tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post7348449423878700465..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Damned by Faint PraiseSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-53097407353291154712009-12-01T20:27:56.946+00:002009-12-01T20:27:56.946+00:00That's the thing LLG - Monica Dickens could wr...That's the thing LLG - Monica Dickens could write. She wasn't just trading on the family name. <br /><br />I hate being instrumental in the destruction of her books, but I comfort myself with the knowledge that the print runs were huge. <br /><br />I hope that an imaginative publisher will see an opportunity to introduce Monica Dickens to a new generation of readers.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-86224769015114715752009-11-30T17:15:34.437+00:002009-11-30T17:15:34.437+00:00What a shame. I love Monica Dickens. I have a shel...What a shame. I love Monica Dickens. I have a shelf of her books which i still read. They are such fascinating windows into a completely different time. LLGLiberty London Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990085860723818996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-37493869712485998172009-11-27T13:37:57.287+00:002009-11-27T13:37:57.287+00:00It's amazing how a single piece of music can w...It's amazing how a single piece of music can worm it's way into your conciousness. <br /><br />Follyfoot was on ITV, and along with magpie - was frowned upon by my resolutely working class parents who 'wanted something better' for their children - and that meant the BBC. It still gives me a frisson of something...forbidden and mysterious.<br /><br />We were also not allowed to wear denim, until the Duchess of Kent was photographed in jeans in my mothers Daily Telegraph.Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35833934487042257222009-11-27T09:21:54.898+00:002009-11-27T09:21:54.898+00:00I was a bit young for Follyfoot, however I know th...I was a bit young for <i>Follyfoot</i>, however I know the theme tune from my Geoff Love TV Themes album. It's a corker.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-26058486821510946722009-11-27T08:58:54.685+00:002009-11-27T08:58:54.685+00:00I seem to recall going through a Monica Dickens ph...I seem to recall going through a Monica Dickens phase as a teenager.<br /><br />I suppose it was inevitable that her illustrious forbear would be a hell of an act to follow!<br /><br />However she was impressively prolific and obviously popular in her time. Don't remember Follyfoot, but then I was more of a 1980s child.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-55008827661073646182009-11-27T06:42:27.772+00:002009-11-27T06:42:27.772+00:00Jim, Sapphire and Steel wasn't a kids' pro...Jim, <i>Sapphire and Steel</i> wasn't a kids' programe (despite the silly title sequence from Anglia). It was shown around the same time as <i>Coronation Street</i>.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42267566657592351492009-11-27T04:14:15.549+00:002009-11-27T04:14:15.549+00:00We got a set of Follyfoot DVDs for my wife's g...We got a set of <i>Follyfoot</i> DVDs for my wife's granddaughter last Xmas (and had to watch them before they were sent). My wife is an American and so never grew up with the show. I have to say I was surprised how much I enjoyed what I've always regarded in my head as something of a girl's programme. She thoroughly enjoyed them too.<br /><br />At the moment we're working our way through <i>Sapphire and Steel</i>. Surprisingly scary for a kids' programme. The one I'm curious to see again actually is <i>The Owl Service</i>. I think I was a bit young for it then because I don't recall enjoying it that much but I know others who speak fondly of it.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-7454123236777356402009-11-26T21:37:26.458+00:002009-11-26T21:37:26.458+00:00Just as my energy was flagging you put a spring in...Just as my energy was flagging you put a spring in my step with Follyfoot.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-72472350145497373342009-11-26T21:33:28.293+00:002009-11-26T21:33:28.293+00:00I'd be much more interested in a writer deemed...I'd be much more interested in a writer deemed 'only sometimes acceptable'.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.com