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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.)

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Radio Times - Doomwatch (1970)

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This edition of Radio Times dates back to 1970 and on the cover the classic series, Doomwatch. Doomwatch was a British Science Fiction Telev...
Saturday, 25 February 2012

"Hello Playmates" - Remembering Arthur Askey (1900 - 1982)

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Arthur Bowden Askey CBE (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was a prominent English Comedian and Actor. Askey's humour owed much to the ...
Thursday, 23 February 2012

The Persuaders - Episode Six - The Gold Napoleon (1971)

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All that glitters may not be gold - but the question for Danny and Brett is whether there's glitter beneath the bronze of Napoleon coin...
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It's The Way He Told 'em! (Frank Carson 1926 - 2012)

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Another favourite of mine from the good old days, the great Frank Carson has sadly lost his battle with cancer. Forget wankers like Ricky G...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

EastEnders first wimp! The Trials of Lofty Holloway

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Time to remember one of EastEnders original and best characters. The gormless George "Lofty" Holloway was played by Tom Watt . ...

Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode One (1970)

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Somewhere in England, two men are descending a metal ladder into a cave - "potholing" on their time off. They reach the cave floor...
Saturday, 18 February 2012

Radio Times - Tich and Quackers (1969)

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This classic edition of the Radio Times dates back to 1969 and gracing the cover is Ventriloquist Ray Alan with Tich and Quackers. Tich and...

Sun Hill's Finest - Remembering Tosh Lines!

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I loved The Bill and make no apologies for it and I loved the wonderful, legendary Tosh Lines played by the equally wonderful Kevin Lloyd. ...
Friday, 17 February 2012

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again - The Sound of Silence (1964)

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" Sounds of Silence " is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in F...

The Persuaders - Episode Five - Powerswitch (1971)

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The body of a beautiful girl found floating in a Cote d'Azure bay plunges Danny and Brett into even deeper water when it is discovered...

The 1984 Brighton Bombing

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The Brighton hotel bombing happened on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Hotel in Brighton . The bomb was planted by the Provisional Irish Repu...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

Joe 90 - Top Secret: No 12 (1969)

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Features are  Agents' Fotofile  (readers' photographs), a competition to win 50 Corgi Gift Sets (Oldsmobile Tornado with Glastron...

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

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The greatest Tarzan, Johhny Weissmuller starred in the 1934 movie, Tarzan and His Mate based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burrough...
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