Random musings and general banter.

[Muttley]

You would be much too young for it, it first aired in 1964, and was repeated for a few years afterwards. It was made in East Germany, and I remember children being traumatised by it at the time. If you saw it now, you would probably laugh.

That explains it as I was born in 1967! Really interesting being made in East Germany and scary.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

New Watch expert on Ideal World tonight. Flown in all the way from China to give his expert advice.
Tonight,for one night only,selling ‘genuine Rorex’….please give a big Ideal World welcome to:
Mr Sum Ting Wong
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He will be ably assisted by his glamorous assistant Wai Soh Dim..

 

[Scraping the barrel]

No, doesn't ring a bell.

I bet he rings a bell though?

 

[Hammy60]

Anyone remember Tales from Europe, particularly The Singing Ringing Tree? It used to scare the living daylights out of me.

Nope, doesn't ring a bell or a tree.

 

[galesgal57]

Nope, doesn't ring a bell or a tree.

You're all obviously too young. If you had seen it, you would remember it.

 

[Muttley]

I bet he rings a bell though?
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Quasimodo

 

[galesgal57]

He will be ably assisted by his glamorous assistant Wai Soh Dim..
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Will his wife Foo Kin Kow be making the trip with him?

 

[Hammy60]

You're all obviously too young. If you had seen it, you would remember it.

I'm old enough for it just don't remember it, remember Ivanhoe, William tell, oh and Romper room with Miss Lesley from Grampian TV here in Aberdeen.

 

[Kit10]

I'm old enough for it just don't remember it, remember Ivanhoe, William tell, oh and Romper room with Miss Lesley from Grampian TV here in Aberdeen.

I remember Noggin the Nog scaring me witless as a child! I also remember loving Robinson Crusoe and The Flashing Blade

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Quasimodo

The very fellow!
Showing one’s age here methinks..

 

[EmmaP]

I’m confused lol

 

[EmmaP]

Chorton and the Wheelies scared me another was a show called Munch bunch

 

[Scraping the barrel]

I’m confused lol

We’re all confused. It’s an age thing. Don’t worry. We are all sitting at home,dribbling,being allowed to watch Ideal World and then someone puts us to bed….

 

[EmmaP]

James greenwell is on tomorrow, Peter will be happy, he can show Peter his 5 Olympic (Gold Chocolate Money) Medals

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Trev has called in,as usual. But I have it on good authority that he and Pauline are getting a little depressed sitting at home buying watches,so they’ve gone out for a relaxing drink to get away from it all…

 

[Bernie100]

James greenwell is on tomorrow, Peter will be happy, he can show Peter his 5 Olympic (Gold Chocolate Money) Medals

Really looking forward to seeing him as James Greenwell is a true Olympic legend right up there with the likes of Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, etc.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Mike has just said that he’d love to meet up with Trevor and Pauline and view his watch collection.
Oh how I wish I was there too:

I would be the resident expert and say to Mike “ well Mike,that’s a watch,and so is that,and there’s another watch,and this is a watch,and if I’m not mistaken that’s a watch over there,and I’m holding a watch,Trevs wearing half a dozen watches…and can I introduce you to Trev and Pauline’s son and daughter…Bezel and Crystal!

 

[Hammy60]

Oh god what a mess the Bearded gimp is getting himself in.

Paraphrasing Mason's sh*te

Benjamin Boegeli started the company Jacque Du Manoir in 1904, he had 15 children those children fell in love etc some of the spouses carried on the name after Boegeli passed away. Now skip back 35 years ago a guy, Jacque, i think it was Jacque Schwab he took over the business so he's the fourth generation watchmaker.


The factual story in 1904, Louis Schwab started a watch brand in 1904, called SWIZA (famous for alarm & Travel clocks), Swiza company still exists and has nothing to do with the Jacque Du Manoir brand.
After Schwab had died, One of his daughters married a guy named Benjamin Boegeli who started his own watch dial manufacturing company, made dials for the SWIZA brand and many other brands, his son Jacque Boegeli succeded him and in 1991 decided to branch out from making watch dials to making watches like his grandfather under the brand name "B-Watches", in 1993 he renamed the brand to Jacque Du Manoir.

So Jacque du manoir ain't been going since 1904 and they ain't fourth generation watchmakers either, oh and one other thing Mike of the Masons, Jacque Du Manoir is no longer owned by Jacque of the Manor.

 

[Jason]

I think Pedro is looking gaunt, and he seems subdued today. Wonder if he's had a ticking off.

He probably had "another day of it" as he always says on his intros.

 

[Muttley]

We’re all confused. It’s an age thing. Don’t worry. We are all sitting at home,dribbling,being allowed to watch Ideal World and then someone puts us to bed….

Have you got a CCTV camera looking into my flat? That description is so accurate