When I was a kid, Show Jumping (equestrianism) was one of TV's flagship sports
So much so that it was on in midweek pretty much all the time, and made instantly recognisable celebrities out of riders like David Broome and Harvey Smith, and a German whose name i only remember as Harvey Springtime (Hartwig Something, it was) and a posh bird called Anally Drummond-Hay.
IIRC, it all went west for the sport when the governing body began to demand more TV revenue, and the Beeb didn't want to stump up any more, so they took a punt on getting further behind their minority sport programme called Pot Black, and while the national appeal of toffs on posh ponies waned, snooker began to grow.
Now tidy your bedroom and get back down here by twelve for your lunch with your hands washed.
Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on August 5th 2012 at 11:48:43
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- When I was a kid, Show Jumping (equestrianism) was one of TV's flagship sports (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Aug 5, 11:48:43
- I was thinking that! It reminds me of the 1970's. Bring back Harvey Smith and his v signs (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Aug 5, 12:07:21
- ... (Other Sports) - Monty Peculiar, Aug 5, 12:17:29
- ere suggs, on the subject of lunch. Lessons learnt from nicking people's food (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 11:54:56
- lol (n/m) (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 11:50:55
- Hartwig Steenken (snort) (Other Sports) - Cannydc, Aug 5, 11:54:24
- How about Alwin Schockem?hle (Other Sports) - Cannydc, Aug 5, 11:58:13
- Yep, I remember both of those, and Ann Somebody who was reet good too (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Aug 5, 12:00:51
- Ann Bush (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 12:03:29
- I'm thinking Ann Jones, but I think she was a tennisist (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Aug 5, 12:05:27
- Ann Bush (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 12:03:29
- Iwana Drinkwater (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 11:59:39
- Yep, I remember both of those, and Ann Somebody who was reet good too (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sugbad The Bad, Aug 5, 12:00:51
- How about Alwin Schockem?hle (Other Sports) - Cannydc, Aug 5, 11:58:13
- Hartwig Steenken (snort) (Other Sports) - Cannydc, Aug 5, 11:54:24
- I was thinking that! It reminds me of the 1970's. Bring back Harvey Smith and his v signs (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Aug 5, 12:07:21
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