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Anyone else remember Crown Court? That was a sickie programme too!

I used to have tea sometimes with Roy Barraclough. It was back in the 80s when I lived outside Manchester, and Roy was often in a little cafe in Stalybridge called the ‘Owl’s Hoot’. He said Les was fantastic, but quite a sad man - and surprisingly cultured. Les was apparently a good pianist -...

**** Emery. Now that really does take me back…

If she could do all that she’d be making big Bucks….

Isn’t it the building that became Tower Records? I used to like going in there.

I’m absolutely sure it’s to establish the higher price as a reference point, so a casual browser thinks it’s a real bargain. Swan and Edgar get these drop shipped - the finished product is worth around £300-£500, no more. I’ve worked on them- they actually have one of the loudest mechanisms I’ve...

I have a few friends in the building and shop fitting trades- a couple from when I opened my shop back in the mid 90s. Every one of them, no exception, uses a Henry, and they need to do some serious cleaning work. When eventually a Henry breaks, and it seems able to take a lot to break one, they...

Nothing to be ashamed of in a Casio. I still have a Casio monthly calendar quartz watch (that I bought in 1979 - 45 years ago with my paper round money and it still works perfectly. (The 79-CS-51). I hope it’s everything you wanted and that you love it.

Exactly right. A mate of mine worked at an opticians over summer vacation from university. He said almost every designer pair was made by ‘Luxottica’, an Italian firm, now joined with the eye care group Essilor. So Ralph Lauren, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue Eyewear, Giorgio Armani, Brunello Cucinelli...

Just wanted to add my own thanks. This morning we were all feeling that we are all demics. Well for demics we have a lot of knowledge, experience, kindness and compassion between us. I wouldn’t want any of you to not be here, on this forum, sharing the laughter. Here’s to many more years of...

Awww. Thank you. I have to say, though, your knowledge is fantastic. Sometimes you’ve named not just the base but the variant, when I would certainly have had to look it up. But there’s not so much money in it (the repairing, I mean). It just about keeps me going - it’s just the satisfaction of...

In terms of overall aesthetic, they scream Invictus to me. And they usually retail around £100-£150.

I answered you, as did many others, but for some reason you keep popping up asking the same question again and again. Here’s the answer, for the very last time. We watch it because it’s so terrible that often it’s funny. They sell a perfume called ‘gammon’ for goodness sake. If that happened...

You found a shell on the beach, Walter? And Walter, it’s ticking? I love those tracks - that and the Driving Instructor. I hadn’t realised but Bob Newhart is still with us. Well into his 90s, I guess.

I think he’s confusing it with ‘Top Grain’ leather. Or Top Deck shandy (anyone remember?) 🤣

I do! I used to have ELO’s ‘Sweet Talking Woman’ in purple, and Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in yellow. Still got the Elton one, somewhere… Good mate of mine used to buy a new bank tape every Saturday, and record the top 40 every Sunday evening. I remember him opening a unit that...

I enjoy being here, yes. These people are my online friends. Not one of them has ever tried to sell me a cheap Chinese watch for 10x is actual worth. None of them has ever posted something and then typed ‘I’m going to hell for this’ without realising they were still typing. Not one of them has...

Why don’t you post somewhere else? It’s the same principle, isn’t it? Let’s assume, for a moment, that you’re not Pedro (Peter=saint, Simon=saint). Then, honestly, why do you care so much that we have a bit of fun chatting about this channel? It really is so bad that it’s entertaining. IW’s...

I have a lovely old Akai personal stereo (only Sony could use the word Walkman) from 1985. I bought it with one of my first wages - we’d never been able to afford a real brand name until then. Bright red, auto reverse, and with an insert like a cassette that played fm radio. I changed the belts...

They do. Perhaps to a surprisingly large degree. Once upon a time, and not so long ago, the Swatch group, through their subsidiary ETA, provided most smaller (and some larger) Swiss brands with their movements. Often pre-assembled, so all the ‘maker’ did was slip it in to the case and fit the...