tongue_tied_danny Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Moomintroll said: 11 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Those of us who lived in the north had to put up with this fellah.. Where exactly was the divide between Grampian and STV? I'm pretty sure Dundee was north of the Marquis/Thomson line. I'm not sure about Fife or Perth. STV always seemed far cooler than Grampian. I remember looking enviously at the TV page in the Daily Record when STV had all night music programmes while Grampian went off at 11pm, after Reflections. Why does that Man have a haggis on his head and have no Christian name? It's because he was a Grampian TV presenter and they were a strange breed. His co-presenter was the gloriously named Jimmy Spankie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Moomintroll said: I may have been imagining things but was that era of Reporting Scotland soundtracked by Pink Floyds Run Like Hell? Sportscene was, was it not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Reporting Scotland had ELP's Fanfare for the Common Man. Sportscene was, was it not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Sportscene was, was it not?Probably, I remember the song being played but I can't remember what programme it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Reporting Scotland had ELP's Fanfare for the Common Man. That's the one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 58 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Sportscene was, was it not? Probably, I remember the song being played but I can't remember what programme it was. Defo Sportscene. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 5 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Those of us who lived in the north had to put up with this fellah.. Where exactly was the divide between Grampian and STV? I'm pretty sure Dundee was north of the Marquis/Thomson line. I'm not sure about Fife or Perth. STV always seemed far cooler than Grampian. I remember looking enviously at the TV page in the Daily Record when STV had all night music programmes while Grampian went off at 11pm, after Reflections. Folk I knew who lived in North Berwick could get both Grampian and STV- presumably they picked up the signal from Aberdeen which sticks out past Fife if you draw a straight line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Incidentally there was a competition c1977 on Grampian news for kids to send in a drawing of a steam train called "Paint a puffer". The very young me did a painting and entered it. Dad told me I'd won a prize- exciting stuff to a young lad. It duly came in the post- A Grampian TV car sticker. F*cking magic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Stv in the kingdom when I was a boy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: Incidentally there was a competition c1977 on Grampian news for kids to send in a drawing of a steam train called "Paint a puffer". The very young me did a painting and entered it. Dad told me I'd won a prize- exciting stuff to a young lad. It duly came in the post- A Grampian TV car sticker. F*cking magic. While we're discussing Grampian, here's Kennedy Thomson reading out some birthday wishes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 10 4 good buddy... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 9 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Where exactly was the divide between Grampian and STV? My brother who stays near Chapple Village in Kirkcaldy had a few aerials and could get STV Grampian and Border TV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: My brother who stays near Chapple Village in Kirkcaldy had a few aerials and could get STV Grampian and Border TV. This would have been the height of tv viewing back in the day. Bloody kids these days don't know they're born. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 16 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: While we're discussing Grampian, here's Kennedy Thomson reading out some birthday wishes. Putting out the full adress of the kids too, mental! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Staying with all things STV/Grampian...The Laird o' Coocaddens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 18 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: 10 4 good buddy... My mate had one of them when we were about 10. Think he used to keep saying 2 7 for a copy until some 30 stone peodophile replied "copy". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Those of us who lived in the north had to put up with this fellah.. Where exactly was the divide between Grampian and STV? I'm pretty sure Dundee was north of the Marquis/Thomson line. I'm not sure about Fife or Perth. STV always seemed far cooler than Grampian. I remember looking enviously at the TV page in the Daily Record when STV had all night music programmes while Grampian went off at 11pm, after Reflections. f**k sakes, I almost forgot about reflections. Pick a local minister and let them waffle shite at the end of the night.Up there with BBC 2 fucking off to Gaelic when cartoons were on.Dotaman, Donnie murdo, catlick planet or what ever that was. Nothing more disappointing when the TV had 4 and a half channels (5 signal was awful where I was, even after swapping the TV ariel for the much better metal coathanger) and half of it was unwatchable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, weirdcal said: f**k sakes, I almost forgot about reflections. Pick a local minister and let them waffle shite at the end of the night. Up there with BBC 2 fucking off to Gaelic when cartoons were on. Dotaman, Donnie murdo, catlick planet or what ever that was. Nothing more disappointing when the TV had 4 and a half channels (5 signal was awful where I was, even after swapping the TV ariel for the much better metal coathanger) and half of it was unwatchable. To be fair mate. With dozen of channels now I still struggle to find something worth watching. It's just a thinner and wider spread of shite these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Silverton End said: Staying with all things STV/Grampian...The Laird o' Coocaddens The things that we watched when we had 3 channels, was that on a Friday night? On 08/03/2020 at 14:04, tongue_tied_danny said: While we're discussing Grampian, here's Kennedy Thomson reading out some birthday wishes. Was that a teuchter version of cartoon cavalcade? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Grampian in St Andrews. And a very weak signal on Channel 5 when it started. Made knocking one out to a Confessions of.. film or a Shannon Tweed outing a frustrating process at times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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