Backward Strides

[telectrix]

What are your nominations for the worst retro steps that have been made by our industry? my nominations are:

1. scrapping of stranded T/E cable in favour of the solid rubbish we're stuck with today.
2. the stupid new cable colours.

let's have other nominations. the best will receive a "thanks" and a "like" ( sorry geordie, no broon in the prize list.)

 

[sparks1973]

the dick and dora book were how i learned to read, my parents taught me how to really young so i was ahead of the other kids when i started school. Then i found the cat in the hat books by doctor seuss, we took the kids to florida and i was chuffed to meet him (the cat not the doctor)

herge`s adventures of tintin..

 

[Des 56]

Stingray and Four Feather Falls.

I never ever heard of that one,so I googled it and it was superb :biggrin5:

Take a look at the link
Four Feather Falls: Episode 1 - How It Began - Part 1 - YouTube

That would definitely be banned by the do good clubs,especially the cowboy and his unique way of getting his guns out at the start

 

[sparky3366]

Chronicles of Narnia...and for a Blue Peter Badge, what was the name of the cat in Hectors House?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Screw reading, didn't learn the alphabet till about 9.
Fractions when I was 11. Quite good at Maths now though! English is still crap.

 

[ipf]

'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea', regular p*******s, staggering about on deck after an attack.
And 'Richard the Lionheart' didn't take any messing from Saladin and his saracens.

 

[shagbite]

ivor the engine.

 

[flywheel]

What about Magpie? Anyone remember that? There was a gadgie who's name I can't rememberon it who looked a bit like Brian May, probably couldn't play guitar as well though, and a fit woman also who's name escapes me

the fit women always escape me too

 

[dagrat]

the fit women always escape me too

The fit woman was Jenny Hanley and the guy like Brian May was Mick Robinson I think...

 

[dagrat]

talking of fit women in the sixties there was a the girl from bewitched and another series called I dream of Genie