was only 11 or 12. I ended up on my arse. 1981? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 hour ago, hellbhoy said: 3 channels of pish and they all shut down around midnight with the test card and crappy elevator music and one for The Rangers fans! "God save the fucking queen" as the BBC channels shut down for the night. They even put the testcard on for most of the afternoon too, you'd think they'd have something they could have repeated at least?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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