tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post4045154164877744834..comments2024-03-22T22:36:16.889+00:00Comments on MILD & MELLOW MELANCHOLY MUSINGS...: WHEN BATMAN WORE WELLINGTON BOOTS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-87025000181325470912015-01-30T13:43:52.740+00:002015-01-30T13:43:52.740+00:00Don't recall seeing that, CJ - I must see if i...Don't recall seeing that, CJ - I must see if it's on YouTube when I get a mo.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-378880641048214162015-01-30T13:27:39.899+00:002015-01-30T13:27:39.899+00:00There was an advert for Crosse & Blackwell sou...There was an advert for Crosse & Blackwell soup that went (to the tune of the batman theme) - "Crosse&Blackwell, Crosse&Blackwell, Crosse&Blackwell, Crosse&Blackwell - SUPERCAN !!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-63778632399835012872015-01-30T12:50:04.748+00:002015-01-30T12:50:04.748+00:00That reminds me of the woman with three sons who w...That reminds me of the woman with three sons who were all policemen. She sticks her head 'round their bedroom door one morning and asks "Who all wants porridge?" Comes the answer "Me, maw, me, maw, me, maw!"Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-58957379810825431372015-01-30T12:13:01.998+00:002015-01-30T12:13:01.998+00:00I WAS too old for my brother's bat-mask though...I WAS too old for my brother's bat-mask though! I must have looked a sight with his tiny outfit on my adolescent frame!<br />And do you know how our Mother used to call us in at mealtimes?<br />"COME ON IN AND GET YOUR<br />dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner,<br />dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner,<br />BAT MAN!!"John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-89613840689572280402015-01-29T23:48:02.420+00:002015-01-29T23:48:02.420+00:00What amazes me is that people laughed at me for pl...What amazes me is that people laughed at me for playing at Batman (I suppose, in Scotland, being 7 or 8 was considered too old to be doing so), but 20-odd years later, some of those same people were walking about with Batman tee-shirts on when the first Michael Keaton BM movie came out. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-83031660817953949952015-01-29T23:44:34.601+00:002015-01-29T23:44:34.601+00:00I think the guy was wanting either £125 or £130, I...I think the guy was wanting either £125 or £130, I talked him down to £115 (if I remember rightly). Hornby now owns Corgi, and Mattel owns Matchbox. You still see the Matchbox cars in places like Sainsbury's. The morse-code thing is difficult to describe - I'll have to see if I can get a picture on the internet.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-43415259790434747162015-01-29T23:21:23.027+00:002015-01-29T23:21:23.027+00:00The thing is I would probably been deemed "a ...The thing is I would probably been deemed "a little bit too old" by some, at this time for playing such "childish games" with my kid brother, as I was so much older than him, but I say, " What the heck?! " - Part of the joy of having a younger brother is that you don't have to grow up until he does! You can carry on playing the games with him! And you BOTH get fun out of it at the same time!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-52606443976195718332015-01-29T22:46:38.481+00:002015-01-29T22:46:38.481+00:00I had loads of those Corgi and Matchbox cars (not ...I had loads of those Corgi and Matchbox cars (not the bat-Mobile though) - my mother used to buy me a new one every week. Are Corgi and Matchbox still in business, I haven't seen any of those little cars for long time. Kid, I'm intrigued by how much the "immense expense" was that you paid for that Bat-Mobile but I'm guessing you won't tell. I'm even more intrigued by your dad's "wartime morse-code apparatus" !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-51486148640578823762015-01-29T21:20:12.372+00:002015-01-29T21:20:12.372+00:00Great days indeed, JP. I had another friend called...Great days indeed, JP. I had another friend called Philip Marshall and we did the same sort of thing - only I was Power Man and he was Wonder Man. I must've ripped-off the names from The Avengers stories reprinted in Terrific. Haven't seen him in ages either. I've got the book, the Corgi Batmobile, the badge, the cards, and various other bits of 1960s Bat-merchandise, I'm a happy chappie.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-7914228007782936962015-01-29T21:01:02.620+00:002015-01-29T21:01:02.620+00:00If you'd had another game in your original rol...If you'd had another game in your original roles, you would have looked like Del-boy and Rodney!<br />Loads of similar memories here! I had/still have somewhere the paperback.( I remember the Joker swimming through the chemicals.)<br />I had the full set of bubblegum cards, - now my brother has them. He had the corgi Batmobile and the bat-suit and I used to play Batman in the back garden with him, but, as I was older than him, he was demoted to Robin! We had (bat) ropes hanging from the trees to swing from and our "batarang" was a broken piece of our garden gate!<br />Cherished shared memories for both of us!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com