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50 years on getting older and older

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:30 am
by MajGenl.Meade
It's an odd thing that I remember clearly what I was doing when the news came to the UK that John Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. I was watching "children's TV" - that is, the programmes on between 5 and 6 on the BBC and it was the first episode of Dr Who. "Kennedy's been shot" I rushed into the shop to tell mum and dad.

Except that's rubbish isn't it?

The news that Kennedy was shot reached the TV watching public at 6:42 on the Friday - Dr Who didn't start until 5:17pm on the Saturday although its start was delayed by some minutes because of the assassination coverage.

So I wonder what TV programme was I watching at 6:42 on Friday 22nd November 1963?

Ah well... two historic events to remember this weekend

Meade

Re: 50 years on getting older and older

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:02 pm
by dales
Aldous Huxley died the same day.

Re: 50 years on getting older and older

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:21 pm
by Econoline
So did C.S. Lewis.