General Chat

Television then? I can remember being the first family in the street to get one, all the kids used to come in and watch ours, I was eleven way back in 1961.

My mum was 5 when they got their first tv in 1960 it was a black and white set and was in a cabenit. Sorry i am a bit to young as i am only 30. Lyn.

Our family got theirs for the Coronation in 1953 and half the street came in to watch - of course I was TOO young to remember this! Allie

We had a television for the Coranation in 1953 ...we were the first in our street, 9 inch screen lol.I think the whole street came to watch the Coranation. I was ?????. Val

don't know how old I was but can remember our fist colour tele, mum and dad turned it to black and white then slowly turned it to colour. Was a Saturday and Logans run was on

I was 3. I kept going round to the neighbours to watch theirs lol This was 1982.

I remember it clearly. My sister and I had both been in hospital having our tonsils out and we came home on a Sunday afternoon to find a television set - consol model - sitting in the front room. It was wonderful. The year ? ...1951

My dad wouldn't let us have a telly when I was very little as he said it would 'ruin family life and end conversation' (ha! he spent most of the time he was at home in his garage/workshop making things so we never saw him anyway!). Then a neighbour who was upgrading took pity on us and gave us the old one he was getting rid of. My dad couldn't refuse - his natural meanness was stronger than his dislike of tv and he couldn't bring himself to turn down anything that was free! So we got one when I was about 7 or 8. It was ancient even for the time - it had a small black and white screen in a huge box. We were only allowed to watch bbc and bbc2 as ITV was 'corrupt', and never during the day (we had to sneak to a neighbours to watch playaway on saturdays). My dad would ban tv for the slightest thing - playing in our room too loudly etc - as he was looking for the smallest excuse to keep us away from it. Now he has about 5 tvs in his house and his hobby is repairing them/getting them going. How times change. But he still doesn't think there is anything watching except on bbc1 and 2. Angela

Don't know when we got our first TV - before I was born I think - but I do remember getting our first colour one! Was in the early 70's - the first thing I watched was Crossroads and it was SOOO exciting to see what colour everything was lol!! Seems mad now!! Maz. XX

I remember getting our first colour TV in 1973 we were one of the first families in our block (flats) to get one and the news went around in minuites. The first programe i saw was 'Its a Knockout' remember being amazed at how green the grass was!

When my Grandad died in 1957, I was seven , my Gran and Grandad had a black and white TV. My Mum said Grandads died, so I said does that mean we can have their TV and my Grandmother soft touch that she was! said of course! Davexx

Funnily enough when colour TV came out properly in 1967, the first prog I can remember njoying was High Chapperal! Davex

We were like Val. My parents got our first T.V. for the Coronation in 1953. It was a little 9 or 10 inch screen but we had some sort of magnifying screen that stood in front of the T.V. to make it look bigger. I was 'only little' at the time!!!!! Kath. x