3:10 "the Doric arch at Euston" is a pretty interesting story by itself. It is referring to the entrance of Euston station, built in 1837 and demolished in 1962 despite protests by Sir John Betjeman amongst others. Apparently the guy in the video offered to reconstruct it elsewhere but was refused by the government. Quite a lot of the stone still exists (it was dropped in a canal) so there is a suggestion it will be partly reconstructed. Thanks Wikipedia.
It's wild to think that a 70-year-old tree was considered "old" in that BBC clip from 1973. In British Columbia, there are trees that have stood for over 1,000 years! It just shows how perspectives on age and nature can vary depending on where you live. Those ancient trees are living history and deserve our protection.
apparentlly, in the 1960s, he reported on a quarry in woodcroft near chepstow where the quarrymen were overestimating the ammount of explosives to use, sending huge pieces of limestone over the rooftops of the village, luckily no casualties.
1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive our frank sounded like the dude from rutland weekend tv - the small dude who starred in words and pictures.... he introduced nude fishing on the aforementioned RWTV show......................................................... i'm not aggressive!!!!!!!!!
1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive informative and entertaining - in the proper sense of the word: infotainment had it's birth. no hysteria (unless limestone is being blasted over yer home) and no histrionics. probably presented by a dude interested in his and the craft of others. probably a good egg - the type to go for a loaf and a bottle of milk for his elderly mother only to stop off at the local pub. niiiiiiiiiice. doubt it'd be rum and coke, though. that said, you never know, eccentrics are a varied and contrary bunch. seems there's more money in demolition than construction or rendering. hmmmmmmmmmmm.......... yhe presenter? the jack hargreaves of the arm chair detective set, i feel.......
I'm sorry but frank Valori was nothing short of a vandal, not only did he tear down the arch at euston but he also used some of the stones for building his garden whilst the remainder where simply dumped into the river lea. happily they where found by dan Cruickshank and maybe one day the arch might be restored to it's former glory.
1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive smashing plates routine. far right of shot. was that peter cushing's brother sat there? one surmises hammer studios must have had a hand in creating nationwide reports or local tv channel skits (for HTV and anglia and the like??????).....such as we see, here. i like this geezer.
I didn’t notice that autocorrect had changed the Bolton dialect of ‘tha’ to ‘that’. Yes, he said “Did tha like that?” Thanks for pointing it out, have now corrected it to what he actually said.👍
1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 1026am 12.8.24 sadly, robbie, women are still invisible. only thing altered is the cost of a decent blend.... are ye building a whicker man any time soon, though????
@@jaculton2641 Comments on ‘1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive’ 1319pm 12.8.24 he said so himself. in the idiomatic whimsical reportage way he has........... if you listen to the guy speak then you will acknowledge that that fine poetic statement to be a factual statement... yer no doubt gettin' laid so will be well abreast of the vagaries of male/female interaction... it is kindda bleak when there's sod all doin', sir....
