Aga n Chickens Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 OH starts his early retirement in a couple of weeks and he's said that at first it will feel like breaking up for the long summer holiday and not having to go back to school It started me thinking about what we looked forward to back then and I remember that in the days before supermarkets, Mum used to buy the Captain Crunchy breakfast cereal from the local Co-Op. I can still remember the little cubes of crunchyness that didn't go soggy in the milk. That summer it was our favourite breakfast cerial The following summer we couldn't find it in any shop at all Now that retro sweets are making a comeback, I'm hopeful that some of our old favourite cerials might be on the shelves for a limited period. It must be the sunshine getting to me but I can see myself sitting on the sofa, breakfast in a bowl on my knee, eyes fixed to the TV watching either 'Robinson Crusoe' or 'White Horses'.......and I can't get that theme tune out of my head http://www.davidsemporium.co.uk/_SIXTEEN.html I hope it doesn't start bugging those of you in Omletland of a certain age Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Sorry, that one passed me by, and Googling only came up with Cap'n Crunch which I think is a US brand. I do however remember Golden Nuggets being much bigger than they are now, and actually liking them too. Now the very thought of them sets my teeth on edge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hello YP I remember the Golden Nuggets and agree that they did seem quite large when they first appeared. From memory the CCs were less sweet but might have had a greater fat content to stop they getting drenched in the milk. GNs were a few years after CCs as I can picture myself watching TIS-WAS eating a bowl of those. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 What about this one then? My fav from way back when .......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9BLzO-J0Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thank you Clootie Now I'll be "On white horses, snowy white horses....." to myself all day today. They did have hauntingly catchy theme tunes back then Just fits todays weather perfectly Cheers, Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 OK here's mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HZXQEKLWl8 I loved Watch with Mother, a different one every day. We had a large television with a tiny screen, black and white and programmes started with the Test Card and finished at 11pm with the national anthem and a white dot. We were so proud we had a tele and a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hello DA I can remember the episode with the piglets running all over the kitchen I also enjoyed Andy Pandy and the Flowerpot men.....Weeeeeeeeeeeed Whatever happened to Bleep and Booster from Blue Peter Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 For me it has to be But the ultimate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SOtH1MNXtQ&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Sorry.....but I just had to share this. OH and I must be on the same wave length for once. Earlier today we walked by a shop with a display of mobility scooters in the window. I turned to OH and said "OK Steve" and quick as a flash he said "OK Venus" "I wish I was a Spaaaaaace man, the fastest guy alive....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Not sure how to edit my posts, but I intended adding these links to my previous post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oboly57qxjg&NR=1 Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 "I'm a very friendly lion called Clootie, sorry, Parsley ...... " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdfqh_MD_4&feature=PlayList&p=8440B52A5FF0C462&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thanks Aga n Chickens How wonderful. I played both links twice. Oh the memories. I think I'll put Fireball on my iPod. I loved those early Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Four Feather Falls, featuring the voice of Nicholas Parsons, no less, was the first in 1960. I was nine. Then came Supercar and then Fireball XL5. Blimey! What must kids used to computer generated stuff think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
