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Seeing as we didn't have colours 100 years ago, other than numerous shades of Grey (more than 50).

Nice one Bruce, funny isn't it for some reason I always in the back off my mind WWI was in black and white - even the photography of the time, not until we watch a good documentary or war movie the 'Colour of War' shows .

So a question to us Oldies

When did your world go from black and white to colour.


our first colour TV my parents bought was in 1973. and all we got was 3 channels BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

The news had come out in the First World War
The bloody Red Baron was flying once more
The Allied command ignored all of its men
And called on Snoopy to do it again.

Was the night before Christmas, 40 below
When Snoopy went up in search of his foe
He spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought
With ice on his wings Snoopy knew he was caught.

NZ went colour in 1974 for the Commenwealth Games in Christchurch but my parents didn't get a colour Tv (a Pye Vidmatic IIRC) until '76..2 channels back then I think

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Aug 21 2014,10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

NZ went colour in 1974 for the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch but my parents didn't get a colour Tv (a Pye Vidmatic IIRC) until '76..2 channels back then I think

My dad was the JVC/PYE Rep for Scotland when we lived there. I have a bronze sponsors medal somewhere from the '76 Munich Games I think it was? that was given to him as being part of the sponsor company..

For me , 1974 .... my mum was working for some outfit to do with the games ..... anyway , we ended up with a 600kg Philips K-9 tv . I can still remember those first test pictures .... amazing .
And a great shot as well bruce

Guess its no point asking JeeKees this, he is colour blind , I did not buy a colour TV mid/late 1980s , most the time I model make or riding bike around the country.