The Good Old Days

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The Good Old Days by Marjory Lacy
The Good Old Days
Question Impossible
Random Joke of The Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Finish with a Song

The Good Old Days.

Well,

what comes to mind is

The City Varieties in Leeds.

Did you see it on the Telly?

Have you been there? Really!

My father in law, worked around

The corner, went there for a beer -sound!

As an early customer, he got

The job of sticking tassels on the spot

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, if you know

What I mean. He would go home, so

Happy, to his little fat wife,

She does not know of his secret life!

He was tall and thin, thin like a

Jockeys’ whip, -

"Jack Spratt could eat no fat

His wife could eat no lean,

So between the two

They licked the platter clean!"

Sorry, I just cannot be serious

The Good Old days were so hilarious.

Marjory Lacy

The Good Old Days

For my non UK readers 'The Good Old Days' was a BBC entertainment programme which ran from 1953 to 1983.

It was performed at the Leeds City Varieties and recreated an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian–Edwardian music hall with songs and sketches of the era performed by present-day performers in the style of the original artistes.

The audience dressed in period costume and joined in the singing, especially "Down at the Old Bull and Bush" which closed the show. The show was compered by Leonard Sachs, who introduced the acts from a desk situated at the side of the stage. In the course of its run it featured about 2,000 performers. Each show was up to an hour long. All acts were in the style of late Victorian/Edwardian stage acts.

Here's a video of the show with a famous UK comedian who, I'm sad to say, passed away in 1993.

Question Impossible
Given that The Good Old Days ran for the 30 years, what is the longest (still) running show on TV?

Answer below

Random Joke of the Day

My old Mum used to say, "Always give your food a rinse before you eat it." Lovely woman, terrible sandwiches.

That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting an exhausting 38 minutes.

Question Impossible....The Answer.

The longest running TV show on the planet is - The American Show 'Meet the Press' which started in 1947 and is still running.

Finish with a Song

Given the theme, this is Yesterday by the Beatles released in 1965