Who remembers Follyfoot?

[asmp]

Just seen the obituary of one of the actors and brought it all back.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/28/christian-rodska-obituary

Hope the link works

 

[oldandgold]

I do - is that showing my age. I envied Dora, adored the Colonel and loved Steve. Ahhh happy days

 

[Sanversera]

Sorry to hear of his passing, I loved follyfoot and have it on DVD.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I do. I used to have a horse that had been bought from there by a previous owner.

 

[littlehicole]

I don't remember it from childhood but I bought the dvd set last year. Absolutely loved it.
Very sorry to hear of Christian Rodska's (Ron) passing.

 

[Follysmum]

I loved it alongside black beauty
Hence one of my horses name

 

[FAYEFUDGE]

Just seen the obituary of one of the actors and brought it all back.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/28/christian-rodska-obituary

Hope the link works

I absolutely loved this programme!!!!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Just seen the obituary of one of the actors and brought it all back.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/28/christian-rodska-obituary

Hope the link works

i do and have the books and an annual

 

[Hobo2]

That is sad loved the program , I do have the DVD's but no way of playing them. I also had my own lightning tree for 30 years.

 

[Bradsmum]

I do but didn’t realise it only ran for a couple of years. Great programme on a late Sunday afternoon.

 

[ElectricChampagne]

Series 1 seems to be on YouTube if you search.

I haven't seen it so I might sit down and watch.

Desmond Llewellyn is in it, I didn't realise.

There's the first episode.

 

[Bradsmum]

I’ve just watched it and that took me back - not a hat nor a car in sight and no urgency when there were loose horses about. I hope we didn’t pull the horses mouths like that but it was lovely to see just simple saddles and bridles/bit again. Might have to find the next episode now .

 

[tristars]

i would watch sunday mornings with my grandfather i often think about how different life was in those days

have the old reel to reel video tapes

 

[Ruftys mum]

I loved Folly foot. I once set the kitchen on fire having left a chip pan on to watch it. I was not popular

 

[Skib]

I do have the DVD's but no way of playing them.

DVD is not obsolete. We have a DVD player / sound system and watch DVD films every week, supplied by a postal library Cinema Paradiso.
You can get many old films on DVD from Amazon.
If you have family recordings you can no longer play on DVD, there are companies which will convert them to digital files. We recently paid a considerable amount to have all our audio cassette tapes converted to digital files, including recordings of our children when little and of my late father in conversation or giving a lecture

 

[cloverlea]

Loved that program, along with Badgers Bend. So many good old programs are never seen again.

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

We used to lay bets on how many times Dora would cry per episode .

 

[ozpoz]

We wondered why Dora kept falling off for no reason at all!

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

We wondered why Dora kept falling off for no reason at all!

Blinded by tears on a regular basis ?

 

[Lois Lame]

i do and have the books and an annual

I loved the show, loved the books (Follyfoot, Dora at Follyfoot and Cobblers Dream) AND I bought a magazine about the show and the actors, which I loved. There was a photo of Dora with her own horse, an Arab gelding, chestnut, with white on his face and a patch of white on his belly, and the sight of that horse (in that photo) always filled me with some wonderful feeling - I know not what.

Steve.... hmm... nice.

I also liked Black Beauty, but there wasn't the relationship business in that show that was in Follyfoot.

It always amused me that Ron Stryker's real name was Christian Rodska, you know, both had that crisp, naughty sound in the surname.

 

[ThreeFurs]

Loved it. Was on very early 1970s in Australia on Sunday nights and would watch with my little face about one inch away from the screen.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

The green one I bought new way back when

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I remember Follyfoot.

This is sad.

 

[Lucky Snowball]

When I rode at various local riding places (no instruction, you just hired a pony and off you went!) every stable had a pony called Folly or Follyfoot.