My parents didn't get a colour TV until 1978 and even then the b&W TV was kept as a second set for several years so I would have been watching in b&w well into the 80s
Colour tv was in the lounge, so on a Sunday night I would get into my mum and dad's bed and watch hart to hart on b and w How I miss me mum and dad xxx
My first sight ever of colour TV was the classic 1973 FA Cup Final of Sunderland v Leeds, when a multitude of us jammed into my dad’s mate’s front room. It seemed quite astounding.
After severe lobbying, we eventually hired a coloured telly just before the start of the1974 World Cup.
i had the old black and white telly in my bedroom , early eighties , coat hanger as an aerial Moonlighting on , Cybil Shepherd , 5 knuckle shuffle , great days as I became an expert in that art , something I haven’t given up to this day 👊🏻💦
It's amazing how many people used to rent a set. I suppose the prices were relatively high back then. Also they were were more prone to breaking down & as you rented one the company would repair it for free or replace it.
Just checked and new set would have been equivalent of £3,000 and monthly rental was around £150. Very unreliable and frequently breaking down so buying was risky. But if you rented from Radio Rentals they turned up with a replacement, normally a newer model and took the broken one away that you never saw again
That set must have had shocking resolution for you to miss two French penalties Nick :-)
Could’ve been a converted try AFKA. Back then a try was only worth 4 points. (Unless you happen to remember this particular result, in which case I bow to your superior knowledge!)
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How I miss me mum and dad xxx
After severe lobbying, we eventually hired a coloured telly just before the start of the1974 World Cup.
Moonlighting on , Cybil Shepherd , 5 knuckle shuffle , great days as I became an expert in that art , something I haven’t given up to this day 👊🏻💦
Very unreliable and frequently breaking down so buying was risky. But if you rented from Radio Rentals they turned up with a replacement, normally a newer model and took the broken one away that you never saw again
The Ibrox Stadium crush on 2 January 1971 was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Scotland. It left 66 people dead and more than 140 injured.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/B0cJMZS3B1/FiveboysWatched this the the other night. Recommend it, very poignant.