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BBC - Sign off; In the good olde days
Topic Started: Friday, 28. August 2009, 23:21 (215 Views)
Poesy	Friday, 28. August 2009, 23:21 Post #1
Posts: 488 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: September 26, 2006	I don't usually stay up this late, but I am on my last cup of tea and reading Ann-Marie's comment about t'other channel reminded me of the days when the BBC used to close down for the night at a sensible hour, I think at 23:00hrs. and play God Save the Queen. I think this tradition was dropped in the eighties. Can anyone remember? Edited by Poesy, Saturday, 29. August 2009, 07:52.
	Domine Jesu, noverim me .


OsullivanB	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 03:50 Post #2
Posts: 2,203 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	Radio 4 still closes with the National Anthem. I had an idea that BBC TV closed with the Epilogue.



Rose of York	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 06:31 Post #3
Administrator Posts: 14,561 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Definitely mid eighties.
	$Posted Image$ Catholic and proud of it! Talk to God before Mass. Talk to each other afterwards


Richard Hannay.	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 08:12 Post #4
Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #243 Joined: August 25, 2009	Radio 4, what a wonderful channel, its programmes are often the best way to spend an evening. However reminiscing about the good old days when England won the Ashes as one sat listening to Test Match Special in a deck chair with a glass of wine in the glorious August sunshine... Ah those halcyon day. Wait a minute that was only last week the good old days are now and yet to come. The past is full of happy memories and things we try to forget but as Christians we should be looking forward with hope and joy... and yet. Posey you are wise to think back to the days of yore when the BBC played the National Anthem at the close of the day, for Christianity is rooted in the past and there are traditions and customs which we should treasure and use as inspiration. But back to the good old days when the world could be put right by a scruffy dog and a moustache on a spring and all was calm on the river bank, happy days. Thanks for the reminder Posey. Edited by Richard Hannay., Saturday, 29. August 2009, 08:14.



Patrick	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 09:49 Post #5
Administrator Posts: 3,633 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: September 25, 2006	Rose of York Saturday, 29. August 2009, 06:31 Definitely mid eighties. 1997 was the last time Carol Hersee and the Test Card were seen.



Patrick	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 09:54 Post #6
Administrator Posts: 3,633 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: September 25, 2006	Much prefer the new one, with Myleene Klass: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-456720/Revamped-testcard-gets-touch-Klass.html



Mrs.Pogle	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 10:44 Post #7
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Does anyone remember this...
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front �It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.� ~ St. Frances of Rome


Poesy	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 11:44 Post #8
Posts: 488 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: September 26, 2006	Richard Hannay. Saturday, 29. August 2009, 08:12 Radio 4, what a wonderful channel, its programmes are often the best way to spend an evening. However reminiscing about the good old days when England won the Ashes as one sat listening to Test Match Special in a deck chair with a glass of wine in the glorious August sunshine... Ah those halcyon day. Wait a minute that was only last week the good old days are now and yet to come. The past is full of happy memories and things we try to forget but as Christians we should be looking forward with hope and joy... and yet. Posey you are wise to think back to the days of yore when the BBC played the National Anthem at the close of the day, for Christianity is rooted in the past and there are traditions and customs which we should treasure and use as inspiration. But back to the good old days when the world could be put right by a scruffy dog and a moustache on a spring and all was calm on the river bank, happy days. Thanks for the reminder Posey. Some memories are good look back on, but as you say, we are bidden to look ever forward with joy as Christians. I suppose the internet is a mixed blessing , it is a phenominal power of information used properly is a great tool of learning, which I would have found very useful in the past. Edited by Poesy, Saturday, 29. August 2009, 11:50.
	Domine Jesu, noverim me .


Anne-Marie	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 14:25 Post #9
Posts: 524 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	RADIO 4??? Dear me... don't you mean the BBC Home Service? I remember LISTEN with Mother on the radio... just once in my early years at primary school when, for a reason I never understood, the whole class had to listen to it, after lunch I think. I do remember Bill and Ben on TV... don't forget Weeeeeeed And many at my school in my teens left lessons to hear a radio programme for which I'd been interviewed Wellll, how was I to know how it would sound when I honestly answered a question? I'm a Catholic... I'm not supposed to lie... Edited by Anne-Marie, Saturday, 29. August 2009, 14:26.
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


SeanJ	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 17:59 Post #10
Moderator Posts: 881 Group: Moderator Member #208 Joined: September 26, 2008	Listen with mother. When I start a car journey with my wife and daughter as passengers, I often say "Are we all sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin." Sean



KatyA	Saturday, 29. August 2009, 20:06 Post #11
Administrator Posts: 5,421 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	I thought Radio 4 closed with this:



OsullivanB	Sunday, 30. August 2009, 02:40 Post #12
Posts: 2,203 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	I'm away, so can't check, but from memory that introduces the shipping forecast. Radio 4 then closes down. Then the National Anthem. That may be the end of Radio 4 or the beginning of the World Service, but I think the former. Lilliburlero used to introduce the World Service, and may still do so.



Richard Hannay.	Sunday, 30. August 2009, 05:05 Post #13
Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #243 Joined: August 25, 2009	http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio4/theme_tunes.htm UK Theme by Fritz Spiegl This one plays for the others you have to register. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/uk_theme.shtml Edited by Richard Hannay., Sunday, 30. August 2009, 05:18.



O'Ratty	Sunday, 30. August 2009, 07:13 Post #14
Posts: 418 Group: Members Member #223 Joined: March 15, 2009	Mrs.Pogle Saturday, 29. August 2009, 10:44 Does anyone remember this... Oh, yes...!
	Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything. - St. Gregory of Nyssa


Poesy	Sunday, 30. August 2009, 07:43 Post #15
Posts: 488 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: September 26, 2006	O'Ratty Sunday, 30. August 2009, 07:13 Mrs.Pogle Saturday, 29. August 2009, 10:44 Does anyone remember this... Oh, yes...! Yes, they were among my favourites, I also like Andy Pandy. I remember coming home from school at lunch time, and mum would always have her favourite programme on called , The One O'Clock Gang, usually featuring Andy Stewart clad in kilt, singing a few Scottish songs.
	Domine Jesu, noverim me .


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