keith lockey

It was a children's TV show in the late sixties I would have been about 12yrs old and it used to scare the beejeebers out of me. Especially the witch - Eucalypta. It wouldn't get passed the censors nowadays. (Then again, they did let the Teletubbies get by!)

Maybe Icke was right all along. Maybe the 'Illuminated Ones' really are ruling things. The Rs and Rs - the ...childs and the ...fellows..

Granny selling baccy to kids was nothing compared to this one - see link. Paulus the woodgnome. Just look at the creatures and witch in this clip. It's enough to give kids nightmares for the rest of their lives.

Mike Mercury!!! We had Supercar but I couldn't remember his name. But Captain Larry Dart of Space patrol I recall. I also had the hots for Marina in Stingray, but don't tell Troy Tempest, he's the jealous type. Believe it or not I had a Captain Scarlet wallet and was a full fledged Man from U.N.C.L.E. with number 2 on my ID badge. Open channel D.

Sorry Keith, i didn't mean to burst your bubbles. To be honest I knew Mr Ed wasn't real. Lady Penelope told me at Captain Scarlet's birthday bash last year. It was a good turn out, Steve Zodiac turned up in his Fireball XL5. mind you he is going back hard, he is bald now and has nasal hair, but Troy Tempest is still looking chipper. For the entertainment they had a tag wrestling match. Jackie Pallo and Les Kellet versus King Kong and Mothra. And talking of wrestling, did you know Les Kellet trained Harvey Smith the show jumper and Jimmy Saville to be wrestlers. Here's a good link Bediesathome - http://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/wrestlersg.htm

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I'm getting out of sync messages regarding my cyberwotsits. Just remember, Malcolm and brother Alan. I was brought up thinking Torchie the Battery Boy was real. So is it my fault i can't tell a cybernaut from a cyberman. (Anyway, Torchie the Battery boy was ever ready.)

Malcolm, I honestly couldn't remember which was which!!! (So sad, I should get out more!) I went on YouTube to check and got the Avengers episodes. Patrick Macnee never changed throughout the series! He looked the same in the last one as he did in the first. But you could be correct - a cybernaut could be an undercover cyberman. But I bet they wouldn't have messed with Jackie Pallo - submit...no no no...submit...no no no.

Yeah, he played a gravedigger or something. I used to watch the Avengers and was terrified of the cybernauts. Hold on...which one's are in Dr Who - cybermen or cybernauts? Anyway the cyberwotsits had me scurrying for the back of the settee.

Looking back now I can't believe I actually enjoyed watching the wrestling on World of Sport. It is so obviously staged - but not then to a young lad. As a bit of trivia Jackie 'Mr TV' Pallo was a pantomine star and a bit of an actor. He appeared in an episode of The Avengers opposite Patrick Macnee & Honour Blackman.

Hi Keith, funny enough I can't remember anyone being hurt either. As I said, I just vaguely remember sidecars being up there and me and Jimmy Hunter taking a gander. It looked too dangerous for me, so if someone was hurt I wouldn't be surprised. (PS no slur intended on your Frank's footy abilities on the other site. I have posted an apology. I was having a go at my bro because he thought he was a better footballer than me at school - dream on bro, dream on!)

Regarding the scrutinizing of our sanity, bro, if you read the forum rules you'll there's a sanity clause. He comes once a year at Christmas. But let's get back to The Woods. Are there still sticklebacks and darnies in the shallows opposite the flat rock? And once again - what about Doyle's Shop. Did we get our Thunderbird cards there or something. I know we could get some sweets or whatever at Doyle's that we couldn't get elsewhere. But my memory banks are short of dilithium crystals and I can't recall what it was.

Hi Malcolm, those photos of the pit heap are awesome. I used to look out at it every day from my bedroom window at Terrier Close but I didn't really think it was that massive - until I saw your photos. Just for the record my father died down the Dr. A two months before I was born. He was a cutter and the machine caught a prop. The roof caved in on him. My family were at Bolam Place at the time then we moved up to Terrier Close. I still remember the pit hooter though! Incredible photos.

