for those who watched Neighbours from the start

Oh dear. I went and watched the first episode which introduces the Ramsey and the Robinson families.

Des Clarke is getting married next day and Paul Robinson will be his best man. They are having a bucks party at Des’s house with Shane Ramsey and assorted mates. Meantime his fiancée is having second thoughts. Daphne is the stripper.

I’m reading on Wiki that Stefan Dennis originally auditioned for the role of Des before he was cast as Paul Robinson. Fortunate for him as he turned out to be such a long running character.

I also watched Neighbours when pregnant with my DD and like others when she was born she recognised the theme tune and it settled her.

First words!!!!

One of my 40 yr old DDs words were neigh neigh! 🤭

I'd been in Australia at the beginning of the '80s so was a bit in love with the accent. Australia was still a bit out on a limb then playing second fiddle to the US, certainly as far as tv was concerned. It broke my day as a new mother, the early afternoon feed time, one of many. On the sofa with the baby thinking just maybe his first word might be "g'day" I also liked some of the Aussie expressions, "he's got a bluey" "on the arvo" "he shot through"I couldn't imagine watching it all over again it was of its time but I'm not ashamed to have latched on to it, many of us did

I used to snuggle up on the sofa with my baby daughter to watch it. Always sent her to sleep. She will be 40 this year.

I used to love it, but wouldn’t watch it all again now.

I will likely start watching when it has moved on a few years.

I was expecting my son when it started. The theme tune always settled him down.
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