Bus nostalgia

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Indeed Di! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)  My childhood TV watching always allowed me to see Z Cars, then later Softly Softly, to be further adapted into Softly, Softly Taskforce.  Classics

'Twas definitely a 'Zephyr 6' on Z Cars!

Wasn't Colin Welland the dog-handler?
I'm sure that he had a nickname - anyone know ...... ?

Wasn't he called 'Fancy' on Z Cars? It's along time ago & my brain is a bit rusty now, so not sure

That rings a bell Phil, Was it not Fancy Smith??
Could not have been Fancy Smith as I just looked it up and his name in Z Cars was PC David Graham.

No, Brian Blessed played the part of Fancy Smith, and for me was the most interesting character in the show

That's quite correct E and he was indeed quite a character,
PC Graham was played by Colin Welland.


When Z Cars first appeared there was some unease within police ranks that police officers were being shown as human beings with all that it entails.

I seem to remember one story line about PC Steele (played by Jeremy Kemp) beating his wife in a drunken outburst.  This was a revelation to the many people who viewed police officers at the time as being of similar temperament to George Dixon (of Dock Green)

George Dixon, Now you are talking. The Blue Lamp. Leading man dies only to be ressurected for the next 26 years I think it was. Played by the late great Jack Warner.
Outstanding.

Here is the man himself...........................

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That's him indeed S   and Jack Warner was a bit of a 'turn' before he assumed that role.


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Yes Z.Jack Warner used to do very amusing 'Monologues' as a side line. Can you remember any of them?

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The London scene in the Dixon of Dock Green era, and the so familiar buses :




Of course it was often very foggy during the late 1950s, so at times the picture would not have been very clear!

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......................and this is what I fondly remember of that London fog when going to visit my nan in Stratford, East London, in the 1950s, and around Lewisham in the 1970s:



At times all you could see - just - were the lights of the bus when it was almost on top of you

[splott]

The London scene in the Dixon of Dock Green era, and the so familiar buses :




Of course it was often very foggy during the late 1950s, so at times the picture would not have been very clear!

Yes and those buses had clippies.And did I fancy the clippie on the No.79 I used to get home from school

[Dishevelled Den]

I remember the Blackpool murder of Superintendant Gerald Richardson as it happend in my Gran's backyard, he was and is to this day I believe the highest ranking officer to be killed on duty. The killer was Frederick Joesph Sewell. I have searched the internet for a few years looking to see if Sewell ever made parole, all to no avail.

Not quite Di, Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan (RUC) were murdered near Jonesborough South Armagh on March 20 1989.

Some details here;

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/victims/docs/newspapers/sunday_tribune/breen_strib_020907.pdf

Not strictly relevant to a bus thread I know but interesting in light of the police aspect to the thread.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

The London scene in the Dixon of Dock Green era, and the so familiar buses :




Of course it was often very foggy during the late 1950s, so at times the picture would not have been very clear!

Yes and those buses had clippies.And did I fancy the clippie on the No.79 I used to get home from school

That reminds me!!   I used to collect the unused rolls from the conductors machines if I had the opportunity, and go home to play at being a clippy!

What innocent fun we had 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

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And specially for you Splott, to get your heart racing, here is one of the London clippies:

[Dishevelled Den]

Yes Z.Jack Warner used to do very amusing 'Monologues' as a side line. Can you remember any of them?

I can't really S but I found this example of his talent on the 'Tube;



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etjoc0fJFjk[/media]

[splott]

Yes Z.Jack Warner used to do very amusing 'Monologues' as a side line. Can you remember any of them?

I can't really S but I found this example of his talent on the 'Tube;



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etjoc0fJFjk[/media]

Brill

Here is a copy of the script to one of his monologues............................

A FUMPER AND FLATTENER OF FEVVERS
by
Jack Warner



Now a man I know a very funny kind of job enjoys
It's really making shuttlecocks and other feathered toys
His job's to bend the feathers so they stick a certain way
And this is what he told me when I saw him yesterday.

He's a fumper and a flattener of fevvers
He's a fevver fumper that's the job 'e's at,
'Cos when a fevver furls up and when a fevver curls up
The fevver fumper fumps the fevver flat.

Now the fevver fumper feeds the fevver fixer
And the fixer fixes fevvers that 'e's dumped
But the curled ones he refuses, so the fevvers that 'e uses
Are the fevvers that the fevver fumper's fumped.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I always wondered what checks there were on the clippies ticket machines vs. the money actually collected, and I have found this wonderfully (well for us transport enthusiasts) interesting film:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48055

8-) 8-) 8-)

[Dishevelled Den]

I always wondered what checks there were on the clippies ticket machines vs. the money actually collected, and I have found this wonderfully (well for us transport enthusiasts) interesting film:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48055

8-) 8-) 8-)

A splendid link E I love those British Pathe films

[Dishevelled Den]

Yes Z.Jack Warner used to do very amusing 'Monologues' as a side line. Can you remember any of them?

I can't really S but I found this example of his talent on the 'Tube;



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etjoc0fJFjk[/media]

Brill

Here is a copy of the script to one of his monologues............................

A FUMPER AND FLATTENER OF FEVVERS
by
Jack Warner



Now a man I know a very funny kind of job enjoys
It's really making shuttlecocks and other feathered toys
His job's to bend the feathers so they stick a certain way
And this is what he told me when I saw him yesterday.

He's a fumper and a flattener of fevvers
He's a fevver fumper that's the job 'e's at,
'Cos when a fevver furls up and when a fevver curls up
The fevver fumper fumps the fevver flat.

Now the fevver fumper feeds the fevver fixer
And the fixer fixes fevvers that 'e's dumped
But the curled ones he refuses, so the fevvers that 'e uses
Are the fevvers that the fevver fumper's fumped.

That's great S, I tried to speak the final two verses aloud - but failed miserably

[splott]

Yes Z.Jack Warner used to do very amusing 'Monologues' as a side line. Can you remember any of them?

I can't really S but I found this example of his talent on the 'Tube;



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etjoc0fJFjk[/media]

Brill

Here is a copy of the script to one of his monologues............................

A FUMPER AND FLATTENER OF FEVVERS
by
Jack Warner



Now a man I know a very funny kind of job enjoys
It's really making shuttlecocks and other feathered toys
His job's to bend the feathers so they stick a certain way
And this is what he told me when I saw him yesterday.

He's a fumper and a flattener of fevvers
He's a fevver fumper that's the job 'e's at,
'Cos when a fevver furls up and when a fevver curls up
The fevver fumper fumps the fevver flat.

Now the fevver fumper feeds the fevver fixer
And the fixer fixes fevvers that 'e's dumped
But the curled ones he refuses, so the fevvers that 'e uses
Are the fevvers that the fevver fumper's fumped.

That's great S, I tried to speak the final two verses aloud - but failed miserably

Many more on this link..................

http://monologues.co.uk/Jack_Warner/Funny_Occupations_1.htm

The one about alabaster is really funny

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Another piece of British history is the employment of women to overcome the shortages of men due to the First World War.

This picture shows a female clippy engaged during that conflict:

[Vamps]

You look so well in that photo Lizzie.. is this where your interest in all things, bus, comes from....