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Title: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 20:42:34
Ted Lowe has died  :'( not a bad innings though.  ;)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382485/Whispering-Ted-Lowe-voice-snooker-dies-90.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

this is a better link ..........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/13253010.stm
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Amigo on 01 May 2011, 21:47:34
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Ted Lowe has died  :'( not a bad innings though.  ;)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382485/Whispering-Ted-Lowe-voice-snooker-dies-90.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

this is a better link ..........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/13253010.stm
What with Henry Cooper there's two sad losses from the sporting world. :(
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 01 May 2011, 22:05:59
I remember that voice well - here's an example;


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2wlxQHbVg[/media]

Colour television really helped to popularise this sport.
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:06:03
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Ted Lowe has died  :'( not a bad innings though.  ;)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382485/Whispering-Ted-Lowe-voice-snooker-dies-90.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

this is a better link ..........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/13253010.stm
What with Henry Cooper there's two sad losses from the sporting world. :(

I'd not heard about 'our Enry'  :'(
As you say, a sad day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/13256045.stm
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: PhilRich on 01 May 2011, 22:08:36
Two Greats in one day!  :'(
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:09:47
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Colour television really helped to popularise this sport.

How did we manage when the world was black & white?  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I think I was 13/14 before we got colour at our house ............ an early Christmas present.  :y :y
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 01 May 2011, 22:27:19
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Colour television really helped to popularise this sport.

How did we manage when the world was black & white?  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I think I was 13/14 before we got colour at our house ............ an early Christmas present.  :y :y

When the service was first introduced I remember seeing signs hung in the windows of pubs announcing (in coloured lettering) 'Coloured TV inside'. :-?

Monday night was great - the High Chaparral (in living colour) at 2000hrs or 2010 - can't remember which, and six bags of prawn cocktail flavour crisps. ;D ;D ;D

Life was good.


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOO2EZqwVk&feature=related[/media]
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:30:37
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Monday night was great - the High Chaparral (in living colour) at 2000hrs or 2010 - can't remember which,  .......

I was allowed to stop up a bit later to watch The High Chaparrel!  ::)
Without Googling it I can only remember Blue  :-/ ;)
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 01 May 2011, 22:34:11
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Monday night was great - the High Chaparral (in living colour) at 2000hrs or 2010 - can't remember which,  .......

I was allowed to stop up a bit later to watch The High Chaparrel!  ::)
Without Googling it I can only remember Blue  :-/ ;)

I can only remember Big John (Cannon?) Buck and Manolito - can't think of a name for Big John's wife.

Aah, it was on the end of that clip - Victoria.
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:37:26
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Monday night was great - the High Chaparral (in living colour) at 2000hrs or 2010 - can't remember which,  .......

I was allowed to stop up a bit later to watch The High Chaparrel!  ::)
Without Googling it I can only remember Blue  :-/ ;)

I can only remember Big John (Cannon?) Buck and Manilito - can't think of a name for Big John's wife.

Aah, it was on the end of that clip - Victoria.

With the aid of Google  ::)
http://www.thehighchaparral.com/cast.htm#Mark Slade  :y :y :y
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:40:09
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Aah, it was on the end of that clip - Victoria.

and she's still around & about.  :y :y :y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Cristal

Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 01 May 2011, 22:41:36
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Monday night was great - the High Chaparral (in living colour) at 2000hrs or 2010 - can't remember which,  .......

I was allowed to stop up a bit later to watch The High Chaparrel!  ::)
Without Googling it I can only remember Blue  :-/ ;)

I can only remember Big John (Cannon?) Buck and Manilito - can't think of a name for Big John's wife.

Aah, it was on the end of that clip - Victoria.

With the aid of Google  ::)
http://www.thehighchaparral.com/cast.htm#Mark Slade  :y :y :y

Well done Andy, I recognise some of the other faces now. :y
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Andy B on 01 May 2011, 22:50:49
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Well done Andy, I recognise some of the other faces now. :y

Likewise ......  ;)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Mitchell_(actor)
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Terbs on 02 May 2011, 20:24:10
They were all macho....except 'Blue Boy'...flippin' great wuss ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Steve Brookman on 02 May 2011, 20:56:27
I remember having to go next door to see the High Chapperal as we didn't have BBC2 on our Reddifusion TV. My friends parents then had a colour TV and i used to go there to watch Star Trek.

happy days.
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Banjax on 03 May 2011, 07:31:31
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I remember that voice well - here's an example;


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2wlxQHbVg[/media]

Colour television really helped to popularise this sport.


thanks Den - I'm surprised how quick Joe Davis was around the table - he didn't hang about did he?  :o
Title: Re: and for those watching in black & white
Post by: Auto Addict on 03 May 2011, 07:42:07
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I remember that voice well - here's an example;


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2wlxQHbVg[/media]

Colour television really helped to popularise this sport.


thanks Den - I'm surprised how quick Joe Davis was around the table - he didn't hang about did he?  :o

I once had the pleasure of seeing Joe Davis live in an exhibition match against Rex Williams.

Joe was well in his sixties, he made a 508 break at billiards, and 3 century breaks in a best of 5 at snooker, this was on an ordinary working mens club table with the old heavy snooker balls, not a specially honed match table that they play on today with the new lightweight balls.