Havent seen this lady in years but boy,did she make me laugh this morning.She has a wonderful talent for putting pictures in your mind. She tells tales ,a bit like Billy Conolly without the added language.Marvelous.👏👏👏👏👏👏💐💐
I love this woman. How refreshing to hear someone going a 'stand-up' routine without profanity every second word! Her poems are equally good and very funny. Most other comedians' routine would be half as long if they omitted the vulgarity. Well done Mrs. Ayres! Please keep your stories coming.
I agree, don’t get me wrong I like comedy with swearing with exception to that frankie Boyle and jimmy Carr but this is so clever she’s a brilliant story teller
What I love us that without stating the obvious about her dad’s swimming costume or using any direct words, she manages to paint the picture very clearly and leaves things up to the imagination of the audience. Now THAT is true comedy!
Sounds like quite a few families were the butt of The Women's Weekly's sense of humour. I saw her perform in Hobart, Tasmania when she toured there. I was amazed at her ability to remember her stories as well as poems for over an hour. I hadn't realised she was such a gifted raconteur. This was maybe about 2009. I never heard about this swim suit though.
OMG Laugh, I nearly cried. I feel for Pam's dad as my mum knitted my swimming trunks from maroon wool. No doubt from the Woman's Weekly. I hated school swimming lessons.
My mum knitted me one of those when I was a toddler; it's a miracle I didn't drown in the shallows at Blackpool. It ended up on my teddy bear, named Big Ted who never, ever went swimming.
Brilliant. My Auntie once wore a knitted swimming costume, when she came out of the water not much was covered due to the weight of the water on the wool. 🤣
As a small child in the 50's I remember having a pair of knitted swimming trunks in a maroon colour. As she says, they were fine when dry but almost hung down around the knees when wet.
OMG being born in the early ‘50s I totally remember the swim wear ,I myself had a bobbly elastic swimsuit that filled with water and nearly drowned me 😆😂😂😂😂😂😤
Punit Neb D. You can still get them. What a great present (if only a joke). I might have a bash myself as my husband was born in the 50’s and probably remembers them.
I fear that 'woollen' swim trunks may constitute a just impediment, to swimming and possibly common decency but what you chose to do in the privacy of your home is up to you and if completed I hope they give you both joy.
Born in '47, I had a green one. What a nightmare. Brighton beach was bad enough with trying to walk on those pebbles and then to suffer the indignity and pain in the feet of having to stagger back up with me crutch round me knees and the extra weight of half the English Channel hanging off me skinny little shoulders. They were the days. :-)
I remember my nana knitting me a swimsuit in the 60s and it sagging to my knees when I came out of the sea,my mum had to do the very same wringing action,oh yes they were the days
Fiona Me Pam Ayres’ Bunny Rabbit Poem I am a bunny rabbit, Sitting in me hutch. I like to sit down this end. I don’t care for that end, much. I hope tomorrow’s Thursday, ‘Cause with a little luck, As far as I remember, That’s the day they pass the buck!
A lot of drownings were attributed to whool. Not the easiest link but there it is: death by swimming costume lovingly knitted by a spouse remembering how he complained about a stone in the lentils once too often.
This is so funny as I remember as a toddler my father’s maroon knitted trunks 😂 also my very itchy knitted swimsuit which really was bad when wet - so true
Oh yes....my mum knitted me one in the 50s....I nearly drowned near Southend pier....must of weighed 20 stone when wet! I actually came out naked..good job I was only 5😑
Ha ha, I was born in the 70,s but I pictured those knitted trunks, even the colour before she described them. My Mum had tales of her own knitted costume and how it sagged. Why did they do this🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sadly (if somewhat inevitably) Woman's Weakly has seemingly distanced itself from its seminal knitting ethos and gone after the smart set. Madonna's belated foray into the now arcane world of wool and needles came to nothing and now seems a distant, unheeded flash in the bedpan of history.
