[Football] Anyone miss the teleprinter?

[Hampster Gull]

Let me think about it....NO

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Bit disappointing for the poster that Kevo had forgotten

And as he may recall, my dad spent his working life mending teleprinters for the GPO. Finding a cushty job seems to run in the family. I learned from my mum that the old man used to drive his van to a different lovely pub in Sussex each day for a pub lunch. Now I'm 'working from home'. Funny and small old world

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And best watched from outside a TV rental shop (remember them?) on a cold, dark Saturday evening.

I remember, when I was poor, parking my car outside a TV rental shop in Whitstable in the pouring rain one Sunday and watching live PL football through the window.

As for the rest, I'm with [MENTION=17963]Hampster Gull[/MENTION]

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Pretty sure my father in law made teleprinters at Creeds where Asda is now at Hollingbury.

 

[LamieRobertson]

And as he may recall, my dad spent his working life mending teleprinters for the GPO. Finding a cushty job seems to run in the family. I learned from my mum that the old man used to drive his van to a different lovely pub in Sussex each day for a pub lunch. Now I'm 'working from home'. Funny and small old world

Received a letter from Imperial College today inviting me to take part in an antibody test ....I knew I was special

 

[symyjym]

About as much as I Ceefax.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

I still use Ceefax, or Text as they call it now..I press “ Text” on the Sky remote and it brings it up. It was due to close but got a reprieve.
I check the news .. on Saturday I sometimes watch the results coming in as the games draw to a close ... Call me old fashioned if you like.

 

[Chicken Run]

It was great at the time watching Grandstand back in the day but miss it? Nah love the apps you get these days.

 

[kevo]

it is Vidiprinter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidiprinter

the history tells us there was originally a camera on a printer, the teleprinter, replaced in the 80s with on-screen printout the vidiprinter.

Proves that I'm bloody ancient, still calling it the teleprinter...

 

[kevo]

Bit disappointing for the poster that Kevo had forgotten

As Swindonseagull himself said, it was a long time ago!!!

 

[DavidRyder]

I preferred Ceefax for getting the scores! Usually 3 pages per division, 4 if there were lots of goals. Waiting for your page to refresh, ooh, the anticipation!

 

[Pierre the Painter]

For those slightly younger, this is nostalgia...

What did the Mstand for?? P would have been postponed, A abandoned but M?

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Remember watching Grandstand in 1972, when we were away at Shrewsbury. We were drawing 0-0 at HT and so when the Tele/Vidiprinter starting clattering away I was hoping for....Shrewsbury 0.....then it appeared.....Shrewsbury 3 !!!!.......A loud expletive hit the air and my head drooped momentarily......as I looked up, the printer had just finished....Brighton 5 .......cue, a massive whoop of delight. The biggest surprise I ever experienced on the Tele/Vidiprinter.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

I preferred Ceefax for getting the scores! Usually 3 pages per division, 4 if there were lots of goals. Waiting for your page to refresh, ooh, the anticipation!

Me too.
Liked Ceefax for cricket as well. Full scorecards.

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Pretty sure my father in law made teleprinters at Creeds where Asda is now at Hollingbury.

As did my (late) father - pretty much all his working life.