Reply to: Can the 70s roll back on????

[Sysman]

in black and white when it started

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.
Ted Lowe (Snooker)

Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.
Ted Lowe (Snooker)

linky

[OwlHoot]

Oh, but it wasn't just that. If you liked snooker, it was on BBC and ITV at the same time. ...

in black and white when it started

[Sysman]

All of them showing sport at the same time. Which was a real pain for this kid who didn't care for sports.

Oh, but it wasn't just that. If you liked snooker, it was on BBC and ITV at the same time.

Ditto for Oscar Peterson. Not everyone's taste, but the bloody Beeb decided to compete head on with ITV for viewers, when those who did like him would have liked to watch both shows.

[Sysman]

If you mean S4C, that wasn't launched until 1982.

Edit: I've just realised what you meant: living on the border of two ITV regions.

Yes, you realised correctly. In my case that was Tyne Tees and Yorkshire. Apart from the regional news, you sometimes got a choice of films - one region might show a given film on a Friday, and the other region showed it on another day.

As for Channel 4 (which I see from Wiki arrived 1 day later than S4C), we didn't get it until a few years later, and even then it was crap reception quality. I solved that by moving up the hill.

[HairyArsedBloke]

No video or DVD players, and only 3 TV channels. It was luxury to get more than one ITV region, as that gave a tiny bit more choice.

All of them showing sport at the same time. Which was a real pain for this kid who didn't care for sports.

[BrowneIssue]

No video or DVD players, and only 3 TV channels. It was luxury to get more than one ITV region, as that gave a tiny bit more choice.

If you mean S4C, that wasn't launched until 1982.

Edit: I've just realised what you meant: living on the border of two ITV regions.

[Sysman]

Yes.

It was really wonderful not being able to buy anything whatever on a Sunday...

Not to mention Sunday opening hours...

And if you were really lucky & living in Wales, then in certain places the pubs weren't open at all...

No video or DVD players, and only 3 TV channels. It was luxury to get more than one ITV region, as that gave a tiny bit more choice.

Rugby League was about the only entertainment on a Sunday afternoon in winter.

[Sysman]

Hmmm, the 1970s:

• Shops not being open at a convenient time for you
  
  Same as now really (at least in Switzerland)

Hang on a mo'. It's 16:45 on a Sunday here in Switzerland and I'm just off to the shop

[Sysman]

The one with the Holbay engine?

http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/car...ev-hunter.html

Sunbeam Rapier...

Yep, according to that link I was thinking of the Hunter GLS, and the one I remember had a similar colour scheme to the photo at the top of that page. It had a 5 speed gearbox too, which was quite unusual at the time.

Some memorable drives in the 1970s (before I could afford anything decent of my own):

• Vauxhall Victor FD, with the 3.3 Straight-6 ohv engine.
• Alfa GT 1600 Junior
• Toyota Landcruiser, with the 4.2 2F engine - the proper Tonka Toy version. I beat a Cortina GT off the lights in one of those, much to the Cortina driver's annoyance.

Also there was an Escort Sport which was quite nippy (an unexpected upgrade for a weekend's hire), and a surprisingly wick Golf 1600 - no GT badge or anything to distinguish it from a normal model, but it was extremely swift.

[zara_backdog]

I remember ' Love thy Neighbour' can't see thsat one comming back either.

[Sysman]

"On the Buses" was quite racist, and sexist as I recall, such as the way they used to persecute poor old Olive.

It was probably an accurate reflection of the times. The local town councils had Asians and West Indians on the buses, but the independent bus companies were very much white-only.

As for Olive, see this link for why we thought she deserved it.

Though according to Wiki, Anna Karen was a striptease dancer in her early career, so must have looked far better in real life.

[OwlHoot]

I remember Golliwogs on Jam Jars.

But googling, it appears those were still around until 2001.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1505411.stm

and on Camp Coffee bottles the Indian Army officer being waited on by a native soldier.

(A year or two ago that was changed to show them both seated and sipping coffee as equals.)

[Iron Condor]

Weren't the "Black and White Minstrels" still going in the early 70s?

I remember Golliwogs on Jam Jars.

But googling, it appears those were still around until 2001.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1505411.stm

[MrMark]

Weren't the "Black and White Minstrels" still going in the early 70s?

[OwlHoot]

"On the Buses" was quite racist, and sexist as I recall, such as the way they used to persecute poor old Olive.

I wasn't bothered about either, both then and now, but it never seemed very funny.