Our websites include the Whirligig
British Television and Radio nostalgia sites from
the Fifties where we celebrate the decade in all
its monochrome glory; the quaintly formal
presenters with their clipped English accents,
the clunky theatrical dramas, the cosy parlour
games, and the first TV adverts with their
curiously infectious jingles. Everyone feels some
nostalgia for the TV and Radio programmes that
they watched and listened to when very young, so
here we attempt to bring back to you some of the
flavour of TV and Radio from the Fifties.
Our British Military Ceremonial
website celebrates the custom of Trooping the
Colour which dates back to the time of Charles II
in the 17th. Century when the Colours of a
regiment were used as a rallying point in battle
and were therefore trooped in front of the
soldiers every day to make sure that every man
could recognise those of his own regiment. This
impressive display of pageantry is now held on
the occasion of the Queen's Official Birthday. It
takes place in June each year to celebrate the
official Birthday of the Sovereign and is carried
out by her personal troops, the Household
Division, on Horse Guards Parade, with the Queen
herself attending and taking the salute.
The Crazy Gang
were a collection of zany comedians combining three
double acts all of which had enjoyed individual successes
- Jimmy Nervo and Teddy Knox, Bud Flanagan and Chesney
Allen, and Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold - and
sometimes joined by, perhaps the most comical of them
all, 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray, a master of slapstick and
comedy juggler. Together they became a real comedy
phenomenon and our tribute website details the Gang
members and provides information about the shows and
films in which they appeared.
We have also recently completed websites
for TV and movie extra Harry Fielder and The Friends of
Beckenham Recreation Ground.
