Call The Midwife aerial

This is from the opening sequence. An interesting representation of a
1950s London TV aerial...

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Bill

This is from the opening sequence. An interesting representation of a
1950s London TV aerial...

I know there is no greater sin than that. But the BBC's budget for CGI
manifestly didn't run to hiring you as a consultant on aerials. 'Er
indoors has had it on and I noticed the same sequence has terrace upon
terrace of houses with pristine slates on the rooves. No risk of course
of damage in the East End, near the docks, in the 1950s. I should coco!
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Robin
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:56:09 -0000, "Robin" wrote:

This is from the opening sequence. An interesting representation of a
1950s London TV aerial...

I know there is no greater sin than that. But the BBC's budget for CGI
manifestly didn't run to hiring you as a consultant on aerials. 'Er
indoors has had it on and I noticed the same sequence has terrace upon
terrace of houses with pristine slates on the rooves. No risk of course
of damage in the East End, near the docks, in the 1950s. I should coco!

Starts in 1957 so we are talking CP rather than AP, either way, even
with a simple TRF, set a roof aerial would often have been an
unnecessary luxury, but I have no experience of channel 1 reception in
the East End.

As for that shot, it does make one cringe a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...97kBvA5hc#t=28


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Around our way in the 50s the roads were all concrete type with joins. I
noticed a while back, and this was before I lost my sight, that often period
pieces in this general area had smooth tarmac roads like we have now, so I
guess it is a bit of an ask for the beeb to paint the roads concrete colour.
Brian

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"Robin" wrote in message
...
This is from the opening sequence. An interesting representation of a
1950s London TV aerial...

I know there is no greater sin than that. But the BBC's budget for CGI
manifestly didn't run to hiring you as a consultant on aerials. 'Er
indoors has had it on and I noticed the same sequence has terrace upon
terrace of houses with pristine slates on the rooves. No risk of course
of damage in the East End, near the docks, in the 1950s. I should coco!
--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:30:41 -0000, "Brian_Gaff"
wrote:

Around our way in the 50s the roads were all concrete type with joins. I
noticed a while back, and this was before I lost my sight, that often period
pieces in this general area had smooth tarmac roads like we have now, so I
guess it is a bit of an ask for the beeb to paint the roads concrete colour.
Brian

I watch this series but I wish they would make magazines and branded
products look like new, instead of just using brown old museum
exhibits that the actors struggle not to damage.
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Dave W

Dave W wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:30:41 -0000, "Brian_Gaff"
wrote:

Around our way in the 50s the roads were all concrete type with joins. I
noticed a while back, and this was before I lost my sight, that often period
pieces in this general area had smooth tarmac roads like we have now, so I
guess it is a bit of an ask for the beeb to paint the roads concrete colour.
Brian

I watch this series but I wish they would make magazines and branded
products look like new, instead of just using brown old museum
exhibits that the actors struggle not to damage.

They had a lovely old Bedford CA in episode 2. It was obviously
someone's pride and joy. Chrome hubcaps and everything. God knows how
they'd managed to keep the rot at bay. My doors fell off in 1960.

Bill

The Trolleybus still held sway in the East end in the 1950's but it is
probably a bit much to expect them to put some wires up to run one.

G.Harman
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A bit off OT but if you're ever in Birmingham, the Black Country Living
Museum has working trolley buses for those youngsters like me who have never
ridden a real one. It was a fun ride and as quiet and smooth as I expected.
A very interesting crossing too where the twin power lines for the trolley
bus cross the single power line for their working trams.

Also, make sure you get fish & chips for lunch - oh they're good and cooked
properly in dripping.

Paul DS.

In message , Paul D Smith
writes

The Trolleybus still held sway in the East end in the 1950's but it is
probably a bit much to expect them to put some wires up to run one.

G.Harman


A bit off OT but if you're ever in Birmingham, the Black Country Living
Museum has working trolley buses for those youngsters like me who have
never ridden a real one. It was a fun ride and as quiet and smooth as
I expected. A very interesting crossing too where the twin power lines
for the trolley bus cross the single power line for their working trams.

Also, make sure you get fish & chips for lunch - oh they're good and
cooked properly in dripping.

In Newcastle upon Tyne, around 1963/4, they replaced the silent, nippy,
clean trolley buses with great lumbering, noisy Atlantean diesel buses
that lurched about all over the place and often belched out black smoke.
I believe they actually carried fewer passengers. In particular, they
would only allow 8 standing (possibly because they lurched so much),
whereas on the trolley buses, they packed in as many as they could
(15?). This might have been a H&S thing, but possibly it was also to
keep the Unions happy.
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Ian

In article ,
Robin wrote:

I noticed the same sequence has terrace upon terrace of houses with
pristine slates on the rooves. No risk of course of damage in the East
End, near the docks, in the 1950s. I should coco!

Didn't see the program, but my recollection is of living where across the
street was a gap where a number of houses had been bombed and not replaced.
Ditto for a large area behind our terraced house, and for a gap on our side
of the road about 5 doors down. My primary school was a couple of streets
away and I'd pass a number of other such gaps each time I walked to/from
school. Being young I assumed everywhere was like this and that the gaps
and piles of rubble were great playgrounds. :-)

The roof also leaked, but it has only now occurred to me that this might
have been due to bomb damage as well. I think my parents took for granted
that a landlord who would repair was as likely as a herd of zebra walking
down the street.

The area (near Stratford Station) was bulldozed at the end of the 1960s.
For all I know it was been bulldozed again just before the Lumpits. Maybe I
couldn't now afford to live there. :-)

The only survival I'm aware of is the Theatre Royal. Used to walk past that
going to/from school and it seems to still be there.

Jim

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"Paul D Smith" wrote in message
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The Trolleybus still held sway in the East end in the 1950's but it is
probably a bit much to expect them to put some wires up to run one.

G.Harman
++++++++

A bit off OT but if you're ever in Birmingham, the Black Country Living
Museum has working trolley buses for those youngsters like me who have
never ridden a real one. It was a fun ride and as quiet and smooth as I
expected. A very interesting crossing too where the twin power lines for
the trolley bus cross the single power line for their working trams.

I have a dim memory of a government-produced leaflet (presumably to do with
passing the driving test) which included the requirement to be able to
change lanes in a trolleybus without dewiring. And turn a tracked vehicle
around by use of the tracks.

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Max Demian