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Niegs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:23 pm What a treasure-trove! Thanks for sharing!

Looks like they're hosted on the site, too, not linked to youtube? I wonder how it survives copyright claims? A channel I thought had some rights (as many more on youtube actually do) to some retro movies recently got shut down for multiple claims against.

Since you like Westerns, if you want to sample something 'newer' than that which I enjoyed as a lad... the Canadian series "Bordertown" featured a Yank Marshal and a Canadian Mountie dealing with goings-on in, as the title says:

vball wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:17 pm Lots more beside Westerns.Her indoors and I just looked at the show names and yapped away about memories. Many thanks.

Ovals wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:45 pm I'm a great lover of old TV western series - having been a youngster when the genre was a regular diet on TV. I remember watching shows such as, Lawman, The Rifleman, Lone Ranger, Laremie, the Virginian, Wells Fargo, Wyatt Earp, Wagon Train, Bronco, Maverick and many others. My Dad was also a big fan of westerns so it was something we always watched together.

But it's rare that these shows get much air time these days - however, I came across a great resource that has free access to loads of them - Uncle Earle;s Classice Tv Channel https://www.solie.org/alibrary/westernshows.html

If you haven't seen many of these shows I thoroughly recommend having a look - especially at Maverick (James Garner). Laremie and the Virginian. In many of the shows you'll also come across lots of famous guest stars.

Don't expect the Hi-Res streams you might be accustomed to, although some are pretty good. With some I've found it better to download rather than just stream.

Hope you enjoy them.

hlvp wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:05 pm

Ovals wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:45 pm I'm a great lover of old TV western series - having been a youngster when the genre was a regular diet on TV. I remember watching shows such as, Lawman, The Rifleman, Lone Ranger, Laremie, the Virginian, Wells Fargo, Wyatt Earp, Wagon Train, Bronco, Maverick and many others. My Dad was also a big fan of westerns so it was something we always watched together.

But it's rare that these shows get much air time these days - however, I came across a great resource that has free access to loads of them - Uncle Earle;s Classice Tv Channel https://www.solie.org/alibrary/westernshows.html

If you haven't seen many of these shows I thoroughly recommend having a look - especially at Maverick (James Garner). Laremie and the Virginian. In many of the shows you'll also come across lots of famous guest stars.

Don't expect the Hi-Res streams you might be accustomed to, although some are pretty good. With some I've found it better to download rather than just stream.

Hope you enjoy them.

Where's 'Custer' with Wayne Maunder? Loved it as a kid, along with Ripcord, Robin Hood and all the Gerry Anderson stuff like Four Feather Falls, Fireball XL5 and Stingray.

hlvp wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:45 pmBronco.

Ovals wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 2:05 pm

hlvp wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:45 pmBronco.

Watched one of that series last night - was one of my favourite series as a young lad. Unfortunaely, the star, Ty Hardin, was a nasty piece of work - a racist and anti-semite.

After he left show business, he got involved in far-right-wing politics as an ultra-fundamentalist evangelical Christian preacher, railing against Jews and Catholics (calling them "impure Christians"). He formed an organization called the "Arizona Patriots" that stockpiled weapons for what they saw as a coming war with the "unholy" US government. Another of his organizations, an anti-tax group called the "Common Law Institute", issued fiery proclamations against the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies. The compound where his organizations were headquartered was eventually raided by the FBI and ATF, and a huge load of illegal weapons and ammunition was confiscated.

Niegs wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 2:15 pm

Ovals wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 2:05 pm

hlvp wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:45 pmBronco.

Watched one of that series last night - was one of my favourite series as a young lad. Unfortunaely, the star, Ty Hardin, was a nasty piece of work - a racist and anti-semite.

I didn't know that! Screw him, then!

He had the best, and rare for a blondie I think (mine ginger), blonde goatee in PT109



Well shit!

After he left show business, he got involved in far-right-wing politics as an ultra-fundamentalist evangelical Christian preacher, railing against Jews and Catholics (calling them "impure Christians"). He formed an organization called the "Arizona Patriots" that stockpiled weapons for what they saw as a coming war with the "unholy" US government. Another of his organizations, an anti-tax group called the "Common Law Institute", issued fiery proclamations against the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies. The compound where his organizations were headquartered was eventually raided by the FBI and ATF, and a huge load of illegal weapons and ammunition was confiscated.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:52 am The SABC ran The High Chaparral and Bonanza every Friday during the late seventies and early eighties. I really loved the High Chaparral as a kid. The shootouts between the ranchers and Cochise's Apaches were epic.

Ovals wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:22 am

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:52 am The SABC ran The High Chaparral and Bonanza every Friday during the late seventies and early eighties. I really loved the High Chaparral as a kid. The shootouts between the ranchers and Cochise's Apaches were epic.

Bonanza always seemed to a Sunday afternoon programme - seem to remember watching it while we had tea.

Having tea is something that has died out - my Mum always used to bring in a trolley with salads, bread & butter, cakes, etc., and cups of tea - we'd all eat in the lounge (only tea, cooked food was always in the Dining Room).

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:40 am

Ovals wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:22 am

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:52 am The SABC ran The High Chaparral and Bonanza every Friday during the late seventies and early eighties. I really loved the High Chaparral as a kid. The shootouts between the ranchers and Cochise's Apaches were epic.

Bonanza always seemed to a Sunday afternoon programme - seem to remember watching it while we had tea.

Having tea is something that has died out - my Mum always used to bring in a trolley with salads, bread & butter, cakes, etc., and cups of tea - we'd all eat in the lounge (only tea, cooked food was always in the Dining Room).

Are you talking about Tea like the evening meal? Or tea like a 3:30pm tea? If so its alive in well in South Africa amongst English heritage people over about 55yo. When I visit my parents, my mum even rings a little bell to summon everyone to tea at 10:30 and 3:30. She also gets on the CB radio to call in my Dad and brothers, nephews from various parts of the farm. Very insistent she is that everyone attends.

hlvp wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:03 amLaredo