Posts Tagged ‘ retro ’

Bull Ring Shopping Centre advert from 1985

from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: Birmingham Bullring Shopping Centre TV advert from 1985 (via Brumcast)

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The Saturday Men (West Bromwich Albion 1962)

“The Saturday Men” spends a week following West Bromwich Albion around. It follows them to training, the inner workings of the boardroom (to the extent to which the inhabitants of said room were going to be honest when there were cameras around), takes the time to meet a former player who is about to embark on a new career as a salesman and even stops in on a pre-match team talk by the club’s then manager, Archie McAuley.

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Davenports Bitter Ad – from the 80s

Lot’s of ‘TV’ Brummie accents, spot “we wanna be tugether” bloke in there

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Compost Corner

Made in Birmingham all those years ago, TISWAS was truly great TV. I remember it well – despite my Dad taking our telly to work on Saturday mornings, when he was on overtime, so he could watch it.I even got to sit in the studio once, beside the cage, so I’m thrilled to learn that a TISWAS REUNITED show is coming to ITV this spring.Okay, it’ll be all talking head rubbish – and not filmed in Brum as there are no studios left – but I’ll be watching.Via OTT

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