I'm old enough to remember when........

[Blib]

........there were only two TV channels to choose from.

.........on a cold winter's day, most cars struggled to start.

What are you old enough to remember?

[motco]

Blib said:

........there were only two TV channels to choose from.

What are you old enough to remember?

When there was one!

[Butter Face]

When channel 5 launched and a man had to come round and retune your VCR.

[Voldemort]

I remember when Elton John was bald.

[Gary C]

Im old enough to remember...

British industry !

[Vanordinaire]

I'm old enough to have forgotten it all again.

[Roofless Toothless]

Black cabs had open platforms for luggage.

[The Mad Monk]

motco said:

Blib said:

........there were only two TV channels to choose from.

What are you old enough to remember?

When there was one!

When there was none!

[irocfan]

Voldemort said:

I remember when Elton John was bald.

this deserves a


I remember Liverpool Street Station before it was revamped and slam door trains

[HTP99]

I'm old enough to remember when Channel 4 was launched; would have been 7.

Im also old enough to remember being out all day on my bike with my mates in the holidays or at the weekends, we'd go out in the morning and come back when hungry, our parents hadn't a clue where we were but we always came back.

Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 25th September 08:02

[easytiger123]

I'm old enough to remember when The Sex Pistols swearing on TV was a front page story in all the national newspapers the following day.

[Eric Mc]

motco said:

Blib said:

........there were only two TV channels to choose from.

What are you old enough to remember?

When there was one!

When there were none (in Ireland)

[fouronthefloor]

My parents sitting me in front of the TV to watch the moon landing.

[The Mad Monk]

fouronthefloor said:

My parents sitting me in front of the TV to watch the moon landing.

You should have been in bed.

[mike74]

To remember when feckless, financially irresponsible debt junkies and ten bob millionaires living beyond their means were a very small minority of society who were generally looked down upon and regarded with disdain.

Unlike now where they're encouraged, rewarded, protected and bailed out.

[MJ85]

You could buy penny sweets.

[GAjon]

When 3ltr Capris needed a bag of cement in the boot to help harness their mind warping 140bhp power plant.

[HTP99]

MJ85 said:

You could buy penny sweets.

Pahh, I remember half penny sweets!

[craigjm]

The Mad Monk said:

motco said:

Blib said:

........there were only two TV channels to choose from.

What are you old enough to remember?

When there was one!

When there was none!

You’re older than 82?

[Eric Mc]

The Mad Monk said:

fouronthefloor said:

My parents sitting me in front of the TV to watch the moon landing.

You should have been in bed.

The landing was around 8.00 pm UK time - so he wouldn't have been kept up too late.

One early TV memory I have is watching "Our World" in 1967, a special broadcast to demonstrate the fact that geosynchronous communication satellites were now in place and ready for action -



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