RichardB Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Anyone remember Gonks ? Surely someone must still have one kicking about somewhere ? Lulu and the Luvvers - Gonks Go Beat a truely awful film, maybe 1965, but I'm more than willing to wrong on that, I was only 3at thetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Anyone remember Gonks ? Surely someone must still have one kicking about somewhere ? Lulu and the Luvvers - Gonks Go Beat a truely awful film, maybe 1965, but I'm more than willing to wrong on that, I was only 3at thetime. Tivvy was a Gonk. He used to advertise the TV Times in the 1960's and his catch phrase was "In colour" Not sure weather that refered to the TV Times which had colour pictures in unlike the Radio Times which was still in black & white at the time or if it refered to the new experimental UHF 625 line broadcasts which were in colour. I can remember Gonks, Can anyone remember Tivvy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Tivvy was a Gonk. He used to advertise the TV Times in the 1960's and his catch phrase was "In colour" Not sure weather that refered to the TV Times which had colour pictures in unlike the Radio Times which was still in black & white at the time or if it refered to the new experimental UHF 625 line broadcasts which were in colour. I can remember Gonks, Can anyone remember Tivvy? Best I could find on the net, may help to provoke someones memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Anyone remember Gonks ? Surely someone must still have one kicking about somewhere ? Lulu and the Luvvers - Gonks Go Beat a truely awful film, maybe 1965, but I'm more than willing to wrong on that, I was only 3at thetime. Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Graham Bond, Kenneth Conner, Frank Thornton, Terry Scott and Lulu - some kind of early Supergroup ? Gonks Go Beat Nothing to do with Sheffield as such, but, hoping for Sheffield Gonk memories. More Gonk history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Best I could find on the net, may help to provoke someones memory Looks like the wife, same size too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Anyone remember Gonks ? Surely someone must still have one kicking about somewhere ? Lulu and the Luvvers - Gonks Go Beat a truely awful film, maybe 1965, but I'm more than willing to wrong on that, I was only 3at thetime. Newer Moderators : this one is a prime candidate to be moved to Non Sheffield History ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Newer Moderators : this one is a prime candidate to be moved to Non Sheffield History ... Too late, someone has already moved it for you Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Tivvy was a Gonk. He used to advertise the TV Times in the 1960's and his catch phrase was "In colour" Not sure weather that refered to the TV Times which had colour pictures in unlike the Radio Times which was still in black & white at the time or if it refered to the new experimental UHF 625 line broadcasts which were in colour. I can remember Gonks, Can anyone remember Tivvy? I can also remember from the 1960's an episode of Blue Peter in which Valerie Singleton showed you how to make your own Gonk (it may even have been Tivvy) with frequent references to "one she had made earlier" It was made as always from some felt material, an old washing up bottle, some sticky back plastic, some strong glue, some double sided sticky tape, an old box, some wool, some string, a piece of card and a pair of Val's old nickers. {Except that I added the bit about Val's old nickers, - it was a saying we used to have about the stuff they made on Blue Peter at the time } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Newer Moderators : this one is a prime candidate to be moved to Non Sheffield History ... Too late, someone has already moved it for you Richard. Who moved it then, and why haven't they inserted an edit note? Or is it being kept secret ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Who moved it then, and why haven't they inserted an edit note? Or is it being kept secret Obviously from the quote, it wasn't me, - and I would have attached a note. Was it a moderator, a topic fairy, or a gonk that moved it? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Obviously from the quote, it wasn't me, - and I would have attached a note. Was it a moderator, a topic fairy, or a gonk that moved it? OK Dave maybe it was the gonk that did it then, in that case we will have to suspend membership of a another new member lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Best I could find on the net, may help to provoke someones memory Even had his own book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Who moved it then, and why haven't they inserted an edit note? Or is it being kept secret Guilty as charged. Sorry I forgot about the edit note I was consentrating more on getting it moved to the right slot. [ what a Gonk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Guilty as charged. Sorry I forgot about the edit note I was consentrating more on getting it moved to the right slot. [ what a Gonk] Well done Ukelele Lady, that's one more thing moved than me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Guilty as charged. Sorry I forgot about the edit note I was consentrating more on getting it moved to the right slot. [ what a Gonk] Well done UKL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Well done UKL ! What a cofession ukelele lady. Currently there are only 6 members logged on 5 of those are moderators ..and a few minutes ago all 5 of them were viewing this topic waiting for that confession {Isn't it great to have that little box at the bottom back they tells you who is looking at a particular topic } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Graham Bond, Kenneth Conner, Frank Thornton, Terry Scott and Lulu - some kind of early Supergroup ? Gonks Go Beat Nothing to do with Sheffield as such, but, hoping for Sheffield Gonk memories. More Gonk history Gonks go beat excerpt (1965) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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