Do You Remember

[Top-of-the-hill]

   "The "wireless", battery operated, one large dry battery and one wet accumulator which had to be charged every week and the man came and collected it and brought another in return."
   Jeff - I remember the accumulator, but was it really as I remember. a square glass jar full of acid?
  I was a Children's Hour listener, but Much Binding was either a bit earlier or it was banned in our house!

[radstockjeff]

That's correct ToH.
I think Much Binding transferred to Radio Luxemburg from about 1950 for a few years but came back to the Beeb.

[Jebber]

Another old radio series I have vague memories of “The Luscombes” I think it was on a Saturday. I think it was by Denis Constanduros.

I haven’t read back through all the posts to see if anyone has mentioned “Mrs Dale’s Diary” and her Doctor husband Jim. “Workers Playtime” and “ In Town Tonight”. Gosh where have all those years gone? 

[radstockjeff]

Yes I remember The Luscombes. It was a BBC Bristol/West of England production. Lewis Gedge the lead character lived in Bath, as did Leo McKern (Rumpole) and Jack Watson.

[Treetotal]

The Billy Cotton Band Show and The Clitheroe Kid are two that I remember.
Carol

[chiddicks]

So many fond memories to share, i wonder how many of the Christmas traditions do we still keep up in our families, or are they just left to happy memories and not passed on anymore?

[Viktoria]

Village shop (early 60's) sold 'Jumping Beans' - they were in small packages and showed a middle aged gentleman jumping over a style on the cover - what exactly were they and what happened once you took them - never asked and never saw anyone buying a pack.

Taking 'old' woollen jumpers to school and being 'rewarded' with a goldfish.

Being told by my parents that if a stranger offered me a lift in his car I should always say thank-you when I got out !!!!      (I lived in a rural area.)

Not all good memories tho' - a couple of ex-army teachers - bullies!

Are you sure you were supposed to swallow the Jumoing beans .
There are tropical beans with a small  insect grub inside,,if disturbed by the bean being shaken for example ,the grubs can make the beans move ,actually
jump a little .Honestly !
Victoria.

[Treetotal]

I remember them as Mexican Jumping Beans toy. If you moved them around in your hand, they would flip over, I think they had a dried pea in the end....or maybe I just imagined that was how they worked.

[Rena]

I remember them as Mexican Jumping Beans toy. If you moved them around in your hand, they would flip over, I think they had a dried pea in the end....or maybe I just imagined that was how they worked.

That's how I remember them too . We got ours from Hull Fair.