My dad got a load of cassettes for the car such as round the Horne, clitheroe kid... Clitheroe kid was the funniest, still funny back in the early 90s at least! Classic just a minute with Derek nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones and the great Kenneth Williams always went down the best though
My dad got a load of cassettes for the car such as round the Horne, clitheroe kid... Clitheroe kid was the funniest, still funny back in the early 90s at least! Classic just a minute with Derek nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones and the great Kenneth Williams always went down the best though
Was it the clitheroe kid who had the catch phase of “”were me shirt” they don’t write them like that nowadays. Youth of today dont know what they missed out on! (Lucky buggers)
Getting old, thought I remembered it from the clitheroe kid program, but perhaps Ken Dodd was in that? Or my memory is playing tricks which is more likely.
It’s interesting where’s me shirt when you google the saying says it’s ken Dodd from a song, but lots of old gits like me remember it from the clitheroe kid, but it don’t seem to be his main catchphrase. Didn’t realise the clitheroe kid is still repeated on radio 4 occasionally.
Im another one who remembers the painful 'Sing Something Simple' on a Sunday night, I believe The Kings Singers also featured. My old Nan and Grandad loved it and insisted on listening when they stayed over (every other weekend) and I remember they ate bread and dripping for supper, basically lard on toast. My dad would come to rescue and put on Dads Army once SSS had finished. Kids today, they dont know what we had to endure.
Im another one who remembers the painful 'Sing Something Simple' on a Sunday night, I believe The Kings Singers also featured. My old Nan and Grandad loved it and insisted on listening when they stayed over (every other weekend) and I remember they ate bread and dripping for supper, basically lard on toast. My dad would come to rescue and put on Dads Army once SSS had finished. Kids today, they dont know what we had to endure.
used to love bread and dripping when I was a kid ... wouldn't go near it now lol
Im another one who remembers the painful 'Sing Something Simple' on a Sunday night, I believe The Kings Singers also featured. My old Nan and Grandad loved it and insisted on listening when they stayed over (every other weekend) and I remember they ate bread and dripping for supper, basically lard on toast. My dad would come to rescue and put on Dads Army once SSS had finished. Kids today, they dont know what we had to endure.
used to love bread and dripping when I was a kid ... wouldn't go near it now lol
with extra salt just to increase the blood pressure even more
It’s interesting where’s me shirt when you google the saying says it’s ken Dodd from a song, but lots of old gits like me remember it from the clitheroe kid, but it don’t seem to be his main catchphrase. Didn’t realise the clitheroe kid is still repeated on radio 4 occasionally.
It's not actually Ken Dodd though is it? ... its one of his Diddymen who sounds a bit like the Clitheroe kid. A very easy mistake to make.
Went to see Squeeze on Thursday night in Deal, saw all these over 50's heading to the venue and thought what are all these old people going to, all off to the same place as me and I was one of them.
Im another one who remembers the painful 'Sing Something Simple' on a Sunday night, I believe The Kings Singers also featured. My old Nan and Grandad loved it and insisted on listening when they stayed over (every other weekend) and I remember they ate bread and dripping for supper, basically lard on toast. My dad would come to rescue and put on Dads Army once SSS had finished. Kids today, they dont know what we had to endure.
used to love bread and dripping when I was a kid ... wouldn't go near it now lol
I absolutely loved the taste of bread and dripping as a kid and if it was beef for Sunday lunch I’d always ask my mum if we could have bread and dripping sandwiches and she’d invariably say No.
Was it the clitheroe kid who had the catch phase of “”were me shirt” they don’t write them like that nowadays. Youth of today dont know what they missed out on! (Lucky buggers)
Just caught up with this thread. If my memory is correct, Jimmy Clitheroe's sister Susan, had a boyfriend called Alfie Higginbottom. I always thought 'where's me shirt?' was his catchphrase.
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My memory is that they made most songs sound like a dirge but occasionally and semi unexpectedly burst into a jaunty rendition of a song.
Also says that in September 1972 the Clitheroe Kid was axed by the BBC after a 14 year run, blimey the BBC didn't muck about in them days.
My old Nan and Grandad loved it and insisted on listening when they stayed over (every other weekend) and I remember they ate bread and dripping for supper, basically lard on toast.
My dad would come to rescue and put on Dads Army once SSS had finished.
Kids today, they dont know what we had to endure.
If my memory is correct, Jimmy Clitheroe's sister Susan, had a boyfriend called Alfie Higginbottom. I always thought 'where's me shirt?' was his catchphrase.
It was few years ago mind.
[edit - just seen Raith's post above. That'll be it.]