I was an ink monitor in primary school, highlight of my life."fountain pen"? They were for posh kids.
We had a nib on a stick that you dipped into your ink well.
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Those dubbed TV shows not sure if I can rember all of them - let me know if you remember more....
Robinson Crusoe (obvs)
The Flashing Blade
Yao African Prince
Belle and Sebastian
White Horses
The Singing Ringing tree
- later to make it big with Thunderbirds ....Not safe for kids to do some of that sadly anymore....
Those pens they supplied at school you spent more time using blotting paper than writing - a bad lad in our class we had a new student young women teacher & he dipped his blotting paper in his ink well & pelted her all down her white blouse - sent to the head master for the cane ....I was an ink monitor in primary school, highlight of my life.
He was the prototype for every bit part player that met a sticky end or went missing before the end of part 2Always recall a crew member Kowalski getting the short end of the stick each episode.
My thoughts entirely.He was the prototype for every bit part player that met a sticky end or went missing before the end of part 2
Four Feather Falls... terrifying, to me! He looks like Billy Redden (the banjo player from Deliverance).
Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons and Fireball XL5 were 2 others. My problem was I believed everything was real and they were in my house!
There's still a bit of anxiety there posting this
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