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@whenisbirths.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 6:58 AM

A Samuel Beckett-Hanna Barbera Production. #Sept1961 #WhenWasThings #NoAI

Reimagining (no AI) of alleyway from Top Cat (Boss Cat as it was renamed in Britain for years) but TC's bin is underground, surrounded by dark brown earth text because I wanted to reference Samuel Beckett's Happy Days here too.

Events A-Z:
'Big Bad John' / Border Television / Car 54, Where Are You? / A Fall of Moondust / Une femme est une femme / Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation / James Gandolfini / Julia Gillard / Grampian Television / Happy Days opens in New York / HD RIP / The Hustler / Initial teaching alphabet introduced in UK schools / Kevin Kennedy / 'Kon-Tiki' / Leon Maron, Priest / A Man on the Roof / Colin McFarlane / The Mighty and Their Fall / Mother & Child Centre / Murder She Said / 'Muskrat'-'Don't Blame Me' / The Old Men at the Zoo / Paris Blues / 'Runaround Sue' / 'Stranger on the Shore' / A Taste of Honey (film) / Top Cat / 'Tower of Strength' / 'Under the Moon of Love' / 'Walkin' Back to Happiness' / 'Wild Wind' (C) WWT JSL MMXX

@whenisbirths.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 10:20 AM

#WhenWasThings #Sept1975 #13Sept1999 #Space1999

Events for Sept 1975: white text on black background in a homage to the Space 1999 titles:

Angels / Animal Kwackers / Another Green World / Black Moon / Michael Buble / Capital / Chrysler UK Alpine Hatchback / Marion Cotillard / Crisis, What Crisis? / Days of Hope / Dog Day Afternoon / Declan Donnelly / Catherine Evans RIP / Fawlty Towers / ‘Fly Robin Fly’ / The Gamekeeper / Gangsters / Give Em Hell, Harry! / The Great Grape Ape / Guerrillas / Chris Hawkins / Hearing Secret Harmonies / Here Comes Mumfie / ‘Hold Me Close’ / ‘Low Rider’ / ‘Mamma Mia’ / Mitchell / My Brother’s Keeper / National Railway Museum, York / ‘Nights on Broadway’ / Numero Deux / Papua New Guinea independence / The John Peel Show / Pennine Radio / Phyllis / Pop Quest / The Realms of Gold / ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’ / Mark Ronson / Runaround / Doria Shafiq RIP / Sinclair Black Watch / Spaghetti House siege, London / Space: 1999 / Supersonic / Three Days of the Condor / TV Tennis Electrotennis / Two’s Company / The W1A 4WW Show / Welcome Back Kotter / WGPR TV, Detroit / Wish You Were Here (C) WWT JSL MMXX

@whenisbirths.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 1:29 PM

Forty-five years ago tonight, the Trotters arrived. This and many other Sept 1981 events right here. #WhenWasThings

September 1981
Yellow text on blue background, white border, and a peeling sticker effect, bottom left-hand corner. Not unlike the graphics on the first series titles of Only Fools and Horses, which began on BBC1 on 8 September 1981.

A-Z of events etc:
Abacab / Cecilia Ahern / ‘Aie a Mwana’ / John Barnes professional debut for Watford FC / Belize independence / Harold Bennett RIP / Beyoncé / ‘Boring Song’ / Christy Brown RIP / Bullseye / Burning Blue Soul / ‘Centerfold’ / Centre Radio / ‘Controversy’ / Sam Costa RIP / Fearne Cotton / Cujo / Dance / Danger Mouse / Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first female Justice of US Supreme Court / Dead Ringer / Bruce Dickinson joins Iron Maiden / Entertainment Tonight / Essex Radio / Game for a Laugh / ‘Genius of Love’ / Guernica returned to Museo del Prado, Madrid / Happy Birthday / ‘Harden My Heart’ / ‘Homosapien’ / Jennifer Hudson / ‘Invisible Sun’ / ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ / A Kick Up the Eighties / Kinvig / ‘Labelled with Love’ / Jacques Lacan RIP / Edwin Link RIP / Lord Upminster / Rafael Mendez RIP / Eugenio Montale RIP / Never the Twain / News After Noon / Only Fools and Horses… / ‘Open Your Heart’ / Penthouse and Pavement / The People’s Court / ‘Physical’ / Postman Pat / ‘Prince Charming’ / Private Eyes / ‘Procession’/’Everything’s Gone Green’ / Radio Aire / Rage in Eden / Red Mecca / Ashley Roberts / Rod Jane and Freddy / Shaky / Bill Shankly RIP / Suzanne Shaw / ‘Shut Up’ / Simon and Garfunkel live in Central Park / Steve Wright in the Afternoon / Take a Letter, Mr Jones / TGV high-speed railways / Timewatch / Harry Warren RIP / Walk Under Ladders / Serena Williams / Willo the Wisp / Wired for Sound / You Are What You Is.
( c ) WWT JSL MMXX