pmccarthy Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 “Dashing away with a smoothing iron, she stole my heart away”. You have to be a certain age to remember that song on the Argonauts Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I remember the Argonauts Club well, but I don't recall that particular song. I do recall the "Argonauts, Row, Row, Row!!", and.... "the wireless says to hurry and run, and leave your games and toys, the wireless says the time has come, for all the girls and boys!..." songs. Gee, I didn't realise how much the "jolly-good, what-oh!" Pommy accents and mannerisms were the prevalent speaking manner of the day, back then. Sounds so 1930's, today. Wish I knew where my Argonauts badge got to - or if I could even remember my Argonaut name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 What did JASON have to do with them ? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jason was a Greek hero and leader of the Argonauts. Your seven-year-old education was inadequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 By the time I was 7 the school gave me a book I still have." How it works and how it's done". Things like that make you miss out on a lot and I built radios and listened to" Voice of America" on short wave in the middle of the night.. and poured over every popular Mechanics and model aeroplane book I could find and "Robbery Under Arms' and Air Adventures of Biggles (or someone) in the afternoons on the radio. No wonder I'm weird. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I thought everyone knew about all the Greek myths and legends and heroes! Jason and the Golden Fleece, along with the Argonauts, is one of the Greek Classics. https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/jason-and-legendary-golden-fleece-001307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I feel deprived. I missed out on that phase of my childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 The air adventures of Biggles replaced the Argonauts for me. And I read lots of Biggles books. As I recall there was Algernon Lacey, Ginger Hebbelthwaite, Lord Bertie Lissie, and the evil Erich von Stalhein. Must have made more impression than Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 For those older Baby Boomers, Sunday mornings meant "tuning in the wireless" and "listen in" to Charlie Chuckles on the radio. When Sunday comics ran to four double pages, Charlie Chuckles used to read at least some on air. Charlie Chuckles, introduced Superman, Joe Palooka, Popeye and the rest of The Sunday Telegraph comics. Kids could join the Charlie Chuckles Club to be a Chuckler and and get a the Club's Kookaburra badge. They could enter competitions and submit poems, stories and hints. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248477639?searchTerm=charlie chuckles&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales "Charlie Chuckles" was the broadcaster Howard Craven. In this link https://www.australianotr.com.au/blog/charlie-chuckle-vs-charlie-chuckles there is a audio piece of Howard reading the comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 No One has mentioned Moey mcCacky and Lasho (sp) .....Sacrilege. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Gee, Nev - Now you're talking ancient history, long before any of us "oldies" were born! Roy "Mo" Rene and Harold Francis Lashwood were certainly famous comedians, but probably most popular between the Wars, and as stage comedians - although I see where Roy and Lasho did turn to radio shows between 1946 and 1950, when Roys poor health started to impact on him. Roy only did two more radio shows for the ABC, one in 1951 and one in 1952. He died in 1954, aged 63, from chronic heart disease. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rene-roy-mo-8181 http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/lashwood-harold-francis-hal-17116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Gee, Nev - Now you're talking ancient history, long before any of us "oldies" were born! Cop that, young Harry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Some of you young Fella's have a lot to learn yet. I forgive errors of omission based on youth and inexperience. That's only fair isn't it? You don't build bridges out of saplings. A bit more time will help..Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Mo made a posthumous comeback in the late 1950s in a show called “ memories of Mo”. The theme song was set to “ thanks for the memories” and it went: thanks for the memories, the memories of Mo, the old friends that you know, we'll have more for you next week, but now we have to go, so thank you, Roy Rene, Mo. so we young'uns still learned about all the characters and cop that young Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 That reminds me. . . . . . I heard this tonight.. Does anyone know a good reliable vet? I’ve accidentally swallowed the cats tablets... don’t ask meow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 If a deaf person who converses by signing gets Parkinson's, do they stutter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Apparently, most taxi drivers only listen to the first word said to them by a client. Which could explain the overly large number of Chinese people, . . . . in Harrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I reckon that's your BEST, Phil baby. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I reckon that's your BEST, Phil baby. Nev A bit early in the year for bestowing that accolade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 He's ALLOWED to provide a BETTER one. Will we make it compulsory and make sure he doesn't rest on his Laurels, like the House of Lords does?. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Are you suggesting that we encourage someone to keep it up with the Dad jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David2ayo Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 He needs no encouragement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 It's a little known fact that, before crowbars were invented, most crows drank at home . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmick Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Managed to Pry a smile out of me with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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