430. I remember Mott the Hoople 431. I remember Percy Edwards, animal impersonator, last relic of an age when animal impersonators could rise to be memorable 432. I remember being lost for the first time, and the terror that followed 433. I remember Stringer Davis, husband of Margaret Rutherford and modest sidekick in her filmsRead More
400. I remember tadpoles in a jar 401. I remember candy floss 402. I remember having a hyperlink explained to me for the first time, and thinking that this was quite interesting 403. I remember the music group Middle of the Road, who named themselves in age before irony existed 404. I remember Mick McManusRead More
373. I remember newsreels. 374. I remember Vijay Amritraj, whose always seemed to go out at the quarter final stage of Wimbledon in the most entertaining game of the tournament. 375. I remember Pinky and Perky. 376. I remember The Raging Moon, in which the lead characters were in wheelchairs. 377. I remember Fattypuffs andRead More
346. I remember Tich and Quackers 347. I remember Jonah Barrington, squash champion (yes, there was once a time when squash champions were memorable) 348. I remember the chimpanzees’ tea parties at London Zoo 349. I remember Pearl & Dean 350. I remember that Sony Walkmans were introduced to us all through a Police popRead More
I haven’t produced one of these in a while… 315. I remember the Gang Show. 316. I remember Tonto’s Expanding Head Band. 317. I remember The Flashing Blade, with its thinly-defended but endlessly besieged castle and its thrilling theme song (“You’ve got to fight for what you want for all that you believe / It’sRead More
286. I remember the Double Deckers 287. I remember Tiger Tim 288. I remember Zager and Evans (“in the year 2025, if man is still alive, if woman can survive…”). Remarkably they still gave human kind an outside chance of surviving up to 9595 289. I remember Lance Gibbs 290. I remember town carnivals withRead More
256. I remember ‘It’s number one, it’s Top of the Pops!’ 257. I remember the heatwave of 1976, and how rain only started to fall soon after the unfortunate Denis Howell had been named as minister for drought 258. I remember the illustrated history books of R.J. Unstead 259. I remember when the 1970 WorldRead More
225. I remember walking past the anti-apartheid protesters outside South Africa House, day after day after day 226. I remember hide-and-seek 227. I remember Mary Hopkin 228. I remember Ilie Nastase, tennis rebel 229. I remember struggling over seven times eight when learning my times tables 230. I remember Disney Time 231. I remember (canRead More
189. I remember delighting in the name of the cricketer Brian Brain 190. I remember Brand X 191. I remember my first football 192. I remember turning off the sound on the television when Vision On was broadcast to impress upon my younger brothers what it was like for the deaf 193. I remember Jackdaws,Read More
157. I remember hearing a siren wailing at some point in the early ’80s and wondering if nuclear war had been declared 158. I remember Hiawatha 159. I remember Porky Prime Cut (the message cut into the grooves of many single and albums in the 70s and 80s) 160. I remember Pogle’s Wood and littleRead More