tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3999730598989210939..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Torchy The Battery BoyA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-56870206871741477432012-11-19T19:10:46.715+00:002012-11-19T19:10:46.715+00:00Sam - I don't think people up here would dream...Sam - I don't think people up here would dream of associating those accents with Luton.<br /><br />I do think it's important what kids are exposed to, but I don't think the effect is very predictable within some obvious boundaries.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-61384849118272356092012-11-19T18:48:44.847+00:002012-11-19T18:48:44.847+00:00I thought I could remember both of them, although ...I thought I could remember both of them, although Torchy does seem to be both more bizarre and amateurish than I would have anticipated. The Lone Ranger is more of a Western cultural icon, so I have kept the memories fresher as far as he is concerned.<br /><br />Torchy apparently ran until 1959, so I would have been three when it ended. I have the memory of being excited by the lights and the battery bits, but was completely perplexed by the rest. An interesting one for me, as I have a son of two, and Torchy is on the very edge of my memories. I'll be careful as to what we expose him to!<br /><br />As I am from Luton, the accents would of course have been very close to what I heard every day...Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com