Early tv memories

I was five when our first TV was delivered. It was 1957 and my mum got me out of bed to see it. The David Nixon Magic Show was on and he had a tiny ballerina running across his desk. I truly believed it was magic.

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Jennifer and the Flower fairies

Children of the New Forest

Black Tulip

Black Beauty

Ivanhoe

Olive oil and popeye

The Lone Ranger

I remember we often acted out the New Forest children in a local wood. Making camps etc.

Ivanhoe was Roger Moore, and his squire was Robert Brown, James Bond's M (the one before Judi Dench?)

I liked it best when we were at my aunts and was allowed to watch grown up programmes. Quartermaster and the pit, A for Andromeda, little Red Monkey, the Mystery of PlanetX, Tales of the Unexpected all came to mind.

Jennifer and the Flower fairies

Children of the New Forest

Black Tulip

Black Beauty

Ivanhoe

Olive oil and popeye

The Lone Ranger

I remember we often acted out the New Forest children in a local wood. Making camps etc.

We didn't have a TV until the Coronation in 1953, but before that, perhaps about 1951, I used to go to watch my friend's across the road and we used to LOVE "Renfrew of the Royal Mounties"! Does anyone else remember it? Renfrew had a sidekick called Kelly and we used to play out on the street for hours, slapping our rumps/horses and shooting our pretend guns. No gender stereotypes there!
I also remember a cartoon about a Penguin family that I liked, and later The Grove Family and the Appleyards, Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy etc.

My husband was involved with the Navy members lining the route of the Coronation, viewed on a small b/w t.v. We had my husband's 100 yr old Grandfather in to watch, he kept looking behind the t.v. set to see where everyone was!!

Googled it- apparently was called Tony.Never knew!😆

Cant REMEMBER.😂

*typo sorry.-can't remember.

ViceVersa, i was remembering the public information films the other week,and telling one of my sons about them while he laughed how stuff has changed..Yes they did used to put the scares on kids to make them take notice, there was the one about near the river,and it showed the Grim Reaper i think🤔😟And one about stranger danger- there was a more cartoony version with a small boy& charlie his cat,& the cat did a lot of meowing and then the boy translated what Charlie says about being careful near the roads or not to go off with strangers etc.Can't remember the small boys name though🤔

Muffin the Mule was a must-see for me (on Sunday afternoons, if I remember rightly?) when I was a kid. And I can still hear Grandma Grove complaining “I’m faint for lack o’ nourishment!”, the last word being pronounced noorishment, with the ‘ment’ stressed.

We had a b&w tv- rented and you had to put coins in the box on back of it- i was about four or five so 1967 or 1968- then we moved away so didnt have a set for awhile,but moved back early 70's & got another b&w rental (paid weekly) we still had no coloured tv till my older brother gave my mum his old one,very late 70's.Used to watch black beauty,(horse)&tales of the riverbank,how its made,watch with mother etc when younger, then sitcoms& Top Of The Pops when late 70's.and Dr who, and Starsky&Hutch, and oppertunity knocks and sit- coms & coronation st,&carry on films when older in late teens./18 plus.

Daktari with Clarence the cross-eyed tiger.

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Yes! Overthemoongran, I remember Fury! I am so glad to find another person who does too.
Another program I used to love at Children's hour was called "The Thomson Family ". Anyone else remember that? I can still even remember the theme tune.

I remember the Coronation too. Also Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men.

My earliest memory is the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Ranier of Monaco. We didn't have a television but a group of little girls were invited to a neighbours house. Her mother served us biscuits and coffee which I thought was very sophisticated.

Parents didn't have a tv until I was 12 and then it was black and white. Indeed hadnt experienced any colour tv until 1972 and that was only due to DH having a friend with electrical shop so we got quite a discount. I do remember watching the Queen's coronation along with half the street on neighbours' b&w tv.

Ivanhoe. Robin Hood. Fireball XL5, Supercsr, Stingray and Twizzle.
Had older brothers!

After school I'd go with my best friend Tony's house and watch Robin Hood, The Lone Ranger and Davy Crockett - then we'd re enact what we'd just seen.

Other favourites were Popeye and the Tom and Jerry cartoons. I liked Billy Bunter as I'd read all the books. Crackerjack was watched often.

After going to Brownies on a Friday night I had special permission to go to another friends house on the way home to watch Tony Hancock [8.30-9pm].

No TV at home until I was 11 [1960].

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Andy Pandy, Watch with Mother, The Wooden Tops, Tales of the Riverbank (one of my favourites), Animal Magic (another favourite, Blue Peter.

Those are the earliest TV programmes I can remember, too.
Oh, and Doctor Who - it was on for my big brother, and terrified me.

All the cowboys and horsey programmes on around about tea time, but my earlier memories were of The Grove Family and Prudence Kitten (a puppet that I think Annette Mills, along with Muffin the Mule appeared with) also very vague ghostly memories of a children's programme called The Pinwins (or something like that) featuring penguins, that's a very hazy memory, I must have been very young.

Growing up, we never had a TV. Our entertainment was a Radiogramme.

What lovely memories from you all. I used to love Tinga & Tucker, could only watch it at my grandparents house in Derbyshire as it wasn't on in our region

Watch with Mother. Woodentops were my favourite.
Tingha and Tucker with Auntie Jean
Twizzle
Torchy
Pinky and Perky
5 O'clock club with Ollie Beak although I think that was a bit later.
I loved Bonanza, Wagon Train, Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, Bronco.