Yay! Kenneth is back!

@illarterate.bsky.social from the Russian 2X2 network with a "retro" teletext ident. Note the palm tree on the right!

Jago singing on Beatclub mit @laurencerharvey.bsky.social

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

YAY! Go Quentin! 🤩

Well that's the last time I buy Vans trainers. Only had these since May this year, been wearing Vans for nearly 25 years.

Aw no! Not Toilet Duck again.

'Free spectacular entertainment' which seems to be Lady Penelope, Rab C. Nesbitt in a clown costume and Bob Carolgees. That DOES sound entertaining to be fair! From Channel 4 Oracle 1990.

You just can't beat proper Open University!

It's Rumbelows summer sale! ITV Oracle Tyne Tees July 1985

Ceefax 1988. Unfortunately the rest of the carousel was pretty much unreadable but I thought this picture was worth uploading.

Did anyone get an Oracle index card back in the day when they bought/rented a teletext TV? From Channel 4 1988.

It took an Irish journalist, Claire Byrne, to hand Farage’s arse to him on a plate. Depressing not to see more of this in British broadcasting. Anyway, enjoy how the big mouth has nothing to say for once after she plays him some very embarrassing footage…

ITV Oracle November 1988 and a couple of things from Rumbelows. My Mother bought a TV with this 4+4 cover and by the end of the first four years they were unable to fix a persistent standby fault, which a 14 year old me managed to fix and get another 7 years out of the TV...

For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.

Teletext VHS recovery from Channel 4 December 1985. I'd never heard of Focus TV and Video Centres before, they were a north west thing, Manchester etc and nothing to do with Focus TV Rental in Scotland. In case you're wondering: £7.95 = £24.67 today £13.95 = £43.29 today

From ITV Tyne Tees July 1985; The new Ferguson TX90 that is not only a TV but has RGB and composite video inputs, ideal for your ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64!

Seeing as everyone seems to like old electrical retailer teletext pages, here's Comet's offering from Channel 4, 1997.

Let's have another from Currys, this time from July 1985.

Today's teletext recovery highlights, secret Ceefax pages for Currys and Dixons. I'm intrigued by the "World of Teletext showcard"

A selection of today's VHS recoveries of teletext from Tyne Tees July 1985

Channel 4 were showing some utter bollocks back in 1990.... Before the watershed too!

Everyone needs this in their lives: youtu.be/MwnFX0_H-rA?...

An amazing late 1970s 12" Panasonic that works flawlessly despite me not having done anything to it!

My brain has come up with "Gregg Wallace and Grommit" and now I'm imagining all sorts or shenanigans involving gnomes, female staff at the BBC and his poor dog dragging him out of these situations.

Ya can't beat a bit of Bussy!

Talking about Ozzy Osbourne to my Mother...

And here he is teaching American kids to treat refugees with respect in the 1960s:

Yes, this is a genuine 1949 DC Comics illustration printed on book covers distributed to schools in the US and an 1950s updated colour version:

Ooh, apparently there was something even more offensive said at Glastonbury than what the papers are reporting. Rod Stewart said: "Please welcome Mick Hucknall..."

In honour of Joy Division's iconic album Unknown Pleasures being released on this day in 1979, I'm again sharing one of my favourite ever video clips (Peanuts vs Joy Division dance party)...

VHS tape recovery of the ITV Tyne Tees logo and my "modified" version. Guess which one I prefer?! 😁

"...say 'yes' now..."

How am I meant to sleep with memes like this popping up on my feed??

The #Conservatives are very ‘brave’ to discuss the #NHS in #PMQs! #PoliticsLive

Time for another teletext recovery, a classic from 4-Tel December 1985...

This is how the 4-Tel vintage model van came about, isn't it? 4-Tel December 1985.

Some Ceefax recoveries from August 1987. Not a huge amount of graphical content but there's a few things.

Who needs palm trees when you have sheep?! Recovered from 4-Tel December 1985

Sorry, I don't usually post smut on here but... 🤤

Traces of early Digitiser from April 1993 on a worn-out Betamax tape. Might have to do a much longer capture on this.

Another teletext ad from August 1987.

Mystery solved, the "green stuff coming out of the volcano" is actually a Pterodactyl freaking the f*uk out! No way would I have got that without seeing the original advert.

Tonight's teletext recovery from Saturday 8th August 1987 from ITV Tyne Tees. Any clues as to what the hell that green stuff is coming out of the volcano?

@ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social any idea what "AIR CALL TELETEXT" is? It keeps appearing during the capture of ITV Oracle from 1987.

First attempt at recovering teletext from a VHS tape. The 1982 JVC seems really suited to this.

1968 Philips T-vette dual standard I originally started during lockdown but got annoyed with because it's so frustrating to work on. Of course it decided to break whilst I was taking photos of it...