Thank you all for all the efort that you have put in to convince me, I was convinced after the first post. I should have made this clearer. It has become a bit of a joke in my house, my wife telling the kids that if they stare into the beads they will see what was on television! I stuck the photographs up so that anyone like myself would be able to see the beads in question.
I paid very little for them (£8) and I am happy with them. From now on
I will be more cynical about provenance.( although coming from the north of England I am already clinicaly cynical!)
thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thank you Alex.
ps . Carl if you want to sell those beads I am interested but I wont pay much as it is obvious they are fake!