Ado's Blog

Hi there and welcome to Ado's Blog. I am obsessed with nostalgia, especially 1960s & 1970s nostalgia and I enjoy nothing more than reflecting on days and times that have sadly long since gone! So join me, as I take a nostalgic gander down Memory Lane and celebrate all things past and occasional present, both good and bad! (All images used that are copyrighted are copyrighted to their respective publishers and are only used here for review purposes.)

Sunday, 5 February 2012

A Handful of Songs!....

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Made by Granada studios in the late 1970s - early 1980s, this pre-school lunchtime programme was shown on ITV around midday (Muriel Young wa...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

The World's Greatest Cliff-hanger - Who Shot JR? (1980)

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In the final scene of the 1979–1980 season, the character J.R. Ewing played by Larry Hagman, was shot by a hidden assailant. The episode, ti...
Sunday, 29 January 2012

The Bill star dies - Tributes paid to Colin Tarrant

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A Star of hit cop show "The Bill" has died after being found injured at home. Colin Tarrant, 59, played Inspector Andrew Monroe i...

Radio Times Presents the Third Doctor Who! (1970)

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I really can not believe that it is now forty two years, but way back in January 1970 the BBC, or rather the Radio Times introduced the late...
Saturday, 28 January 2012

Roger Moore as Ivanhoe (1958)

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Long before Roger Moore found fame as Simon Templar and then James Bond the youthful actor was cast in his first television role as the dash...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer , with Stacy Keach in the title role, was the classic television series that originally aired on CBS from...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Bernie Hamilton (1928 - 2008)

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Bernie Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) American Actor was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, ...
Monday, 23 January 2012

The Death of Elvis Presley - August 16th 1977

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Elvis Presley died at Graceland on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old. Through the early morning of the 16th Elvis took care of last mi...

Here comes Bod! (1975)

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Bod  was a BBC  children's television programme first shown in 1975, with thirteen episodes, based on four original  Bod  books by Joa...

Jack Lord (1920 - 1998)

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John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord , was an American television, fi...
Sunday, 22 January 2012

Wacky Races (1968-1969)

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I don't know about you guys, but I love Wacky Races, the animated television series produced by Hana - Barbera. The series features 11 ...
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