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Telly addicts

How many tvs did your childhood home have?

157 replies

OneUmberJoker · 18/12/2025 18:50

3

OP posts:
busbitches · 23/12/2025 08:39

We had 7
The 90s
1 in the TV room
1 in the sitting room
1 in the dining room
1 in the kitchen
1 in my bedroom
1 in my sister's bedroom
1 in my mum and dad's room
We didn't have sky though and we rarely watched telly. Only on a Saturday night so I'm not quite sure why we had so many tvs

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 23/12/2025 10:51

One. In the main living room. It was quite small too. It was the 70s. Now I have 7 ranging in sizes from huge to 30inches. In bedrooms and even one in a bathroom. Times change and tvs became cheaper.

Nosejobnelly · 24/12/2025 07:49

We had one b&w in the 70s (didn’t have a TV until I was about 7 - I felt very ostracised at school because of my dad’s ‘beliefs’).
Once we got one it was a small b&w set and eventually upgraded to colour and I had the b&w in my room at about age 10? That b&w TV lasted til my mid-20s - they don’t make them like that anymore!!!

Pabbel · 24/12/2025 07:50

1 black and white tv.

TheCurious0range · 24/12/2025 07:51

1 growing up but when I moved back in after uni I had a TV in my room and by that point so did my brother , so basically one until we were young adults and bought our own

Fifiesta · 24/12/2025 08:02

1
Pre-remote era.
No children’s programmes, if cricket or racing was available.

BiddyPopthe2nd · 24/12/2025 14:32

1 most if the time.
0 for periods.

RuthW · 24/12/2025 17:44

1970s, we had two when I was about ten. The second one was a tiny portable in my parent’s room.

That’s one more than I have now at 57.

stargirl1701 · 24/12/2025 20:06

1

Vitriolinsanity · 24/12/2025 20:10

the excitement the day Radio Rentals delivered was off the charts!

Moonlightfrog · 24/12/2025 20:10

4

NotMyRealAccount · 24/12/2025 20:20

One. And we were late adopters of video recording technology. But my parents had three televisions by the time my own children were born.

DH and I only ever had one apart from when I gave DS a little portable with an integral video player for when he wanted to watch steam train videos on a loop.

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 24/12/2025 20:22

One

Horrorscope · 24/12/2025 20:22

One

ACatAsleepInYourHat · 24/12/2025 20:23

1 for many years. Then, when I was 15 or so (1973ish) I was given a small second-hand black and white set for my bedroom. Amazing! I could actually watch the programmes I wanted to watch - Monty Python, Sergeant Bilko, The Old Grey Whistle Test at last! I was sooo happy.

Itsmetheflamingo · 24/12/2025 20:25

Different numbers at different times. Surely a bit odd to have the same number throughout the decades of childhood?

ours was between 1-4 depending on children’s ages etc

CloverPyramid · 24/12/2025 20:27

Four, in the late 90s/2000s. One in the living room, one in the kitchen, one in my parent’s bedroom and one in my bedroom once I was in secondary school. Only the one in the living room was a full size one, the rest were little ones.

firstofallimadelight · 24/12/2025 20:44

2 a colour one in the living room and a black and white one in the dining room that had a indoor aerial

firstofallimadelight · 24/12/2025 20:44

2 a colour one in the living room and a black and white one in the dining room that had a indoor aerial

AngelofIslington · 24/12/2025 21:26

One then we moved house where we had a livingroom and family room so had 2
No tv’s in bedrooms

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 24/12/2025 23:29

1, none, 1, 2, 1.

Okiedokie123 · 24/12/2025 23:31

42

whatisthegoddamnholdup · 24/12/2025 23:40

1 v small black and white tv

Toddlerteaplease · 24/12/2025 23:42

One, a small portable one. When my grandma died when I was 16 we had her TV In our bedroom.

Blingismything · 25/12/2025 08:42

1

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