Sir Edward Heath appearing in a TV advert

[George 1978]

From what I have seen on YouTube, Austria seems to be tipped to win the contest this year - Luxembourg, Ireland and Austria are all in the second semi-final, and so if Luxembourg or Ireland doesn't get through, then I might go with Austria as well.

[George 1978]

It's just occurred to me that Luxembourg's entry this year could be an indirect homage to Sandie Shaw's 1967 hit - I know that Luxembourg had a song in the contest with a similar French-language title during the years when they were taking part and winning it - late 1960s and early 1970s-ish....

[George 1978]

Yes, as Richard mentioned above, we didn't like Budget Day as kids either - not because of the cost of road tax being increased by 10%, but because children's TV programmes were moved to BBC 2 or were even dropped altogether if it was Children's ITV. I used to refer to it, ironically as The Budgie....

[George 1978]

I can't quite imagine an optician coming to a school to examine pupils - doctor, yes - dentist, yes, but not an optician. Certainly not representatives from High Street opticians such as Dollond and Aitchison or the like - the mountain would not come to Muhammad when it came to that! In the era of NHS...

[George 1978]

I am certain that the late Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath appeared in a TV advert - probably in the late 1980s when he was still an MP but his Premiership was water under the bridge by then and he was on the backbenches in the House of Commons. I have a feeling that he advertised cheese, but not a...

[George 1978]

Pot Cassarole's [sic] - a worthy one for the Apostrophe Protection Society! Welcome, T Bone.

They only do Pot Noodle these days - I know that there was cheese and tomato flavour which didn't last long (circa 1988-1990) as I was told that they were not very popular. I asked my late...