As late as 1958/59, we were still down in the programme as wearing 'Knickers'
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As late as 1958/59, we were still down in the programme as wearing 'Knickers'
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You've got some of those programmes, haven't you s? Centre page spreads of Joe Hulme at home with his wife, that sort of thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
"Alex James and his wife Peggy, enjoying a picnic spread of bread and dripping on the lawns of Alexandra Palace, home of the BBC's Televisual Aerial Transmitter"
You can see the Toilet Bowl from Alexandra Palace now. :-|
:-(
Is that from the windswept area with the telescopes outside the skating rink?
Little-known fact about Alex James is that he went on to become the world's oldest Scotchman, dying at the grand old age of 51.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
:hehe:
Wee Alex looked 75+ shortly before he snuffed it in the 1950s
Clearly not a Royalist - he died on Coronation Day
:Sherlock:
Yes, I think we must have gone around the sun slower in those days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
Or faster.
I forget which.
Yeah. Possibly even from the eastern end of the south face. Visited Bruce Castle that day - worth a look actually. Even had a pint in the well-dodgy Spurs boozer over the road. #incognitoQuote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
Also saw turtles in the pond at Lordship Rec by the 'Farm. Turtles in Tottenham! Never seen them anywhere else in London.