When we were little we were only allowed to watch BBC children's programmes. My mum told us that the button to change to ITV didn't work, and we believed her! Wouldn't happen these days!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that having children could only happen after a wedding with the person you are married to.Anon
- I could never work out how they used to change the bands over so quickly when i listened to the radio— graham
- I believed that when you got married (the wife) you didn't have to work. Boy, was I fooled. ha ha ha— Patty
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy
- i used to believe that if your seatbelt was un-done the car wouldn't move or work at allAnon