Great newspaper cartoons such as the Perishers, and the Fosdyke Saga. National Service. The Nit nurse.
Absolutely nailed it on cartoons. Political cartoonists seem far too keen to reflect the Political stance of the newspaper which pays them rather than be funny. The best social cartoonists have gone. The modern Andy Capp has been neutered, the modern Fred Bassett is a pale imitation, and there will never be another Peanuts. People used to buy Private Eye just for Barry McKenzie, The Fosdyke Saga or The Cloggies. The Evening Standard had Bristow and Modesty Blaise, Alex was a classic of the yuppie era. Is there a funny strip cartoon left?
@ElfsborgAddick has seen this thread. He’s on his way to the airport, and has texted me asking me to post .. “Top shelf mags”
Those old slam-door trains with the individual compartments. Routemaster buses - the proper old-fashioned ones. Clippies with ticket machines in old money. Rag & bone men with horse & cart. Coal cellars. Outside lavatories.
It would be great if you could somehow bring some of the great actors of 30/40 years ago back - George Cole Dennis Waterman John Thaw Sir Roger Moore Sir Sean Connery Plus the Carry On Stars .. Kenneth Williams (a wonderful man) Sid James Charles Hawtrey
Honesty I loved Till Death Us Do Part. Talking of great actors Warren Mitchell is up there. I remember seeing him in The Caretaker a one man play by Harold Pinter. A superb performance.
Talking of which, Brian Murphey from George and Mildred fame, he is still going strong at 91. He used to live opposite Shortlands train station, I'd walk past his property virtually every day.
Williams and Hawtrey on Round the Horne- "Hello I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy" Horne- "What do you do?" "We've got a criminal practice" "Yes, but what do you do?" Bring back double entendres.
Yep. It’s a recipe for disaster, which nobody voted for. It’s predicted that on current trends, by 2030 only 36% of London residents will be English.
What is an English person. I was born in England but I am part Scottish, part English, part Swedish and part Maltese.
The decline and fragmentation of the social fabric in London in recent years is stark, and only ostriches could now ignore it. And that’s before you get to religions ! You cannot have dozens of different cultures, many antagonistic to each other, and dozens of different languages all on top of each other. I would honestly invite anyone who disagrees to walk through Tower Hamlets, Hayes, Wembley and the Edgware Road , and then come back and share their experiences.
