Sunday Ramblings.

It doesn't seem possible that it's almost May and practically half way through the year. Time seems to pass very quickly as one gets older, no idea why this is, though I suppose it could be down to the faster pace of everyday living.


I've been watching the London Marathon this am and pleased to see Paula Radcliffe finishing well. Her little girl was quite tearful and no doubt very proud of her famous mum.

I'm proud of Paula too, especially as she comes from Bedford, as do one or two other talented athletes and famous people such as the late, great Ronnie Barker, John Le Mesurier and Trevor Huddlestone, not forgetting John Bunyan of course.

I must say I've never read Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"  as I'm not at all religious.  I do have a Holy Bible though, which my paternal Grannie gave me in 1957 and treasure it, but only because it was a present from her.

I don't believe you have to believe in any God to be a decent person, but everyone is entitled to have their faith and I would always defend that right, but not the evil that comes from extremist fanaticism in any religion, which encourages intolerance and death to non believers or people of different faiths..

I'd better get of my soapbox now....

Have a good day all.




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My cherry Tree in April

British TV Repeats

As much as I liked "Only Fools and Horses" the endless repeats of it on various channels can get a bit monotonous.


I wish they would repeat some of the other comedy programmes such as "Perfect World" with Paul Kaye. I used to find this hilarious, although it was a bit "near the mark" at times, but no more shocking than "Little Britain" and other irreverent programmes that have since followed.


 I expect some of the old comedy sketches are not PC nowadays, such as "The Benny Hill Show", Dick Emery, etc and will never be shown in full ever again, but I must admit I loved them all and much more fun than some of the totally unfunny comedians of today!   .

I would also like to see repeats of "Big Deal" starring Ray Brooks which was aired in the 1980s. It would be great if they could also repeat some of the excellent plays and drama series of yesteryear too.

I can but dream....

TV Critic.

I'm a bit of an aggressive, amateur TV critic, as I do tend to watch it pretty frequently.

I wondered if any of you have been watching the series on BBC 2 "Back in time for Dinner?"

Last week it was about the 70s and the family seemed to be living on Cadbury's Smash and a load of processed foods much of the time.

I had a young family in those days and I can't remember us ever having Cadbury's Smash to replace real spuds, plus we never had a fondue set either and I didn't know anyone who did. Mind you I did work nights at the time, so was probably walking round in a fog of exhaustion for most of that decade! 

However I do remember the Vesta curries which tasted far better then than they do now with much bigger portions too.

My point is, that I think the programmers have stereotyped the decades somewhat. We didn't all have gaudy orange wallpaper with clashing patterned carpets. Still I expect they have to portray a general picture of what life was like in those days.

I do remember Mr Benn on children's TV with Ray Brooks narrating. I could listen to his melodic, soothing tones all day!

Fond memories.