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RIP Daphne Oxenford

LenGlover
LenGlover Posts: 31,686
edited January 2013 in Not Sports Related
Those of us "of a certain age" will remember her.

I used think she had a brilliant name when I was a kid.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9781409/Daphne-Oxenford.html

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  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    Yup, those of us in permanently lodged in our 50's remember her well. For me, a whole way of life is recalled just by her voice. A world vividly remembered but so far away. A world of ration books, mangles and coppers, cold bedrooms, slate and chalk in the classrooms and shoes that were too small. The transistor radio aerial had to go out through a metal window frame in the kitchen. I kept telling my dad that I got an electric shock when I opened the window. He didn't believe me and inconviently attempted to electrocute himself whilst I was tuned in to Listen With Mother. RIP Miss.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,406
    was that her? A magical BBC voice .. Listen with Mother .. 93 is a good old age though .. RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Yes, another age indeed. Thank you 'Auntie' Daphne, RIP.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,770
    stilladdicted said:

    Yup, those of us in permanently lodged in our 50's remember her well. For me, a whole way of life is recalled just by her voice. A world vividly remembered but so far away. A world of ration books, mangles and coppers, cold bedrooms, slate and chalk in the classrooms and shoes that were too small. The transistor radio aerial had to go out through a metal window frame in the kitchen. I kept telling my dad that I got an electric shock when I opened the window. He didn't believe me and inconviently attempted to electrocute himself whilst I was tuned in to Listen With Mother. RIP Miss.

    Thanks for conjuring up those great memories, stilladdicted.

    I'd add liberty vests, spoonfuls of codliver oil & malt, thick syrupy orange juice ( from the Health Clinic , I think) and a character called Larry the Laaaamb on Children's Hour ?

  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    That's right Fanny, and his friend Denis the dashund, Mr. Grouser, Ernest the policeman and Mr. Mayor, voiced, I think by 'Uncle Davic'.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,770
    March51 said:

    That's right Fanny, and his friend Denis the dashund, Mr. Grouser, Ernest the policeman and Mr. Mayor, voiced, I think by 'Uncle Davic'.

    Ah, I remember it well. March51 !



  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,622
    Ah that voice. Never knew her name, but never forget that voice. RIP.
    Cold bedrooms? What's wrong with sticking newspaper in the windows to keep the cold out :-)
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Just don'task me what I was doing last week, Fanny. Haven't a clue!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,982
    man_at_milletts said:


    Cold bedrooms? What's wrong with sticking newspaper in the windows to keep the cold out :-)

    Remember in winter when the windows iced up on the inside - you scratched cartoon faces in it and then breathed on it to melt it?

    Daphne certainly was the voice our generation all knew.
    Thank you for the memories, Daphne.

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