Wayne Dearden
@megawayned.bsky.social
Bi Bear who's a Retro computer/console and CRT TV collector & repair guy.
I love the fact there was a reference to this in David Tennant-era Doctor Who. The Doctor asks why Sarah Jane didn't try to repair K-9 and she replies: "It's not like getting parts for a Mini Metro!"
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I love the fact there was a reference to this in David Tennant-era Doctor Who. The Doctor asks why Sarah Jane didn't try to repair K-9 and she replies: "It's not like getting parts for a Mini Metro!"
It's starting to spark all sorts of memories now! I think I might have a clip of it with Robert Llewellyn and Craig Charles on the end of a VHS tape of Red Dwarf somewhere.
I remember kids kicking "the watcher" and thinking bloody hell, if that CRT pops when it's powered up 😱
I remember kids kicking "the watcher" and thinking bloody hell, if that CRT pops when it's powered up 😱
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It's starting to spark all sorts of memories now! I think I might have a clip of it with Robert Llewellyn and Craig Charles on the end of a VHS tape of Red Dwarf somewhere.
I remember kids kicking "the watcher" and thinking bloody hell, if that CRT pops when it's powered up 😱
I remember kids kicking "the watcher" and thinking bloody hell, if that CRT pops when it's powered up 😱
I loved that show! I only fairly recently learned that The Little Green Man was played by Laurence Harvey i.e. Human Centipede 2 protagonist and Jago from Knicker Knock Box!
October 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I loved that show! I only fairly recently learned that The Little Green Man was played by Laurence Harvey i.e. Human Centipede 2 protagonist and Jago from Knicker Knock Box!
Had to put this on the Blyth Electricity Board page recently.
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Had to put this on the Blyth Electricity Board page recently.
I wonder if it'll have you going "Ha-ha this a-way..."
October 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I wonder if it'll have you going "Ha-ha this a-way..."
I think "nicotine yellow" is the official shade!
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I think "nicotine yellow" is the official shade!
Ferguson 3871! As seen in the Argos Catalogue:
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ferguson 3871! As seen in the Argos Catalogue:
*twangs staps*
That's not going anywhere...
That's not going anywhere...
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*twangs staps*
That's not going anywhere...
That's not going anywhere...
Can't help reading this in Father Dougal's voice.
September 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Can't help reading this in Father Dougal's voice.
Nick nick nick nick nick, to the radio...
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Nick nick nick nick nick, to the radio...
I wonder how many people sing the theme tune when going to Santa Pod Raceway in Podington?! I did, every single time.
September 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I wonder how many people sing the theme tune when going to Santa Pod Raceway in Podington?! I did, every single time.
Can't remember. I never watched Neighbours so it would make sense that I saw it before it started!
September 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Can't remember. I never watched Neighbours so it would make sense that I saw it before it started!
Same here. In fact mine was a Vanden Plas! Got it as payment for fitting a CD changer into a Jag (this was 1996)
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Same here. In fact mine was a Vanden Plas! Got it as payment for fitting a CD changer into a Jag (this was 1996)
Ey, ey, d'ya remember books? D'ya remember milk tokens? D'ya remember Austin Allegros?
September 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ey, ey, d'ya remember books? D'ya remember milk tokens? D'ya remember Austin Allegros?
Every time Neighbours finished:
"Fast, Fast, Forward, Forward, Forward, Forward..."
"Fast, Fast, Forward, Forward, Forward, Forward..."
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Every time Neighbours finished:
"Fast, Fast, Forward, Forward, Forward, Forward..."
"Fast, Fast, Forward, Forward, Forward, Forward..."
Rediffusion you say? I may have heard of such a thing...!
September 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Rediffusion you say? I may have heard of such a thing...!
This is immediately followed by a spoof Ceefax in-vision of what was going to be "people at it" 😁
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is immediately followed by a spoof Ceefax in-vision of what was going to be "people at it" 😁
Random thing, I used to work with a bloke who swears he saw Roy Castle in a "blue movie in the cinema" back in the day.
September 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Random thing, I used to work with a bloke who swears he saw Roy Castle in a "blue movie in the cinema" back in the day.