Following on from the question about WWE in Sport, gazzawazza mentioned Rediffusion in his answer and sent us all down memory lane. What fond memories do other people have of tv, particularly in the...
I remember these sweets, they were oval shaped, made of chocolate with little crisp bits in. You bought them by the quarter from the sweetie shop. I haven't thought about them in years then today I...
I remember something at the back of my mind about there being a theory that only a certain number of basic storylines exist and all fiction is a variation on one of these basic stories. Apologies that...
My grandmother (who was born in Exeter and lived most of her life in Plymouth) used to say to me 'you'm maze me luvver ' meaning 'you're mad and I love you!!' Has anybody else ever heard the word...
Jeremy Vine is running a poll for the best opening line in a song ever - what are your suggestions? (Before someone tells me, I realise there has been a similar question before but not for a couple of...
Here are the notes for another piece of music i have been trying to place for ages - again, they are very approximate, but should give you an idea! F F F D# C# A# G# C# D'# F# F C#
I have been trying to get a famous piece of music usually played on carousels - these are the (very approx!) notes C B C D# G# G G# A# G# G G# C D G. Can anybody tell me the name of the piece of music...
I am interested in song lyrics that convey contempt, anger, bitterness, disdain etc towards another person. My favourite example is 'I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my...
When I was little, I had a great-uncle who used to always whistle or sing the same song 'it's my mother's birthday today, and I'm on my way, with a lovely bouquet'. I have often wondered if he made it...
On Ken Bruce (Radio 2) this morning, he played 50 Ways To Leave your Lover by Paul Simon, and he said that Steve Gadd's drumming on the track was an example of linear drumming. Now I think I...
I have just checked the results of the vote for Britains Best Sitcom - now I don't want to argue with a public vote but I am shocked at The Vicar of Dibley being 3rd. Quite honestly I wouldn't have...
Can anyone think of a chocolate bar, or chocolate sweet with a the clue 'to hunt' (for a school quiz). We cn only think of Tracker, but they don't normally have chocolate on them!
I have an accounts job I need to do, it isn't difficult just time consuming, once I start it I actually quite enjoy it, but I continually put it off, and end up surfing round the net, writing letters...
What is the name of the piece of music often heard in films and on tv as a funeral dirge - the only way I can describe it is to say that as a child I would sing the words 'where shall we be in a 100...