1. When this was the premier source of real time information when you were flaking on your couch
It was a different time, a worse time.
The internet before the internet.
2. And you had to wait for ages for your specific cinema listings to come around
Page 1/16 and you knew your cinema was always last.
3. Needing to be ninja quick with the hold button so the f**king page didn’t load again
4. Patiently waiting for the next page to see the score in the match and feeling the pure tension
Your team was always on the third page. This was no way to live.
5. There were always stories of diehard fans who had watched a whole game just on Teletext
Absolute commitment.
6. When this counted as interactive gaming
Bamboozle!
7. When this passed as cutting edge graphics
8. Using page 180 to figure out what it was that you were actually watching
9. This was the best way to find out if your luck was in on the Lotto
10. And Aertel had you covered on jokes too
When you were getting your gags from Aertel, you knew it was a low point. But it’s all we had.
11. It was a time when glamorous air travel looked like this
12. And you knew when to leave the gaff based on this slow moving page
13. There were times that you pressed the hold button too early and the page wouldn’t load – or it just looked like this
“I need my… INFORMATION.”
Ah, Aertel. You’re missed greatly but we’ll never forget the struggles.
