To think I'm not 'showing my age' for liking TV show Crackerjack?

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Got told I was showing my age because I mentioned 'Crackerjack' with fondness. Was promptly told by someone that this show finished 10 years before he was born! ?? Rude??!!

As an aside I was still being IDd for alcohol 2 years ago... but that's another thread....

Yes Salmotrutta
She used to be the receptionist in "Shoestring" which is also showing my age

I didn't know that about Leslie Crowther's daughter!

maddiemookins - you win hands down!!

I was so jealous of all the presents!

I remember hearing when Peter Glaze died - so sad - I really liked him.

Well to me, reminiscing about something on in the 70s, which you watched in the 70s, is showing your age - it is showing that you are probably 40+.

Why is it rude to 'show your age' or be acknowledged as someone who is 40+??

And thats nothing to do with being ID'd.

Its possible to 'show your age' through what you reminisce about but still look young enough to get asked fro ID.

Im 43. I remember things from the 70s with fondness. I was, also, asked for ID in the US this summer. I don't think the two are related tbh.

I wouldn't be upset or offended, or think someone rude, if they told me I was showing my age because I remembered watching a TV programme around 40 years ago.

But then my age doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Oops wrong daughter. It was Liz in Shoestring and Caroline married to Phil Lynott

Gawd - Shoestring wasn't exactly yesterday either!

To be honest I wasn't really offended by the age thing - I was being a bit tongue in cheek. I just wish it was 1985 again! sigh!!

My friend got ID checked for buying a cutlery set. She was 30.

I remember crackerjack, I think the clangers was on just after?

Eh....I remember when Eamonn Andrews presented it!!! 😫

Crackerjack was responsible for me swallowing a 5 pence coin . They had an entertainer on there who put coins in his mouth and magically pulled far more out than he put in.

I was a bit short of pocket money and I wanted to buy a 7" single from that week's Hit Parade. So I gave it a try. My Mum was furious with me as I didn't say anything until about midnight, when I became convinced I was going to die . So we had to make a late night dash to A&E!

"I could jump off a dolls house"

I'm 48 and remember Crackerjack like I remember first seeing Culture Club on Top of the Pops "is the lead singer a girl or a boy?"

It's a generation thing but I know about Muffin the Mule as I've seen it on looking back to the early days of tv programmes. I wouldn't know what children's tv shows or cartoons are popular now.

I'm just wondering what age do you start thinking about joining the WI and wearing Nan slippers ?

I remember it from when Eamonn Andrews used to present it...

And there's plenty of women in their 20s and 30s in the WI!!