Youth Alpha

So MTV have turned 30.

That means that most of you have basically always lived with MTV....

So we thought we’d show you what used to be on TV before 1981......TEST CARDS!

Incredibly they used to stick these pictures up for hours on end – because for certain hours of the day THERE WAS NO TELLY – nothing, no programme, nada, ZERO!!!

Some of the Youth Alpha team are struggling to think what we did when that happened – all we can think is that we must have played a lot of games and cycled everywhere on our cool chopper and grifter bikes...?

If you want to have ‘old telly’ as your wallpaper or see what we faced then click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/testcards/gallery/index.shtml .We are a particular fan of test card F. Ah the memories......

Still got time on your hands with all that TV? Then check out our other cool stuff or read our blog full of great stories and great ideas on running your own Youth Alpha course.