Memories of living in Blackpool during the war, We’d take a short cut through the Pleasure Beach .no. Bathing huts around so we’d just pop a dress over. Our still damp swimming costumes'
Knitted swimwear should be banned! I had not one, but two, knitted bikinis when I was younger. Back then I used to tie the tops with a granny knot to be on the safe side, but once they were wet the knots would fuse and you couldn’t get them off! 😂
It was a holdover from the era before synthetics, combined with post war thrift and economy. Wool had been largely the chief material used for bathing wear. It's durable, reasonably elastic, and dries fairly quickly. Unfortunately, as Pam referenced, it also absorbs a tremendous volume of water! I remember wearing machine knitted woollen swimming trunks in the 1960's. An old pair that belonged to my Dad. Deep teal blue with a white belt. They soaked up plenty of water, but thankfully didn't bag out and sag horribly. Nylon and lycra have made all of that a distant memory now.
Havent seen this lady in years but boy,did she make me laugh this morning.She has a wonderful talent for putting pictures in your mind.
She tells tales ,a bit like Billy Conolly without the added language.Marvelous.👏👏👏👏👏👏💐💐
I love this woman. How refreshing to hear someone going a 'stand-up' routine without profanity every second word! Her poems are equally good and very funny. Most other comedians' routine would be half as long if they omitted the vulgarity. Well done Mrs. Ayres! Please keep your stories coming.
I agree, don’t get me wrong I like comedy with swearing with exception to that frankie Boyle and jimmy Carr but this is so clever she’s a brilliant story teller
Absolutely .just discovered her. Where was she all my life?
What I love us that without stating the obvious about her dad’s swimming costume or using any direct words, she manages to paint the picture very clearly and leaves things up to the imagination of the audience. Now THAT is true comedy!
Try DRY BAR comedy channel here on TH-cam. No filth allowed and ultimately proving its filler for lack of ideas anyway
Oh no, she's just talking about her dad's bulge. No profanity here lol
Pam Ayres should be a Dame. She is so funny and she remains totally relateable because she talks our language.
I agree
We love Pam because she speaks our language. Bless her. She should be on TV more.
She once said that TV used up material too quick but that she can write a live show and tour it for a couple of years.
Her delivery of her stories... and of her poems is so delightful.
4:47 I love the two ladies incapacitated in tears of laughter. What a gift Pam has.
Pam Ayers is one of the funniest female comedians of all time.
This brings back memories. My mother knitted me a swimming costume when I was about 6/7. Had exactly the same problems. She is a true lovely lady.
I love this woman.she is brilliant.more please.
Pam is an amazing talent and has an amazing way with words
Pam Ayres is a genuine gem. Bless her, all those laughs and no foul language. Good on you Pam.
One of the funniest and best story tellers ever!
I've had the pleasure of seeing her live, she is indeed.
And, m'gosh, she's a bit of a looker too...! Of course, I'm being age appropriate, I'm in my late 70s...!
I am in bed while telling a story about her DAD and his KNITTED swiming costume , I have TEARS run ing down my face with LAUGHTER I am 61 and disabled
Sounds like quite a few families were the butt of The Women's Weekly's sense of humour. I saw her perform in Hobart, Tasmania when she toured there. I was amazed at her ability to remember her stories as well as poems for over an hour. I hadn't realised she was such a gifted raconteur. This was maybe about 2009. I never heard about this swim suit though.
She is just adorable and one of the funniest ladies ever. Bless her.
I agree. She's great. Saw her live, hilarious.
Not many women like this anymore
Nine years old, Gyllingvase Beach , Falmouth.......went into sea wearing trunks of wool.....came out wearing sod all.....Good ole Mum!!!!
The older ladies in the audience know exactly what she is talking about. You can see it in the way they laugh.
OMG Laugh, I nearly cried. I feel for Pam's dad as my mum knitted my swimming trunks from maroon wool. No doubt from the Woman's Weekly. I hated school swimming lessons.
She is amazing. Good clean fun. Should be more comedians like her
Brilliant 😃 Cheeky pauses and the smile....a whole hilarious package
My mum knitted me one of those when I was a toddler; it's a miracle I didn't drown in the shallows at Blackpool. It ended up on my teddy bear, named Big Ted who never, ever went swimming.
The brilliant Pam Ayres....❤
This is the funniest thing I have heard for a long time. We'll done Pam.
