65 today
 

Happy Birthday Sweep.

My favourite as a toddler, my earliest memory of a kids TV show. Along with Thomas The Tank Engine.

My first tv memories are


Bill and Ben
The WoodenTops
Andy Pandy


Takes by the Riverbank

Animal Magic

The Lone Ranger

Robinson Crusoe


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Sweep was always the bad boy, I loved him

Briliant....loved Sooty and Sweep and Sue....We even had all the puppets..:laugh:


Happy Birthday Sweep :cheer2:

and lets not forget Swoop as he is 65 too

Aw sweep :love:

when i watched the sooty show, it was Harry H rather than mathew that was the narrator

It wasn't Harry H. It would have been just Harry Corbett.

Harry H Corbett was the guy who played Harold Steptoe in Steptoe and Son.

He added the H to his name because when he became an actor there was already a Harry Corbett (Matthew's dad) who was the Sooty puppeteer, so he added the H to not get mixed up. And here you are mixing them up. He really added the H because back then you wasn't allowed to use the same name as someone else in showbiz.

When Harry H Corbett was asked what the H stood for he always said "Hanything"

Steptoe and Son would be my specialised subject if I ever went on Mastermind, and that's why I know this.

And here's another link to Steptoe and Son

This thread is titled "65 today"

Here's an episode of Steptoe and Son titled "Sixty-five today" Spooky eh?

It's a great episode, you should watch it.

Sweep :love:

Legend

Even though this is in the TV section, I still thought it was a TIBB member's birthday at first :laugh: .

Another interesting fact about Matthew Corbett is that his Great Uncle was Fish and Chip shop chain owner Harry Ramsden.

If you're ever on "Who's wants to be a millionaire" and you get that question, I want a grand for that information.

Was you thinking Niamh?