Clicky-Ba

Sammy-Sparkle · [Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:44 pm]

Funny stuff, Ron. Laughing

I don't remember Clicky-Ba - but then, I hated cricket as a child, so I probably didn't read it.
I do remember Billy the Cat, Klanky (the tin man), Billy Whiz, the Bash Street Kids, Desperate Dan, Keyhole Kate, Colonel (?) Blink, Invisible Dick (he had a magic torch that made things invisible), Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty... hey, I didn't mis-spend my childhood after all. Laughing

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Cul-De-Sac · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:55 am]

Hey Ron he sounds like an Aussie if he was hitting em for six, no need for Daryl Hair there by the sound of it Wink

Roll on summer(ours) and months of the greatest contest on earth...'The Ashes'. Place yer bets Ladies an Gents puhleeze!

Liked it Ron, nice bloo too!
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A man called Valance · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:41 am]

Hello Ron, as a poetry dunce I’m sorry I can’t help, but I was drawn to this by the title. I remember Clicky-ba…

Chung was the name of a character who wielded a cricket bat as a weapon, calling it ‘clicky-ba’. He was the faithful sidekick of a comic-strip hero known as The Wolf of Kabul, who featured in either the Hornet or Hotspur comic.

Regards

LV

Ron · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:45 am]

Cheers Sammy and Cul,

Comic Day was always the best day of the week, eh? Not only that, comics turned us all into Bookworms from a very early age. The same two guys who produced The Dandy/Beano from their little office in a spare room of their house up in Edinburgh, or maybe it's Dundee, are still churning them out today. Fifty years of weekly stories and never two the same - what a wonderful imagination - they should get Knighted. Do 10-yr olds queue up for their comics every week like we did, or are they too busy playing mind-numbing, learn-nothing, Play Station games?

Cul, why not click the button and join our group. Wink

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Ron · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:54 am]

ps, Cul,

To make script blue, right in front of the first word with no space type [colour=blue] and at the end leave no space and type[/colour]

'colour' is spelt 'color' - I had to misspell it or the above would have turned blue. Or use any colour you like from the normal options found in the 'Post Reply' box. Wink

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Ron · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:12 pm]

Hi LV,

I loved the Hornet and Hotspur too, yahoo, I'm ten again. Funny, though, I don't remember Chung and the Wolf of Kabul. Confused

Maybe I'm older than you and the character had evolved into a new comic strip? I do distintly remember the caveman cricketer though, dressed like Fred Flintsone back in the mid 60s who wielded a club for a cricket bat every week and every week won the match for them. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the club he played for, though. Hmm . . .

Anyway, I'm reminiscing again Laughing

Thanks for dropping by. Very Happy

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Ron · [Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:00 pm]

You're definitely right about your Hornet/Clicky-Ba connection, LV. Spent the last half hour refreshing this ancient memory and found Click-Ba mentioned loads of times. Maybe one specific week stuck in my mind all these years--the week where Chung ended up on a cricket team? Ha, whatever, it was fun researching my childhood. Cheers. Very Happy

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