The 1950s knitted swimsuits are strong in the memory of anybody that endured one. Did Pam exaggerate? Not in the least.
I wore one of these and when wet it dragged along the beach.
kate greenway
You're too funny 'dragged along the beach' my arse or rather your arse.
when I joined the Army in the mid 60s woolen swim trunks were issued to soldiers. and Pam describes them perfectly lol.
@@kategreenway1185 Damn Kate I nearly pissed myself laughing so hard. Well done on the image. So funny.
I said “knitted” before she did. I remember my Dad’s maroon coloured ones with a cream braided waistband. 😅
Brilliant. My Auntie once wore a knitted swimming costume, when she came out of the water not much was covered due to the weight of the water on the wool. 🤣
What a delightful comedienne. No obscenity, down to earth and riotously funny .
So good as usual Pam thanks. Moxx
As a small child in the 50's I remember having a pair of knitted swimming trunks in a maroon colour. As she says, they were fine when dry but almost hung down around the knees when wet.
😂😂
23.59 Oh Pam ! Sitting here feeling a bit down, but now have tears running down my cheeks from laughter.
watched this already 15 times including today !
I remember the first poem I heard her say called:- curlers. I hope I can find it here! She is hilarious!
Oh, I have it now! Thanks to David S. 🙏🏻
Lovely. Thank you.
I so remember those knitted swimming trunks, my own fathers was Maroon😅
A true national treasure
Wonderful! Just wonderful!
My way
I remember this story when we went to her show in kent .
Great smile..great words..hilarious
Hi PAM LOVE YOUR POEMS also nice to hear your Dad was like me a Grenadier Guard stay safe
OMG being born in the early ‘50s I totally remember the swim wear ,I myself had a bobbly elastic swimsuit that filled with water and nearly drowned me 😆😂😂😂😂😂😤
Maggie Elner I made myself a swimsuit out of terrycloth! Only wore it once; needless to say🤭
I am now again crying with laughter.
Good clean humour.
I made the mistake of watching this over breakfast. I nearly choked to death!
Remember those costumes, my grandmother knitted them. Only slightly improved on when my dad gave me his ex Royal Navy one.
😅 I remember my Dads woolen trunks. Same problem. Even worse when they got the moth over winter and only discovered the first time he went for a swim.
I love Pan ayres she makes me laugh x
A complete original never to be copied.
oh so very funny I love her have done for years
Pam you are a pure delight
Absolutely hilarious.. My husband is a swimmer and I dabble with knitting... How I wish I could lay my hands on that knitting pattern;)
Punit Neb D. You can still get them. What a great present (if only a joke). I might have a bash myself as my husband was born in the 50’s and probably remembers them.
Punit Neb D. Please let me know if you ever succeed. 😁
I fear that 'woollen' swim trunks may constitute a just impediment, to swimming and possibly common decency but what you chose to do in the privacy of your home is up to you and if completed I hope they give you both joy.
genitile humour in 2014, how far we have come, and they lap it up.
_G e n i t i l e_ indeed lol
So funny her timing is brilliant
She is utterly delightful.
Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth ..
EBSJones4 Sorry I’ve got to go one better don’t mean to offend but she’s fxxxxxg brilliant
ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!
Not to mention the sand which stuck to the thighs and crutch when as youngsters we made our way home as children . Red raw our thighs were
I've been in ireland for a long time...I've forgotten a about her...wonderful humour.
God bless you Pam
Born in '47, I had a green one. What a nightmare. Brighton beach was bad enough with trying to walk on those pebbles and then to suffer the indignity and pain in the feet of having to stagger back up with me crutch round me knees and the extra weight of half the English Channel hanging off me skinny little shoulders. They were the days. :-)
Fabulously funny woman...and not a 4 letter word to be heard.
I love her crooked smile.... So cute!
very very funny...never seen her before, will have to look her up
Love this woman....😘
OMG j'ai mal au ventre à force de rire !
That story has a wring to it.
such a way with words! sooo funny.
She's so funny brings back memories from years ago so funny
I just discovered you. So glad I did!
Laughing so hard I'm crying!😂😂😂
elle est comme Dave Allen, on peut presque comprendre même si on ne connait pas l'Anglais !
