A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
IN the 1990s I would race home from work in the early hours of Saturday to watch a video recording of that night’s Fantasy Football League on BBC2. Irreverent, often filthy and … Continue readingFantasy Football League, then and now
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. This is the last in the series. ONLY 13 episodes were made, they each lasted less than a quarter … Continue readingBagpuss
THE single joke which made our children laugh the most – and does to this day – was, I fear, a little crude. It was based on the theme song … Continue readingThe Herbs
AT the beginning of the 1980s, teacher John Cunliffe was working in Kendal, in the Lake District, and decided to write about a character who toured the area visiting his … Continue readingPostman Pat
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. A BUNCH of woollen mouse-like creatures which communicate only in whistles would seem an unlikely subject for a … Continue readingClangers
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. ‘IN the lands of the North, where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the … Continue readingNoggin the Nog
WHEN I wrote in May about the expression ‘standing around like cheese at fourpence’, I promised a future column on the joys of Lancashire cheese. And here it is. So far as … Continue readingSay t’cheese
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. AS A very young child, I soon learned the differences between the days of the week. Monday was Picture … Continue readingFlower Pot Men
Over the Christmas break we are revisiting some vintage children’s TV programmes. PRODUCED and directed by the brilliant Gordon Murray, who would go on to give us the Trumptonshire Trilogy, Captain Pugwash was … Continue readingCaptain Pugwash
MY late father, who as I described here was once lowered down a long-drop lavatory to rescue a cat, was also a talented amateur conjuror. Specialising in card tricks, he was an … Continue readingA woman suspended in thin air