Nah! It was called Cliffhanger and starred Sly Stallone. I was his body double. I was also Arnie's body double in the Conan films. Not many people know that and I try to keep it a secret. What's that nurse! Time for my medication?

Hello everyone - sorry if I seem to be opening new topics willy nilly. Apologies, but I thirst for knowledge. Four questions; (1) Can anyone remember the Alsation dog that Vic and Vi had at the Terrier. It used to stand above the retail shop and bark at anybody coming in. (What was it's name - methinks not Tiddles!) (2) How many names has the Millfield had? I remember drinking there when John Tudor had it. Then it changed it's name to Connexxions or something - but it was the Dun Cow, wasn't it? (3) Why was the little bar in the Red Lion Called the Bunker? (Too obvious to be golf! Please!) (4) Last but not least - this has probably been answered a trillion times - but why was the Barrington Arms called the Monkey? I have heard that many different stories. I appreciate any help with the above. Cheers. keith.

Hi everyone, just joined this month. Pleased to see some Floyd fans about. I have just posted something on The Wall section. I am one of these sad people who still has locked away in the music vaults my treasued vinyl collection. Guarded by the minefields in the drive and the cold electronic eye. I'm a Moody Blues fan - circa late sixties until they split up, now they are a bit ify. But I noticed Mick Ronson up there - me and my bro went to see him at the City Hall in the seventies. Awesome guitarist, sadly missed. I have both Slaughter and Play Don't Worry - yes vinyl! Great to see High Hopes, too. brilliant. I will be checking this site more often. Keith.

Hello Floyd fans. I just joined June 24th 2012. I saw the Wall and Pros and Cons emblems on your profiles and guessed there were some decent music lovers on here. To be honest I'm a Moody Blues fan first and most - but their early stuff up to Seventh Sojourn. Now they seem to have descended into banal. But getting back to Pink Floyd - to me The Wall is the stuff of legends, no one is going to beat that album, but am I right in saying the only track on The Wall not to appear in the film is Hey You? By the way, my favourite Roger Waters album is Amused to Death - Three Wishes - awesome. Cheers.

Rightly so Keith, I'll slap my wrist and beg forgiveness. My brother is on the photo and me and him have a dig at each other over school footy. We both played for the school team but in different years, naturally. I was a left-footer so I was always on the left wing. But I stand corrected and doff my cap to your Frank. Cheers.

Two things about The Woods - or rather above them. I remember vaguely that there was motorcycle sidecar racing at the top of the hairpin bend, where the riding school thingy-watsit is now. Are my little grey cells turning to little green mush on that account or am I correct? Now on the Bedlington side, above the woods and at the bottom of Stead Lane, there was Doyle's Shop. When did that cease to be a shop? 1970s or 1980s? Somehow I remember being able to get something there that I couldn't get in any of the other shops - not rainbow drops but something similar.

You never saw them play, Malcolm! The last place you want to put that photo is in the sports section! Is there a hall of Shame section anywhere?

Yo Bro, what's Brad Pitt doing on one of your photos? was he here making a movie?

Thanks, Keith, for the poplars. Regarding the estate, bro, there was a farm above the woods on the Halfpenny Woods side. It was Pringles Farm if my doddering memory recalls.

I remember the cloakroom at the top where that little quiet bar was. One night I lost my ticket and the girl told me just to go in and find it. The room was like an L shape or dog leg. What you saw from the counter were neat coats hanging on neat pegs. Well I turned that corner and there was just a pile of coats and jackets on top of each other. I could have come away with anything I wanted. Happy days and nights at the Claggy Mat.

What names we had for the different locales in the woods! Seven Sisters, Monkey's Island, Giant's Footsteps. Anymore?

Seven Sisters, Keith! What kind of trees were they again?