Leather car seats - The smell of luxury. [Our first car was a decommissioned fish van and had a very different smell.]
L Memories:
Our local 'flee-pit' - Cinemas in those days weren't multi-screen, multi-plex, multi-plastic affairs and they gained their 'flea-pit' nickname for a very good reason! Every little parade of shops had a local picture house or so it seemed. All cinemas used to show an A and a B movie. The B movie was shown first. It was a third rate film, often a cowboy, that nobody really wanted to see but we all watched it anyway. When both films were finished the National Anthem was played and we all stood up in respectful silence [unless you were near the exit in which case you'd scarper before it began!]
Radio Luxembourg - This was one of the few opportunities we had in the 50s to listen to music on the radio but the reception was awful. It faded in and out and we strained to listen turning our little transistor radios one way then the other to hear what was going on. This often happened under the bedclothes as the transmissions were late in the evenings. [More about radio in R.]
L Programmes:
| The Odeon was one of Leicester's smarter cinemas. |
Radio Luxembourg - This was one of the few opportunities we had in the 50s to listen to music on the radio but the reception was awful. It faded in and out and we strained to listen turning our little transistor radios one way then the other to hear what was going on. This often happened under the bedclothes as the transmissions were late in the evenings. [More about radio in R.]
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| Lassie and Jeff (Tommy Rettig) |
On TV:
Lone Ranger
Lassie
Larry the Lamb
Lunch Box
On Radio:
Listen with Mother
Life with the Lyons
L Names (by surname):
Vivien Leigh
L Music:
Brenda Lee singing Sweet Nothings
Lone Ranger
Lassie
Larry the Lamb
Lunch Box
On Radio:
Listen with Mother
Life with the Lyons
L Names (by surname):
| Sophia Loren |
Christopher Lee
Jerry Lee Lewis
Liberace
Sophia Loren
Vera Lynn
Mario Lanza
Lulu
Brenda Lee who provides the...L Music:
Brenda Lee singing Sweet Nothings
Have I forgotten any L memories?
