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Wallace and Gromit Sitting Room.

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Calendargirl Sat 07-Dec-24 14:59:52

I just love this Christmas scene that precedes the BBC News and probably other programmes as well.

An old fashioned sitting room ready for Christmas, with a good fire burning, paper chains hanging from the picture rails, comfy seating and lamps lit.

Makes me think of years gone by and nostalgic for it all, although our home didn’t look quite as cosy as that idyllic scene.

Louella12 Wed 18-Dec-24 13:58:28

NotSpaghetti

Louella12 - I am SO sorry!
grin

😃 😀

mabon1 Wed 18-Dec-24 13:38:20

My late husband and I loved Wallace and Grommit and Shaun the Sheep, never missed an episode. It must take hundreds of hours to make those cartoons, so clever.

NotSpaghetti Thu 12-Dec-24 10:31:41

Sarnia yes, "builders' mugs" are great but these ones are too white in the scene (to me).

NotSpaghetti Thu 12-Dec-24 10:25:26

Louella12 - I am SO sorry!
grin

MayBee70 Tue 10-Dec-24 21:13:45

Oreo

….but when I take my specs off and shake out my gorgeous hair, why, suddenly am beautiful and sexy again (not)😁

I’ve found out that Green Wing is on Ch4 catchup. I’m going to binge watch it. There was one episode when one of the ladies had to wear glasses, put them on, looked at her hand and screamed that they looked like claws. I so related to that, my hands being my one vanity.

Louella12 Tue 10-Dec-24 20:55:13

I love the Shirley Hughes books with the gorgeous illustrations. I bought the Christmas book for my granddaughters this year.

As for W&G, I do love the little sketches. But now I too am obsessed with the white mugs!

Oreo Tue 10-Dec-24 20:36:38

….but when I take my specs off and shake out my gorgeous hair, why, suddenly am beautiful and sexy again (not)😁

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 10-Dec-24 19:44:41

Oreo

I’ll pop my specs on and scrape my hair back.

That really made me laugh Oreo!

Bridie22 Tue 10-Dec-24 19:38:53

I get those weird awake but asleep happenings, forget the name Miss A, I feel the bed move and a nasty presence, theycare really scary, I've learnt to wiggle my toes to wake myself up 👀😟

Sarnia Tue 10-Dec-24 07:36:26

NotSpaghetti

Too too white, too clunky, too contrasty, too obvious.

Builder's mugs are just right for Wallace and Gromit.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Dec-24 17:38:16

I've recently felt pressure, like a hand on my arm, or my head.
I love to hear people's 'happenings'.

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:36:51

I’ll pop my specs on and scrape my hair back.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Dec-24 17:35:55

grin
Never be too overtly sexy, "bookish" types seem to fare better.

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:35:20

I live in an old house and a few nights ago when on my own and watching tv there was a very loud noise from somewhere near where I was sitting just like a noisy hand clap 😲I got up and looked around but there was nothing to see.Felt a bit unsettled I have to say.

Aveline Mon 09-Dec-24 17:32:35

Drat! That's just the sort of thing I do MissAdventure!

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:32:22

🤣

MissAdventure Mon 09-Dec-24 17:31:04

Never wear a vest top with no bra, and a pair of knickers to bed, because you just will end up running barefoot and breathless through the woods.

And NEVER but never say "Hello... is there anybody there?"

Madmeg Mon 09-Dec-24 17:28:02

W & G is on BBC at 6.10 p.m. We are spending the day with our DD and DSiL at their Bristol home, so it will be a TV priority for us all. Aardman are based in Bristol.

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:27:23

Never go into the cellar! Never say ‘ooh what was that strange noise, I’ll go and investigate it’ never wear a white floaty dress and run through a wood😁

MissAdventure Mon 09-Dec-24 17:22:43

Oh yes, attics, rocking chairs, candles which blow out as soon as you go into the cellar... ooh error..

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:20:10

MissAdventure

Ooh what a treat!
I love a good old spooky ghost story too.

I do too, but I only really like weird, spooky, chilling and not actual horror, something that gives you a shiver and makes you think.

Oreo Mon 09-Dec-24 17:18:43

With that particular E Nesbitt story, no spoilers but it can be read in two ways.The first time I read it I thought it a straight forward sort of ghost story, but the second time I read it I noticed clues spread throughout it.How Mark Gatiss will interpret it is unknown.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Dec-24 17:05:26

Ooh what a treat!
I love a good old spooky ghost story too.

PinkCosmos Mon 09-Dec-24 17:01:15

Oreo

It’s on Christmas Day but don’t know what time, I think I’ll record it.
The Christmas Eve ghost story on BBC1 is a Mark Gattis adaptation of the short story by E Nesbitt called Man -sized In Marble, tho the title may be changed by Gatiss.It’s a good short story and all her spooky stories , or most of them at any rate, are worth reading, just perfect for these Winter nights.
If you have a Kindle then I noticed the other day you can buy the lot for 80p!

I love the Christmas Eve ghost stories and am so pleased that Mark Gattis had revived them

Lost Hearts was on the Talking Pictures channel last night. I was made in 1973 and I remember watching as a teenager with my friend. It frightened us both to death. I have never forgotten it. It was still just as creepy when I watched it last night

leeds22 Mon 09-Dec-24 16:03:50

I love W&G and on our recent trip to London noticed that Barbour on Regents Street have a big W&G and Shaun the Sheep display. Good to hear about the new Christmas Day W&G film.