Monday, February 13, 2012

little man you've had a busy day - Henry Hall



Goodnight, God bless and sleep well everyone!

10 comments:

pelerin said...

Thanks Jane - that sure took me back down memory lane including stepping in bare feet onto right angled pieces of meccano left on the floor by my brother! And I was once a great Rupert fan - to think I saw nothing odd in a dressed bear and all his friends! Henry Hall's Guest Night was a favourite programme along with In Town Tonight and Journey into Space and of course Take it from Here with Ron and Eth. Those were the days!

Jane said...

Glad you enjoyed it Pelerin. I didn't have a careless brother , or for that matter any brother at all, but I too was a fan of Rupert Bear in his neat suit. I liked Pooh as well but he was a bit of a 'let it all hang out' type of bear. The programmes you mention were my favourites too. Everything was so innocent and secure in those days, when the War was just over, even though times were still hard. My father used to sing 'Little Man' to me as a Lullaby. By then he had told me quite a lot about the War and that lent special significance to the line, 'The war is over for tonight.' I suppose I was five at the time but more than 60 tears later, it still brings back those lovely memories. Yes indeed TWTDs!

pelerin said...

And we mustn't forget Children's Hour with Uncle Mac's 'Goodnight Children everywhere.' I actually thought he was in a wheelchair as he used to be introduced as 'in the chair' in Nature Parliament! That instilled in me a love of nature - remember Ludwig Koch with his fascinating foreign accent? I believe he was a refugee from Nazi Germany.

And how about Norman and Henry Bones the Boy detectives? I have not thought of these programmes for years but your post has brought back some very happy family memories - thank you. Mind you after listening to Journey into Space just before bed time my mother used to say to me 'watch out for the little green men!' I wonder why aliens were supposed to be green but then I remember the Mekon in my brother's Eagle comic was green!

Jane said...

You've given me an idea for another Meme which I'll post when the current writing project is completed. I'll tag you for it and as you haven't a blog you can post your response in my com box. All the other people I tag for it will be Catholic bloggers or commenters over 60!

pelerin said...

How will you know who is over 60?!

Jane said...

I only need five and have already made a tentative list from bloggers and commenters that I know. But perhaps others will confess from 'behind the arras' before I get round to launching said meme!

Genty said...

Hey, what about Toytown? And the Eagle of the Ninth. And Jennings at School. And Dan Dare (Radio Luxembourg), with much bashing of the wireless.
And the Latin Mass (sob).

Jane said...

D'Accord with all your suggestions Genty. Good to have a bloke joining in with our reminiscences! Dare I mention Bulldog Drummond and Biggles?!

Jane said...

And the Latin Mass (sob sob!)although if you remember it as a child, you definitely qualify for my future meme. (I was 16 by the time I encountered it.)

pelerin said...

Genty - yes The Eagle of the Ninth - how could I have forgotten that one? The tale of the lost legion really fired my imagination and I never did find out whether it was fact or fiction. Time to google!