Love Pam, Im a class A brat, and she was my early inspration. Live long and prosper. Leona
I remember my nana knitting me a swimsuit in the 60s and it sagging to my knees when I came out of the sea,my mum had to do the very same wringing action,oh yes they were the days
Met her years ago. My favourite was: My mother had a flit gun, it was not devoted of charm. A bit of a flit shot out of it, the rest shot up her arm.
Fiona Me
Pam Ayres’ Bunny Rabbit Poem
I am a bunny rabbit,
Sitting in me hutch.
I like to sit down this end.
I don’t care for that end, much.
I hope tomorrow’s Thursday,
‘Cause with a little luck,
As far as I remember,
That’s the day they pass the buck!
A lot of drownings were attributed to whool. Not the easiest link but there it is: death by swimming costume lovingly knitted by a spouse remembering how he complained about a stone in the lentils once too often.
My gran use to give us knitted swimsuits , I remember it well I was only 6 at the time
So funny without being crude. Why can't today's standups manage it?
Because it requires a degree of intelligence and talent.
Checkout Drybar comedy
I have suffered the knitted swimming costume
someone made one for me when I was a little kid. I suffered like her dad LOL
nanny fairy and me as well they were ok till they got wet then you had a job to walk because they were dangling round my ankles! !!!
At 16 I had a ghastly purple knitted swimming costume. It was horribly embarrassing. I'm 88 and still remember the humiliation.
The wonderful Pam Ayres. Did she buy that Narrowboat
She's so funny!
my dad had a knitted swim trunks too!
What a riot!!!!
Poor dad! :D MWAAAAAAH!
Brilliant
Pam your brilliant 🙂
She is so funny.
This is so funny as I remember as a toddler my father’s maroon knitted trunks 😂 also my very itchy knitted swimsuit which really was bad when wet - so true
Oh yes....my mum knitted me one in the 50s....I nearly drowned near Southend pier....must of weighed 20 stone when wet! I actually came out naked..good job I was only 5😑
That's hilarious but am glad you survived to tell the tale🤣🤣🤣
East Ender haha
You made me laugh so much! Thank you,much needed
My mother used to knit my swimming trunks and the above is painful.
Ha ha, I was born in the 70,s but I pictured those knitted trunks, even the colour before she described them. My Mum had tales of her own knitted costume and how it sagged. Why did they do this🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They didn't have nylon or spandex........
we went to see her many years ago at Portsmouth Guild Hall and my Dad went to school with her her lol
Hilarious!!!!!!
yes my mum knitted everything lol
Sadly (if somewhat inevitably) Woman's Weakly has seemingly distanced itself from its seminal knitting ethos and gone after the smart set. Madonna's belated foray into the now arcane
world of wool and needles came to nothing and now seems a distant, unheeded flash in the bedpan of history.
Memories of living in Blackpool during the war, We’d take a short cut through the Pleasure Beach .no. Bathing huts around so we’d just pop a dress over. Our still damp swimming costumes'
My mother crocheted me a bikini in the 60's. It was just a weird fit.
Knitted swimwear should be banned! I had not one, but two, knitted bikinis when I was younger. Back then I used to tie the tops with a granny knot to be on the safe side, but once they were wet the knots would fuse and you couldn’t get them off! 😂
Glad I came across these clips of Pam 👍🏻😍
Meghan has always thought that a Holywood star was/is and always be more and better in every way than a royal
I remember my mum teling me of 2 ladies who wore knitted swimming costume. Fine when they stayed on the beach but when they got them wet!
Why would anyone knit a swimsuit out of wool? Makes no sense... and now you know why!
Exactly.
It was a holdover from the era before synthetics, combined with post war thrift and economy. Wool had been largely the chief material used for bathing wear. It's durable, reasonably elastic, and dries fairly quickly. Unfortunately, as Pam referenced, it also absorbs a tremendous volume of water! I remember wearing machine knitted woollen swimming trunks in the 1960's. An old pair that belonged to my Dad. Deep teal blue with a white belt. They soaked up plenty of water, but thankfully didn't bag out and sag horribly.
Nylon and lycra have made all of that a distant memory now.
😁Bless Her