Archive for the 'Childhood' Category

Paddington Bear tries Marmite

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Things I like

Paddington Bear
Marmalade sandwiches
Paddington Bear trying new fillings in his sandwiches

Things I don’t like

Marmite

Looks like there is going to be a Paddington Bear film.

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The Singing Ringing Tree (1959)

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

In a conversation with a work colleague, Andy, the other week we got talking about our memories of childhood TV.
One of my favourite shows was Rubovia, a Gordon Murray production before the glory days of the Trumptonshire stories. One of Andy’s was The Singing Ringing Tree.
While I had recollections of the name, the images of […]

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Men in uniform

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

They say that every woman loves a man in uniform. To be honest, I’m not sure you can be entirely accurate with such a sweeping statement!
That’s a photograph of me proudly standing in the garden in my Air Training Corps uniform; I must have been aged about 15, I reckon.
And that’s a little orange wheelbarrow […]

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