The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Thread

Christa was captioned as "Former Calendar Presenter", I wonder what happened to her..!

Christine Talbot has tweeted a nice photo from the Calendar 40th birthday party, showing Mike, Christine, Christa and various others.

The YTV bar was probably used to entertain contestants on Bruce's Price is Right etc, as well as for staff. Imagine who you would bump into drinking in the YTV bar back in the days when the studios were making network programmes.

Leanne Brown tweeted to say that she is going on attachment to Northwest Tonight for 6 months after tonight's late Look North bulletin.

I remember when she did the Action Line at Radio Humberside!

Grimsby girl done good!

Wonder who will become the regular late presenter now. Hopefully not Amy Cole (too cold) or Crispin Rolfe (with his wibbly wobbly voice). Would be good to see a bit of Edward Sault on lates.

A rather excellent new website by a lecturer at Huddersfield Uni who used to work at YTV might be of interest http://memoriesofytv.weebly.com/ lots of interviews with people who worked at YTV from the start.

When they had the 40th anniversary show, John Shire introduced a message from "two people you may have seen before": It was Christa and Harry Gration at the LN studio, sending their birthday wishes.

Sunday's Calendar was presented by Chris Kiddey. He's been with Calendar for decades but I've never known him present a bulletin before.

Look ULL are celebrating ten years of news coming from the 'region' this week. Starting Monday with a look at how regional telly began. It neatly dodges the awkward question of a non-region with the largest complaint from audience feedback being East Yorkshire is cut off from local news from Yorkshire (not even the cricket gets a mention now) whilst People in Lincolnshire have no interest in stories from ULL.

Ten years and the haven't squared the circle. Still the packages are quite nostalgic.

This is the anniversary of the launch of the Peter Levy Show rather than the Clare Frisby fronted sub-opt that existed for a few years beforehand.

Which ironically was far more 'news worthy' than what the poor so and sos of 'Umberside and Lincolnshire have to put with up now.

I certainly think people in Lincoln say have far more in common with people in Doncaster and Sheffield, where there are direct links via road and train, then 'Ull, with the great bridge separating the two.

Always said it is a strange region alone but we are stuck with it - and let's face it if was wtill one large region with Leeds then all of us (either side of the Humber) would see a massive reduction of news/features from where we live

So be careful what you wish for

Notice Roger Farrant was featured, nice to see him again after his quick exit after falling out with she who must be obeyed.

Is that Ms Hearne Troggles?

I would be wrong to name names but I was not refering to the person you mention but another. I liked Auntie Kath you knew where you were with her.

Notice too that there is no mention of one of the best editors Look Levy had, Steve Punter. He had all the right ideas but (allegedly) again fell foul of the parochial atmosphere in Hull.