Comments on: Arthur Askey – I Want A Banana

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:43:30 +0000

Roger: Thanks for the reminiscences!

By: Roger Hindle

Roger Hindle — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:25:31 +0000

Born 1934 – I remember the Cheery Bug Club – do I remember correctly that the “bugs” were yellow with dots? Who publicised it? The “Children’s Newspaper”, perhaps? I wasn’t a patient anywhere – just a schoolboy living at home in Yorkshire. I also was not keen on Arthur Askey.
Thomas Norris (above 2009) makes the first mention I’ve seen of the club – I was beginning to think I had imagined it!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:57:39 +0000

hazel: Thanks very much for sharing your memories.

By: hazel field ferrin

hazel field ferrin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:26:19 +0000

I was born Feb 1939 in London and also did not see a banana until I was 6.At family gatherings I was
always requested to sing the song-which became very tiresome! I also did not have an orange til
after the war and I remember my mother went to
Chatsworth st market to line up for them. She stood queing for 2 hours only to have them run out when they reached her. She came home crying!
Memories-but I did not like Arthur Askey1

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:06:30 +0000

redpaul101: Thanks very much. Added it to the post.

By: redpaul101

redpaul101 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:19:44 +0000

That youtube link is now dead, unfortunately. Try this one instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TzwAxCbQGw

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:25:09 +0000

Joeyjoejoseph: Thanks very much for the link.

By: Joeyjoejoseph

Joeyjoejoseph — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:58:37 +0000

I found a video on youtube if anyone’s interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irtMds2qdkI

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:53:03 +0000

Bob and Thomas: Thanks for your recollections. That’s really interesting to hear.

By: Bob Englefield

Bob Englefield — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:46:05 +0000

I’m a Londoner, born 1930 in Battersea. I well remember Arthur Askey, used to listen to him on the wireless, a show called “Monday Night at Seven” his catch phrase was “I Thank Yeow” in a cockney accent. As far as bananas go, I never saw one until after the war, the Yanks sent over a gross thing that when put in water it swelled up, it looked like an over ripe banana and smelled like one, but that was as close as I got to the real thing. The Yanks also sent us another concoction called Dried Egg, we couldn’t get real eggs. Although we were ‘bombed out’, my Mum, myself and 4 siblings managed to stay alive. Bob Englefield