Sunday History Photo. NSW

All those early shows were great. Black and white, kids couldn't imagine watching black and white tellie these days.

Race home after school to watch the Mickey Mouse Club.

Who's the Leader of the Band that's made for you and me?

M I C, K E Y, M O U S E

See what Spin & Marty were up to this week:

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I bought the whole series thru Amazon. Comes in a tin box. Outstanding.

And let's not forget the object of every adolescent boy's desire in the late '50s, early 60's:

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Aaaaah.... Memories, like the corners of your mind....

cheers

And talk about being scared witless.

Who remembers the episode of Superman and the Mole Men?

These little bald buggers came out of the ground and gave us nightmares for weeks. Looking in your windows...

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Now I can't get back to sleep....

Thanks Doug.

The Honeymooners is still my favourite comedy of all time. I thought Jackie Gleason was brilliant as Ralph Kramden. And Norton, the sewer worker.

"The moon,Alice .... ".

Jack

Doug, thanks
For the mem or ies.

We had TV within 12 months of it becoming available in Australia and were the first in our street to get it. I seem to remember that we had to finish washing up the dishes before it could be turned on!

Mind you, I did watch the Queen's Coronation on TV in the UK in 1953 . I was only a very small kid, but remember being amazed at the horses appearing and disappearing into the box. It was a neighbours TV and the rest of the streets kids were also invited.

My dad always claimed that he saw TV demonstrated at some show in London in the late 30's.

Teenage boys ? Try "National Velvet". And later on, Penny in "Lost in Space." And who could forget the nasty Dr Smith?

Suddenly life went from carefree kids into something the advertisers had coined, "teenager".
Growing up in the "television age" meant that suddenly you became a consumer. Peer group pressure meant that if you didn't have the latest stuff advertised on the "telly" then you didn't fit in...and I definitely didn't.

I later worked in TV on the engineering side, and there was nothing glamorous about it, apart from some of the "on air personalities" wearing their make-up outside of work...unusual at the time as they were male! It was a rude shock for me as a young male to discover that there were more than two ...ahhh...well...genders.... for want of a more family friendly term :))

Being and old Pom from way back I remember the first TV transmissions from Alexander Palace just prior to the WWII. They closed the transmitter down in 1939 as a precaution against enemy bombing. If my memory serves me right it was re-opened in 1947. At that time the TV sets were very small in screen size, about 9" and the set weighed a ton. The cathode tube was at least 2' long and quite often protruded out beyond the back of the TV cabinet.
As things progressed a second transmitter was opened at Sutton Colefield near Birmingham and stations were progresivley opened throughout the country.
One milestone that was made was TV pictures from France and then 20mins in every hour from the U.S. via Telstar.
In the beginning TV was only on in the evening starting with the news followed normally with a play. Halfway through the play there would be an intermission to enable you to do what you wanted (my Mum usually made a pot of tea). Then a bell would ring over the TV to let you know that the program was about to start again. Of cause there was only one channel but no commercials to stuff things up or any cheep American shows.
At that time Britain was streets ahead of any other country as far as TV was concerned.

And check out the cars--the back end of a 37 or 38 Chev sloper, an Austin A70(maybe 1954?) and a 48/215, the other one is too far away but could be a Ford Zephyr.

Hello Doug & Dusty, thanks for your post I look forward to reading and seeing them It is a great start to our week. Have a safe and wonderful Christmas.

Cheers Marion