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Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:23 pm
by Dame Eadie
Found loads of old photos during a clear out today.
I'll upload some stuff over the coming days, the majority of which has never been seen before.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:34 pm
by Dame Eadie
Any clues on how to upload a photo?
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:41 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:03 am
by Dame Eadie
Allan Saldanha.
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https://imgur.com/ePTPOf5 [img]
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:40 am
by Fiona T
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:03 am
Allan Saldanha.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:40 am
by Fiona T
Lovely stuff!
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:22 am
by Gavin Chipper
Brilliant.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:15 am
by Philip A
Class thread this.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:25 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:26 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:28 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:28 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:30 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:31 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:32 pm
by Dame Eadie
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:33 pm
by Dame Eadie
Series 2 in 1983......
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:01 pm
by Fiona T
Is this Bertha Bourne? Would be lovely to put the pic on the wiki!
https://wiki.apterous.org/Bertha_Bourne
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:04 pm
by Ronan M Higginson
Has to be.
Interested to know if there's ever been any contestants born in the 19th century as well.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:06 pm
by Fiona T
Ronan M Higginson wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:04 pm
Has to be.
Interested to know if there's ever been any contestants born in the 19th century as well.
Yep - right guest
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:33 pm
by Dame Eadie
Yes it's Bertha Bourne.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:13 pm
by Marc Meakin
Quality photos.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:38 pm
by Elliott Mellor
Really cool topic.
Bertha Bourne lived a decade after that picture, too - dying in February 2004, aged 97.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:40 pm
by Tracey Anne Mills
Please keep these coming !
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:55 pm
by Fiona T
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:33 pm
Yes it's Bertha Bourne.
https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes. ... ontestant/
"Bertha appeared on Countdown ten years ago and cherished a photograph taken of her with Carol Vorderman, showing that she could still kick her foot above her head at the age of 87."
Would love to see that pic!
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:33 pm
by Dame Eadie
Got plenty more, but can't be arsed
Have some DVDs and VHS that need digitizing.......Jeff Stellings screen test, Noel Edmonds screen test, Alexander Armstrong.....it's all here.
I even found a reggae copy of the Countdown music played on steel drums.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:36 am
by Marc Meakin
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:33 pm
Got plenty more, but can't be arsed
Have some DVDs and VHS that need digitizing.......Jeff Stellings screen test, Noel Edmonds screen test, Alexander Armstrong.....it's all here.
I even found a reggae copy of the Countdown music played on steel drums.
Cant get the reggae theme tune out of my head and I haven't even heard it.
Hope you or someone can digitise and upload these screen tests or are you saving them up for Countdowns 50th?
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:44 pm
by Dame Eadie
I'll be long gone before any 50th.
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:29 am
by Marc Meakin
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:44 pm
I'll be long gone before any 50th.
You or the programme?
Would you care to elucidate?
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:30 pm
by Dame Eadie
Me of course, hence "I'll"
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:33 pm
by Marc Meakin
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:30 pm
Me of course, hence "I'll"
But if you go the show is doomed
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:07 am
by Rhys Benjamin
What we don't know is that's what Sky's show "Succession" is all about: who will succeed Eadie to become the next series producer of Countdown?
Re: Countdown Memorabilia
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:54 am
by Matty Artell
Dame Eadie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:33 pm
Got plenty more, but can't be arsed
Have some DVDs and VHS that need digitizing.......Jeff Stellings screen test, Noel Edmonds screen test, Alexander Armstrong.....it's all here.
I even found a reggae copy of the Countdown music played on steel drums.
Thanks for sharing, these are really cool! I imagine there are several CD community members who would be willing and/or delighted to dig through and digitize some of this stuff...
