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beccabear67 replied to a thread Stupid things you were scared of when you were little. in Miscellaneous memories

I was only a little scared by the Abominable Snowman in the Rudolph Reindeer special, until he got that bad tooth yanked! I couldn't watch the...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Pie And Mash in Food and drink

We've got all kinds of meat pies in Canada, commercial frozen varieties and fresh made. The quality might not always be much for the frozen though,...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Christmas When You Were Growing Up in Holidays

It's funny, while she was with us I used to dislike my Gran's Christmas pudding and not have any most years... what I wouldn't give to have her and...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread General Election 2019 in Member's lounge

I didn't have a horse in this race, but as someone who has watched a deterioration in the U.S. I want to say that civility is the foundation of...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Music - Bands .. that age well !! in Bands

I was listening to an England based group that didn't last very long but were really excellent. The group's name was Cochise, they saw three albums...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Kidney stones in Member's lounge

I had a boyfriend that got them. I think it's worse for men. :(

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The most beautiful place you have visited in Holidays

I'd probably want to see where Skippy The Bush Kangaroo once hopped. :)

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The ITV network map from 1978 in Television

Thanks for the info. I've seen a website that 'preserves' some Ceefax screens and explains a bit about it. We had something in Canada like that, I...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Christmas When You Were Growing Up in Holidays

I used to send out Christmas cards, usually under a dozen, and get some as well, and then I had a period of moving around where one year it got...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The most beautiful place you have visited in Holidays

I've always thought the Greek islands would be amazing places to see first-hand, especially Santo Rini. I've seen some amazing places, from Alaska...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The ITV network map from 1978 in Television

This is something I'm a bit hazy on... did Central have a live show, a text bulletin board, or something else for people looking for work? I've read...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Christmas When You Were Growing Up in Holidays

There's no excuse for something like that. Non-acknowledgement would suffice or a return to sender. Perhaps they had some bone to pick with...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The ITV network map from 1978 in Television

Thanks for the extra info. I think I have a fairly intricate grip on ITV and Channel 4 but there were some things about the BBC I wasn't sure...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Black friday in Member's lounge

We've had a 'Santas anonymous' program here for ages spearheaded by a local radio station. Rewards points are also a newer thing. I think the...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Black friday in Member's lounge

Canada has Thanksgiving earlier in October and yet we got lumbered with all this black friday stuff as the friday after the U.S. Thanksgiving in late...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The ITV network map from 1978 in Television

I wanted to add that I see opt outs are mentioned, and it sounds like there were London made BBC programs not shown by BBC Cymru/Wales at all,...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The ITV network map from 1978 in Television

Thank you all for your memories about this, I've been really fascinated learning about the ITV region system and how it used to operate. It's so cool...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Favourite Books or stories from childhood..... in Books, comics and magazines

I used to watch '70s The Tomorrow People tv show and was quite happy to find there were some paperbacks featuring them from the Piccolo/TV Times...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Rubik's Cube in Recently remembered...

I had a keychain sized one of these back during the craze, but it was 3 x 3 x 3. I tried to solve it but gave up on it and popped it apart and put it...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Fav radio and tv DJ in Radio

Oops. I'll have to keep that straight in future... file next to Cliff Richard (no S).

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The Shadows in Bands

Ta. "Anything can happen in the next thirty posts" if something triggers me. :) I'm the kind of '50s-'70s music fan that would get very excited by...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Deputy dawg in Television

Maybe Deputy Dawg was once deputy to Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit? That was another Hanna-Barberra cartoon I remembered seeing in the '70s when I was...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread RIP Freddie Jones in Gone but not forgotten

I liked him in Ghosts Of Motley Hall too, as Sir George Uproar (that was by the same creator who was behind Catweazle). I was surprised when he...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Black friday in Member's lounge

All I did for Black Friday was redeem some 'reward points' to get one $50 gift card for the points that usually only got you a $25, and for a $25...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Fav radio and tv DJ in Radio

Did anyone like Brian Matthews? He had a good voice and was very smooth, though not as knowledgeable as John Peel. You knew it was him when you...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread The Shadows in Bands

I thought it was because of The Shads that instrumentals became so big... they were amazing... Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, Jet Harris...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread It's back in Member's lounge

I can accept someone watches now and then (I watched some U.S. thing for a bit with Eric Estrada from the old CHiPs police show living with...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Tv programmes that would not be shown today in Television

Do they ever show On The Buses anywhere? All the rude comments toward Olive and general Andy Capp type bloke natter... I wonder if something a bit...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Tv programmes that would not be shown today in Television

In Sweden on the first singles of the foursome (People Need Love, Ring Ring) they are titled: Bjorn & Benny Agnetha & Anni-Frid So even they...

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beccabear67 replied to a thread Biscuits you don't see now. in Food and drink

We've got Ribands that are sort of like a single Kit-Kat stick. We get all sorts of biscuits from Europe in Canada (and even the U.S.), I like the...

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