Story Time Cartoon Late 1980s

[Richard1978]

I remember someone saying that Rainbow seemed to get stuck in a Heath era timewarp after the mid 1970s, with Geoffrey still wearing flares into the 1980s along with a haircut that was last stylish in 1978.

[Richard1978]

Some people did stick with flares into the 1980s but were passe by 1982.

Drainpipe trousers were popular with the post punk & 60s revisal crowd.

[Richard1978]

I remember there was a similar police car.

[Richard1978]

I remember a few families had those tricycle tractors when I was young....

[Richard1978]

Yes you are right. The Cosy Coupe doesn't have the steering wheel connected to the front wheels either....

[Richard1978]

I imagine why!

It was also popular to do the same with crisp packets at my school....

[Richard1978]

I had a pedal car when I was young which I outgrew after a few years & couldn't pedal any more.

Pedal Go-Karts seemed to be fairly popular in the 1980s, my friend had 2 & eventually my parents got me a second hand one for my 8th birthday.

[Richard1978]

Thanks they are what I was thinking of....

[Richard1978]

BBC2 did show Ethel & Ernest a few night ago, which was about the parents of Raymond Briggs....

[Richard1978]

At one time Cabbury's seemed to make a few non-chocolate products, I remember someone uploaded some ads for some Pringle like crisps in a tube.

I think the prices of cocoa beans were unstable at one time & they decided to diversify into other foods.

[Richard1978]

I've found it!

Janoschs Traumstunde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janoschs_Traumstunde

[Richard1978]

When I started at secondary school milk came in 1/3 pint bottles, but while I was there they started to use cartons.

[Richard1978]

I remember in the late 1980s there was an animated show which featured 3-4 short stories per show. The feel of it was quite Central European.

While many stories were one-offs there were some reoccurring characters, including The Bear & The Tiger, & the unfortunately named Hans...

[Richard1978]

The ones set in the Pacific tend to be a bit awkward with hardly any Japanese hardware still available. The American planes made to look like Zero fighters were used in a few films such as Midway & Tora Tora Tora among others.

[Richard1978]

Sink The Bismark is another good one.

A Matter Of Life & Death though the war is mostly in the background.

[Richard1978]

Ironically some war films made close to the real time events can be more inaccurate because a lot of official information about them was classified for many years.

As much as I like watching The Man Who Never Was, it was quite different from what actually happened. The whole 5th columnist...

[Richard1978]

I hadn't heard of Camp Candy before!...

[Richard1978]

I heard ownered often had to use Blutak to stick them down to a tabletop as they were so light they would slide over the table when you tried to dial!

Also my Mum reckoned the ringer wasn't loud enough to be heard in another room compared to the usual bell, though some had an adjustable...

[Richard1978]

He died from cancer at a fairly young ago....

[Richard1978]

1. Could be Puddle Lane.