How We Used To Enjoy School Holidays In Bonny England

[molly bloom]

I think I know why so many people of my age had a great affection for Donald Pleasance. He gave us nightmares.

I still have a great deal of affection for the old Public Information films...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

This is what school holidays in the 1970s sounded like.



Did anyone ever actually watch it all the way through?

[molly bloom]

I loved the theme music to that series. Also watching how the lips of the actors didn't match the English words they were speaking.
Same kind of fun with 'The Flashing Blade'...

I used to enjoy the Public Information films, and the ones you used to find on the B.B.C. about castles and stately homes, with audio effects of battles and hauntings...

I can't locate the footage at the moment, but here's a jolly nice clip of Bodiam Castle...