I find it fascinating that the 1970s are so widely vaunted as "The Golden Age Of Television". Can somebody please explain? For ins...

Signed photograph showing Doris Speed as Annie Walker, Mayoress of Weatherfield. Inscription on the back of the photograph. The Rover...

The 1960s were never going to be an easy act to follow and so, as we entered the new decade, we found that "last year's styles are ...

16/12/1970 - what's coming up on telly tonight?! The first of three novels, for fans of the telly series. Oh no, sorry, the blurb on t...

This little terrace, seen here derelict in 1971, was the inspiration for the original Coronation Street architecture. Back in 1960, with th...

1971 brought the second of the three A Family At War novels. Here's a brief extract: It seemed to him [Edwin] that there was nothing ...

A Corgi Magic Roundabout train with Mr Rusty on board arrives. But not for me. I also remember a wonderful Corgi Magic Garden, complete wi...

Eric has a moment of misery, but Hattie sees the funny side. The original Sykes series began in 1960 and ended in 1965. In 1972, the series ...

From Yorkshire Television came this London-based comedy drama (it was NOT a sitcom!), which ran from 1973-1977. Remember that theme tune? ...

1975: "Fanny Cradock Cooks For Christmas" - seasonal fare for the cash-strapped 1970s. 1976: "The Big Time" - Fanny reg...

This is a snippet from my local newspaper the Cambridge Evening News , dated 10/12/1977. It's interesting (if you happen to live in mid...

A newspaper advertisement from November 1978. It's great to see the remote control sets, but these wouldn't be making their debut i...

It's 1979, and on the telly (pre-strike!!) and in the TV Times a militant boy is on a crusade to stop grown-ups from eating Rice Krispie...

IT COULD BE A SHAKING REVIVAL From the TV Times , July 1979. Shakin’ Stevens - known to his friends as Shaky - is a miner’s son from Cardif...