The Sweeney...
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jackregan said:
Ha , me too , i found myself working on them for a while ! Indeed 50 024 still owes me 2 quid that fell in the sump one day, dont think I`ll see those again lol
Ha!! My brother has a photo he took of 50 024 catching fire down on the Southern.... I think it was withdrawn soon after. No sign of your two quid in the pic though...... ;-)Having said that, during my time at Old Oak (1983-85), 50 024 was one of ours and a good performer on the old Oxford and Newbury commuter jobs.... if I remember rightly, we had 50 023 - 50 040 on our books at the time, all recently refurbished and all thrashed daily.
Edited by P5Nij on Sunday 3rd January 15:49
GoBig said:
It was on at 9pm on a Monday as far as I can remember, and was allowed to stay up to watch it.
It was then all the talk in the playground the next day!
IIRC MASH was on Beeb 2 around the same time, as well as Alias Smith and Jones.
It all comes flooding back doesn't it...? Weekday early evenings it would be What Ever Happened To The Likely Lads, The Goodies, Porridge, Warship and World In Action with that really downbeat organ music at the beginning. Kenneth Kendall, Robert Dougal or Gordon Honeycomb reading the News depending on which of the three channels you were watching. I can remember the power cuts kicking in just as we sat down to watch Magpie at tea time as well.It was then all the talk in the playground the next day!
IIRC MASH was on Beeb 2 around the same time, as well as Alias Smith and Jones.
Watched Sweeney ep 'Big Brother' last night, another good one from Series 2 ;o)
P5Nij said:
GoBig said:
It was on at 9pm on a Monday as far as I can remember, and was allowed to stay up to watch it.
It was then all the talk in the playground the next day!
IIRC MASH was on Beeb 2 around the same time, as well as Alias Smith and Jones.
It all comes flooding back doesn't it...? Weekday early evenings it would be What Ever Happened To The Likely Lads, The Goodies, Porridge, Warship and World In Action with that really downbeat organ music at the beginning. Kenneth Kendall, Robert Dougal or Gordon Honeycomb reading the News depending on which of the three channels you were watching. I can remember the power cuts kicking in just as we sat down to watch Magpie at tea time as well.It was then all the talk in the playground the next day!
IIRC MASH was on Beeb 2 around the same time, as well as Alias Smith and Jones.
Watched Sweeney ep 'Big Brother' last night, another good one from Series 2 ;o)
Magpie or Blue Peter?
And dont forget this jolly from, well 25 years ago now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9K_EkU9KZE
Nissan almera advert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9K_EkU9KZE
Nissan almera advert.
tangerine_sedge said:
andy_s said:
P5Nij said:
It all comes flooding back doesn't it...? .... and World In Action with that really downbeat organ music at the beginning. ...
The theme is out there but the longer version is brilliant.
.I'd completely forgotten starting this thread all those years ago, here's some more Sweeney nostalgia - in the pilot episode 'Regan' John Thaw drives a dark blue Mk1 Consul and wears a cravat...
RIP Tony Allen, Dennis Waterman, John Thaw and Garfield Morgan...
Diana Dors was mentioned earlier - her husband Alan Lake played a wrong 'un alongside Ian Hendry and Brian Blessed in the first episode 'Ringer'...
P5BNij said:
Diana Dors was mentioned earlier - her husband Alan Lake played a wrong 'un alongside Ian Hendry and Brian Blessed in the first episode 'Ringer'...
Alan Lake appeared in the first episode of the first series, and Diana Dors appeared as the fearsome Lilly Rix in the first episode of the last series 
aeropilot said:
P5BNij said:
Diana Dors was mentioned earlier - her husband Alan Lake played a wrong 'un alongside Ian Hendry and Brian Blessed in the first episode 'Ringer'...
Alan Lake appeared in the first episode of the first series, and Diana Dors appeared as the fearsome Lilly Rix in the first episode of the last series Loved the Sweeney.
When I was a kid it was always a strict 9.30 bedtime,so I only ever saw half an episode,or the first half hr of a great film !
I used to sit with my dad and watch a bit of telly in the last couple of years ,he had dementia,but really liked the sweeney and minder.
When I was a kid it was always a strict 9.30 bedtime,so I only ever saw half an episode,or the first half hr of a great film !
I used to sit with my dad and watch a bit of telly in the last couple of years ,he had dementia,but really liked the sweeney and minder.
Edited by and31 on Sunday 28th August 13:15
I was allowed to stay up and watch it with my dad when I got to about 12ish, I remember a few of us from school went to see Sweeney 2 at the cinema. A great scene being a young boy in the 70’s was the part where they are all watching some gangsters moll bird stripping off in a video.
Apologies to the mods if the video isn’t suitable, it’s NSFW but very tame compared to these days.
https://youtu.be/j1zH0ZeDJOs
Apologies to the mods if the video isn’t suitable, it’s NSFW but very tame compared to these days.
https://youtu.be/j1zH0ZeDJOs
Edited by Alan140266 on Friday 2nd December 13:08
Edited by Alan140266 on Friday 2nd December 13:14
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