Falling asleep on the sofa - then woken up by the national anthem

guitars4you

Anyone remember the days when TV finished with the national anthem and then that dot and a high pitched whistle

You doozed of on the sofa on a Sat night watching MOTD or whatever, then woke up by the sound of God Save the Queen

Guitar_Slinger

Rik: "No-one tells ME when to go to bed!"

The undertaker from EastEnders: "Go to bed, spotty."

Was all that stuff because old TVs had valves in and would overheat?

TTony

guitars4you said:

Anyone remember the days when TV finished

C'mon, 'fess up, you remember the days when you'd sit in an evening, watching the patch of wall where the TV would be - one day - when it got invented ...

merlin

richardhomer

I remember when it all just fields....

TTony

richardhomer said:

I remember when it all just fields....

Gracie?  



Is that you???

bbill335

I drifted off with Radio4 on the other night and woke up to that awful royalist dirge at around 1am. I didn't think that still happened.

Hertz32

guitars4you said:

Anyone remember the days when TV finished with the national anthem and then that dot and a high pitched whistle

You doozed of on the sofa on a Sat night watching MOTD or whatever, then woke up by the sound of God Save the Queen

Honestly? I barely remember Ceefax... 

pintspiller

Remember when you didn't buy the tv guide or couldn't find it so you just flicked and both BBC channels had the test card on?

tone1

We had a the first video recorder in our street which had a remote control with a lead attached..And yes it was a top loader 

Guitar_Slinger

TTony

pintspiller said:

Remember when you didn't buy the tv guide or couldn't find it so you just flicked and both BBC channels had the test card on?

Both BBC channels??


kids today ....

littlegreenman

Hertz32 said:

Honestly? I barely remember Ceefax... 

Giving away your actual age there

Emp_Fab

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ennspek

I remember when chicken still tasted like chicken.

ESBlonde

Used to fall asleep with radio luxumburg drifting off tuning with head and transistor radio under the bed covers!
If you don't understand you probably aren't of a certain vintage.

monofin

Scariest thing was waking from a drunken stupor to the test card -

Sesh

Oh the depressing sound of the national anthem at the end of the disco. 

Blaendulais

Friday Night Rockshow radio fall asleep to 80s Rock....TV on the radio

Hertz32

littlegreenman said:

Hertz32 said:

Honestly? I barely remember Ceefax... 

Giving away your actual age there

Im not the youngest, olafgarten is!! 

RandallFlagg

I remember when they had proper kids TV on a Saturday morning, either Tiswas or Swap Shop, or the Banana splits, Arabian Knights and sometimes Laurel and Hardy.

black and white Open University stuff on BBC2 and Sunday afternoons were all about long boring westerns, Bonanza or Little House on the Prairie.

Test cards were often on and TVs used to be rented and didn't have remote controls.