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Richard1978 replied to a thread Ryanair in Member's lounge

My cousins try to avoid using Ryanair after the way they messed about my Aunt when she had terminal cancer & wanted to visit Salzburg while she was...

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George 1978 started a thread Advert memories from 1997 in Adverts

Seeing as you most of you enjoyed my Advert Memories from 1992 thread, I have decided to do another one of these by going forwards five years in time...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Anyone know what this show is called from the 80's? in Television

That's the programme which came to mind.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Clothes from the past you would not wear today in Fashion

I was being a bit too literal and ironic, I would say that I wouldn't wear my school uniform today. ;)

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George 1978 replied to a thread Anyone know what this show is called from the 80's? in Television

It was on Channel 4 from 1987 to 1989, and then on ITV (courtesy of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees) between 1993 and 1995 - I thought at first that it was...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Irene Cara in Bands

Oddly I was thinking about her just the other day, especially as I couldn't think of any other hits she had apart from Fame & Flashdance.

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Probably with a Pringle pullover, like the ones he would often wear for his chair monologues in the 2 Ronnies.

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George 1978 started a thread Irene Cara in Bands

I will be taking a sabbatical to see Fame the Musical at the Bournemouth Pavilion for my birthday next week, travelling the best part of 200 miles,...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Anyone know what this show is called from the 80's? in Television

Run the Gauntlet was on ITV - nearly every Bank Holiday Monday it was on in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Advert memories from 1992 in Adverts

We got a few of those, growing up in inner-city Nottingham.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Adverts that terrified you as a kid in Adverts

That Harris Carpets one in the Round the 'Gate adverts clip on YouTube looks terrifying in - too loud and it was 15 seconds long. I know it was...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

And Corbett would always wear those "Rupert Bear" trousers when out on the golf course, making him look like an Open University presenter from 1973.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Stubbs would probably have Felicity Kendal, Tracey Ullman and Maggie Moone on her team, while Blair would have Bernard Cribbins, Willie Rushton and...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Ronnie Corbett was another of the celebrity golfing set, even if he was mostly on BBC shows from the mid 1970s onwards.

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Clothes from the past you would not wear today in Fashion

I heard they became unpopular because people realised they would show when your armpits got hot.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Clothes from the past you would not wear today in Fashion

A shell suit circa 1991-1992. No way would I wear them now!

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George 1978 replied to a thread Menswear shops in Fashion

Burton still exist - they are basically a male version of Dorothy Perkins, aren't they? - they are owned by the same group. One that springs to...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Advert memories from 1992 in Adverts

It's a bit like a Christmas party we had at school - my family got rid of a load of Tracker bars and donated them to the party and everyone wanted...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Yes, Pro-Celebrity Golf - Forsyth v Faldo or Tarby v Trevino or someone like that. It never occurred to me until recently that Brucie used to wear a...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Gordon Honeycombe hardly had any hair and he had success working for ITN and then TV-am - ironic for someone with "comb" in their name.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Two people in Television

Two possibilities: 1) A Bunch of Fives, which was a children's TV drama from ATV - very similar to Grange Hill and it probably influenced it. ...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread RIP Richard Williams (Roger Rabbit animator) in Gone but not forgotten

Sad news, I really like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I saw it in the cinema when it was first out, & a few times on TV before buying it on DVD. The...

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George 1978 started a thread RIP Richard Williams (Roger Rabbit animator) in Gone but not forgotten

Not quite a famous name as such, but the Canadian-born animator Richard Williams who worked on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died aged 86 in...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Advert memories from 1992 in Adverts

And of course it also mentions the obligatory Fig Roll as well!

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

There is no such phrase as "play your cards correctly", is there? - I have always associated that phrase with the game show. I think that nearly...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

News reader Reginald Bosenquet was another wig wearer, not because of baldness as such, but apparently had problems with an inflamed scalp which...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Play Your Cards Right in Television

Richard Whiteley also springs to mind - "one from the top" could have been a reference to his syrup and not the numbers combination; Ernie "you can't...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Adverts that terrified you as a kid in Adverts

No, it's not that one, but I was referring to some on YouTube which could have been former cinema adverts - I think that there were nearly ten clips...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Advert memories from 1992 in Adverts

Yes, that's the one! Thanks David. That advert was going in July 1992 around the time my school broke up for the holidays because someone was...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Older years at Secondary School in School days

Sounds like you were at a Middle School (9-13 age group) before you joined there.

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