In pictures: Teletext

And lo, it was born: Teletext replaces Oracle on 1 Jan 1993 Photograph: Public domain

News of strife at Newcastle on an old Teletext news page. How times have changed Photograph: Public Domain

Bamber Boozler, the quiz host on Channel 4's Teletext offering, became a cult hero Photograph: Public Domain

How Brookie was pictured in Channel 4's listings offering Photograph: Public Domain

And still soldiering on is Teletext's BBC counterpart, Ceefax. In pre-internet times, this page was a familiar sight to cricket followers Photograph: Ceefax

Parents gone away on holiday? Had a crazy party? Praying their flight had been delayed? This was once the only way to find out Photograph: Teletext

Some nuggets of advice will never grow stale Photograph: Public domain

The news page. Note the state-of-the-art globe symbol in the top right Photograph: Public domain

Digitiser - the video games page. Many moons before the Nintendo Wii, gamers had to make do with Streetfighter 2 on the good old Amiga Photograph: Public domain

The index page. Seasoned Teletext users would visit this page only as a last resort. A matter of pride Photograph: Public domain