Another Blast from the Past. A few more familiar faces that graced our screens in the fifties.

6-5 Special

Groovy Cats on the 'Six Five Special' Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas (she is the one in the middle with striped blouse). Look WHO else dropped in to be in the audience. Jon Pertwee at the back.
Two pigs by the name of Pinky and Perky took the country by storm. Singing speeded up popular songs. They were created by the Czechs Jon and Vlasta Dalibor and you could not see the strings!

Black and White Minstrals

The Non-PC 'Black and White Minstral Show' was one of the most popular shows on the box ever. As well as being on once a week, they were playing to packed houses in the west end theatre. Regulars on the show were Leslie Crowther, Valerie Brooks, Stan Stennet and George Chisholm (The Greatest Trombonist Ever).
Bruce Forsyth when he was a boy. 1958 he took over the 'Beat the Clock' on Sunday Night At The London Paladium. Seen here giving the 'Shadows' a guitar, they must have got the price right.

OXO Katie

1958 was the start of the most enduring marriage. Katie (Mary Holland) and Philip (Richard Clarke followed by Peter Moynihan) starred in the first advertising soap opera. Katie cooked every thing with 'OXO'. Life in the Katie household was so perfect that nobody noticed she changed husbands half way.
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