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The Good Old Days was one of the BBC's most popular light entertainment shows which ran for thirty years. The show began in 1953 and was televised from the City Varieties Theatre in Leeds. The Good Old Days finely ended in 1983. Present-day performers would dress up and perform in the style of the Victorian-Edwardian music hall. The audience dressed in period costume and joined in the singing. Leonard Sachs was the show's compere and he was famous for his long winded introductions. He always made a point of using unknown or unusual words which drew 'oohs and aahs' from the audience. All the performers would be built up in his introduction, even if they didn't quite match up to it! http://snipurl.com/setad

It was produced by Barney Colehan, who'd produced the Radio audience participation show "Have a Go" which starred Wilfred Pickles - a professional Yorkshireman.Colehan also introduced "It's a Knockout" to British TV. IIRC the first one was between Ilkley and Otley.