You have probably heard of the Co-operative Bank, but have you heard of the Co-operative Building Society? The Co-operative Bank As I write this in March 2017 the Co-operative Bank has recently been in the […]
I wrote the following back in October 2013. As it is a little bit of Bridport history I thought it worth preserving. Around a week ago, maybe a little more, I walked past Good News, […]
In the White Lion Inn in Broadwindsor there used to be an old 1904 photograph of East Street, Bridport. Actually looking at the photo it is obvious to a local that it had been taken […]
Back in 1979 the BBC commissioned a new satirical comedy sketch show called Not The Nine O’Clock News. It was to be broadcast at 9pm on BBC2 while the Nine O’Clock News was going out […]
Question: In the very first episode of Dad’s Army what did Frazer tell Captain Mainwaring he did for a living? Did you say “Undertaker”? If you did I am afraid you are wrong. But we […]
Many of us grew up watching animations on television created by Smallfilms, the partnership between Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Remember Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, the Clangers, Bagpuss? My personal favourite was Pogles’ […]
Well it is Persil, but it is not the Persil you think it is … Hang on, let’s start again from the beginning. I popped into a branch of The Original Factory Shop a while […]
I spotted an old advertisement for Eiffel Tower Lemonade online a while back. The advert was much older than me but it brought back memories of drinking this make at home lemonade as a child. […]
Take a piece from an old television programme and add a new fictional narration and you get the video shown below “Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt“. The men behind this humorous […]
Remember Duckhams oil? The Duckhams name was synonymous with engine oil when I was growing up. I remember garages having large Duckhams Q branded thermometers screwed to their walls. Duckhams Q, a 20W50 multigrade oil, […]
Copyright © 2021 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes