Ray’s Rants - Growing up in 1950s 1960s 1970s Britain
By Ray’s Rants UK
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Episodes: 624
Description
Ray looks back at life in 1950s, 60s and 70s Britain. Music, from Hendrix to the Rolling Stones. Pubs and night clubs. The beer, Watney's Red Barrel and Double Diamond. Babycham for the ladies. Miniskirts for the girls, 1960s fashion. Pirate radio, Caroline, London, Luxembourg. Cars, school, work, television.
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midlife Crisis, running off with young women! The dentist. Stealing by finding...
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Who are you, really?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Are You happy? What is happiness? What is vertical drinking? Should it be banned?
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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A shocking view from a tree!
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Hi, how are you?
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - My Wife Left Me! Gary Tortoise. Mini Greenhouse.
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 273. Where is the summer? Heatwave rain wind. Garden centres, nurseries, coffee...
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Liar Liar Pants On Fire! Lying Girl! House two up two down. Bad TV adverts. Life, what did I envisage?
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 272. Dreadful weather!
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Bloody Potholes! Grumpy old man, pink trousers, coffee in soup bowl, miserable people
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 271. Rubbish dumps, stick insects, the old days.
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Saturday Job Paper Round. Empty shops, littered streets, derelict buildings.
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May 31, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 270. In the shade in the garden! Growing Watercress.
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May 27, 2026 |
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The Dairyman's Daughter. Ghost story. Make do and mend. Your first house.
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May 24, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 269 Back to the 1960s
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May 20, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Emma's Secret Diary. She was a twenty-year-old girl, a plain, quiet girl...
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May 17, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 268. Children's radio and television in the 1950s.
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May 13, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - School Scandal! Miss Is Expecting! English Teacher Pregnant!
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May 10, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 267. Bugging the school staff room!
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May 06, 2026 |
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Exposing A Stalker! Favorite Smells. Mortgage Bank Loan. Village Dad's Army. 1950s 60s Poverty.
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May 03, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 266. The Village Green.
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Who did that? Who did it? It wasn't me!
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 265.
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Growing up in the 1950s
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 264.
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Stair rods. Tea cosy. Horse hair sofa. Lino flooring. 1950s homes.
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 263.
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Retro good old days. Marmalade renamed. Bent cucumbers. Storm Dave.
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 262.
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Upper class, lower class. Posh, common. Baking bread. Feigning illness to get off school.
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 261.
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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A Creature of Habit, aluminum jelly molds, drainpipe trousers, bedpans, and more
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 263.
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Why don't I like people?
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 259.
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Tradesman back then. Kids exploring. Pubs in Australia. Windmills.
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 258
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Someone else's problem becomes my problem.
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 257.
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Places to visit. University or apprentice. Dolls houses. The Toilet Museum. Train Sets.
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 256.
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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British Etiquette and good manners. Queuing properly in shops respecting elders.
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Midweek Meassage 255.
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Furniture then and now. Train coaches with no corridors. Getting old. Experience of life.
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 254.
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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A look at houses in the 1950s. Fireplace Formica modern Supertaps
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 253.
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Village Tales. Compulsive Liars. Railway Time Clocks.
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 252.
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Ray's Rants Podcast - Holidays back in the old days Lost villages. Bicycles cars on pavements & more
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 251.
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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January Sales. Cashless Society. Gambling. Ice. Snow.
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 249
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Happy New Year. Holidays in Devon. British Rail. Cars. Doctors. A&E Hospital.
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Midweek Message 248.
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Between Christmas and the New Year.
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Happy Christmas 2025
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 247.
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Ghost of Christmas Past. Stop smoking. Amberley Museum. New Years' Resolution and more...
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 246.
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Steam Engines. Haircut. School. Christmas. Adverts. Winter Summer. Deliberate Mistake and more...
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 245.
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Churning butter. Radio Sonde weather balloons. Stone age times. Puncture outfit. Happy days!
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 244.
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Christmas TV. Vintage Office Equipment. Village Magazine. Deliberate Mistake and more...
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 243
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Childhood memories. Village tales. Horse and cart. Spy radios. Milkman. Coal man.
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 242.
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Villages revisited. Freight trains. Real ale. Music. Graffiti. Litter. Parish Council.
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 241.
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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High Tea. Frozen Milk. Underground Bunkers. Bonfire Night. Derek's Cafe and more...
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 240.
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Expensive Friendships. Poisonous Snakes and Spiders. Meditation. Christmas Curry. Fairies.
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 239.
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Toasted Crumpet by the fire. Board Games. Gravel Pits. Train Sets. Pirate Radio.
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 238.
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Privately Owned Pubs, Where am I? Air Raid Shelters, New Houses and more...
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 237.
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Bad drivers, tea sets, fish and chip prices, pubs open late, council houses, pub quiz, and more...
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 236.
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Rural Living Museum. 1960s Fashion. Friday Club Night. Fish & Chips.
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 235.
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Dreams, Stalkers, Control Freaks, Lies, Thieves, Jobs Worth... and more.
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 234.
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Change is inevitable, smelly farms, noisy schools, ghosts and much more.
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 233.
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Buying and selling property, what Americans think of Brits, living alone and more..
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 231.
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Friends Not Lovers, red phone boxes, gold diggers, no driving license...
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 230.
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Family Life. Milky drinks, Tizer, bonfires in the Autumn, phone boxes, television...
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 229.
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll 1960s and more...
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 228.
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Doors not locked, neighbours wander in, people were trusted.
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 227.
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Have we progressed as a society?
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 226.
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Your first car, first house, new or old? Plus, thunder and Lightning!
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 225.
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Picnics countryside unexploded bombs Swanbourne Lake Arundel and more...
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 224.
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Heating house in the 50s. Man caves. house husbands, good manners and more...
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 223.
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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What Girls Wanted in the 60s. Trains. Pubs Closing. School and more
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 222.
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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We know about the past. What about the future? AI, driverless cars, no shope, no pubs...
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 221.
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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How has your town and your life changed over the years?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 220.
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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England, now a different country.
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 219.
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Relationship breakup, losing possessions, pressed flowers...
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 218.
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Car salesmen, Hi-Fi equipment, it was all about the bass in the 1960s!
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 217.
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Crittal windows in the old days double glazing buying a fridge or dishwasher nightmare
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 216.
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May 28, 2025 |
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Isle of Wight Trip May 2025
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May 25, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 215.
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May 21, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 214.
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May 14, 2025 |
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Society Today versus the Good Old Days.
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May 11, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 213.
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May 07, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 212.
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Punishing Kids, teachers, parents, school caning,
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 211.
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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From a Paper Round to a Saturday Job.
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 210.
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Hippies School Museums Girls and more
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 209.
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 208.
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Sunny Worthing Tomatoes
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 207.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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What I did in the 1950s… Apart from going to the woods every day!
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 206.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 205.
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Shops with no stock! Homemade pickles, chutney and jam, the weather...
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 204.
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Medical stuff and other bits and pieces.
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Road Works, Tortoise, Amberley, Phones and more
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 202.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 203
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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A Message From Ray's Rants
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 200.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Love Honour and Obey
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 199.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The Good Old Days
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 198.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Neighbours! Good ones, bad ones… are you a good neighbour?
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Midweek Message 197.
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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What will the new year bring? The Weather, catching thieves and more.
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Midweeek Message 196
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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New Year 1951 to 2025 Christmas New Year Boxing Day Sales...
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Midweek Messahe 195.
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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What will happen when there are no pubs left?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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What will happen when there are no pubs left?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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On Leaving School What Was Your First Job?
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 192.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The Winter of 1962/63.
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 191.
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Making Money Moonlighting Food Additives Christmas in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 190.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Mr Jobsworth, Firms Man, you can't do this, you can't do that...
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 189.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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When I Was A Boy - PART TWO.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 188.
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Village LIfe, Shopkeepers, Grandparents, old Radio Plays.
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 187.
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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What do you do in your free time?
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 186.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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When perfume was called scent and petrol was 7/6d a gallon.
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 185.
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Housewives 1950s 1960s. Were they slaves?
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 184.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Good Things in the Good Old Days, and much more...
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 183.
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Inside British houses, my Isle of Wight trip and more…
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Midweek Massage 182.
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Buildings, architecture, old houses, new houses and more...
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 181.
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Kids Then and Now.
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 180.
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The Waverley Paddle Steamer, Southampton Docks and more.
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 179.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Stories From The Past, A Visit To Amberley Museum and more.
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 178.
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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The Weather
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 177.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Things I Don't Like. Plus, stress and anxiety, processed food and more...
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Midweek Mdessage 176.
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Quality Built by Craftsmen before the days of Chipboard, MDF & Plastic.
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 175.
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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A Typical Day In The 1960s. Off To Work!
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 174.
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Why are people so loud? The shops we loved and lost, and more...
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 173.
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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English Villages, Sundays When The Shops Were Closed and more...
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 172.
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Timeline Britain 1950s plus Bognor Butlins!
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 171.
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Further Education, Technical College, Adult Classes in the 1960s
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 170.
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Trip to Pulborough Brooks.
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 169.
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The Great Storm of 1987 plus What's In A Name?
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 168.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Things We No Longer Have Or See In The UK.
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 167.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Traditional English Food, Pubs, Shops...
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 166.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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School Holidays and other stuff.
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Ray's Roaming Rants - St Mary's Church, Sompting.
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 165.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Live Your Life. Children in Pubs. Miserable People and more.
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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St Mary The Virgin Clapham Church West Sussex
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May 31, 2024 |
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An Announcement!
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May 30, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 164.
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May 29, 2024 |
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History, London trolley buses, diesel engines, trams, trains...
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May 26, 2024 |
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Ray's Roaming Rants - Isle of Wight holiday May 2024.
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May 23, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 163.
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May 22, 2024 |
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Steam trains, electric trains, diesel trains, getting married and more...
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May 19, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 162.
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May 15, 2024 |
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Dinosaurs, Alfresco BBQs, Picnics, a story and more...
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May 12, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 161.
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May 08, 2024 |
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Stories From The 1960s and more...
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May 05, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 159.
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Eternal Triangle, Lies, Deceit, Adultery, Infidelity, Carnaby Street, local shops, landline phones...
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 158.
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Tradesmen - Plumbers Electricians Decorators Handymen...
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 157.
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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NHS Nursing. Chatting to Nurse Diane about the old days in the local hospital.
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 156.
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Etiquette Morals Integrity Principles Respect Decency...
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 155.
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Some People Have All The Luck.
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 154.
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Living Alone. Lonely, Selfish, Happy?
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 153.
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Fashion, Clothes, Shoes, Hair 1950s 1960s 1970s.
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 152.
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Managers, the boss, the foreman, do we need them?
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 151.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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1950s Kids Exploring Discovering Learning...
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 150.
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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1950s Kids on a Wet and Rainy Half Term or Summer Holiday.
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 149.
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Tomboys, Tomgirls, 1960s Music, Vintage Cars and other stuff.
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 148.
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Dreadful Things We Did Back in the 1960s.
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 147.
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Unlikely Kleptomaniac. Or, The Thief In The Night.
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 146.
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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A Letter From England, The Story of Paula, and Terry Nappies and more.
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 145.
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Transport Back In Granddad's Time.
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 144.
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Looking Back Over Time
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 143.
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The Big Snow of 1947
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Midweek Message 142.
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Happy New Year 2024!
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 141.
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Happy Christmas 2023
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 140.
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Neighbourhood Watch!
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 139.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Memories From Long Ago.
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 138.
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Weather Madness! Winter! Weather Madness! Snow, Ice, Wind, Cold, Freeze, Blizzards...
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 137.
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Practical Jokers! And other stuff.
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 136
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Late For School, Again! And, The Big I Am.
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 135.
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Young and Old
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 134.
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Weather Bomb! Storms, rain, wind, lightning, thunder, floods...
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 133.
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Genetic memories, old cars, TV programs and ads, Happy days!
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 132
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Public Transport. Oh, what fun!
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 131.
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Hello Autumn!
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 130.
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Be confident in what you do. Don’t care what others think.
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 129.
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Social Etiquette, Tales of the Unexpected, traffic jams...
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 128.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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The War On Motorists. Twenty is Plenty.
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 127.
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Live And Let Live
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 126.
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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BackTo School
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 125.
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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The University Of Life - or - Education Outside School
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 124.
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To.
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 123.
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Big, Beautiful, Massive Old Houses. A Cashless Society, Colourful Clothes and more.
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 121.
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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How Things Have Changed - Then and Now
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 120.
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Curtain Twitchers.
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 119.
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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The Worm That Turned.
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 118.
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Ray’s Rubbish Rant
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 117.
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Whats Good for the Goose is good for the Gander.
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 116.
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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This isn’t about Etiquette and table manners. It’s about hot summer nights and other stuff.
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 115.
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Quiet Times.
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 114.
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Almost Legal
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 113.
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Fun - then and now
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 112.
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Changing City Names & other stuff.
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 111.
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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The Nature Table, Scrap Books, School and other things from the past.
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 110.
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May 31, 2023 |
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This and That - a load of ranting!
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May 28, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 109.
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May 24, 2023 |
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Road Rage
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May 21, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 108.
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May 17, 2023 |
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The National Health Service and other chat and stuff
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May 14, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 107.
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May 10, 2023 |
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Coronation chat and more.
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May 07, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 106.
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May 03, 2023 |
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Motor bike crash with a strange ending, and more stuff
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 105.
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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House Sitting, strange phenomena cars, burglary and other stuff... ...
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Midweek Message104.
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Life in the Village.
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Midweek Mesaage 103.
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Punishing Kids
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 102.
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Holiday Camp!
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 101.
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Electrical Appliances Kitchen Garden Household
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 100.
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The BBC TV licensing commercial radio and other ramblings
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 99.
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Families in the 1950s
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 98.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Pranks. The Ice Age. First Dates
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 97.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Kids Go-Karts and other stuff from the old days.
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 96.
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Chatting About Pets
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 95.
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Window Cleaner
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 94.
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Working Title.
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 93.
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Books... and more ramblings
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 92.
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Family Values.
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 91.
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Reading The Room and other stuff.
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 90.
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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The Winter of Discontent
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 89
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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1940s War Time Memories
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Midweek Message 88.
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Happy Christmas!
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 87.
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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I Once Knew A Girl
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 86.
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Preparing For Christmas
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 85.
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The English Language and stuff or what innit.
|
Dec 04, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 84.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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When I Was A Boy.
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 83.
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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The NHS National Health Service and other stuff
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 82.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Radio Then and Now.
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 81.
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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High Voltage Happenings!
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 80.
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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White Lines All Over The Roads!
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 79.
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Pregnancy Out Of Wedlock 1960s
|
Oct 23, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 78.
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Store Detective - Private Detective cars pubs and more
|
Oct 16, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 77.
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Should You Try To Change Someone To Suit Your Needs?
|
Oct 09, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 76.
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Camping... No Thanks!
|
Oct 02, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 75.
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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A Girl And A Boat
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 74.
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Do You Remember?
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 73.
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Old Films Movies
|
Sep 11, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 72.
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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My First Time.
|
Sep 04, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 71.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Your Diary Entries.
|
Aug 28, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 70.
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The Benefit of Hindsight.
|
Aug 21, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 69.
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The Summer of 1976
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 68.
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Compulsive Liars!
|
Aug 07, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 67.
|
Aug 03, 2022 |
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Vintage Television License Fee... and more
|
Jul 31, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 66.
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Money! Why is everything so expensive?
|
Jul 24, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 65.
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Conversation... and other stuff!
|
Jul 17, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 64.
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Standards, Then and Now
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 63.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Nothing Works Properly!
|
Jul 03, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 62.
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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The Cost of Living!
|
Jun 26, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 61.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Communication, Then and Now.
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 60.
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Politics, Then and Now.
|
Jun 12, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 59.
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Tradesmen, then and now.
|
Jun 05, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 58.
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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The Queen’s Plantnum Jubilee Street Party
|
May 29, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 57.
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May 25, 2022 |
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Changes! How things have changed since the 1960s and 1970s
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May 22, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 56.
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May 18, 2022 |
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Love, marriage, secrecy and Aunty’s house.
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May 15, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 55.
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May 11, 2022 |
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What did we have in the 1970s that we don’t have today?
|
May 08, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 54.
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May 04, 2022 |
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Flags Pubs Divorce 1950s 1960s vegetable plots and more!
|
May 01, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 53.
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Worthing - my home town
|
Apr 24, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 52.
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Village Vigilantes
|
Apr 17, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 51.
|
Apr 13, 2022 |
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Britain in the 50s and 60s
|
Apr 10, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 50.
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Love Cheat!
|
Apr 03, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 49.
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Keep Away From My Sister!
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 48.
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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The Stalker!
|
Mar 20, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 47.
|
Mar 16, 2022 |
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The Girl From France
|
Mar 13, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 46.
|
Mar 09, 2022 |
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Families... and other stuff
|
Mar 06, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 45.
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Time Machine
|
Feb 27, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 44.
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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The Weather!
|
Feb 20, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 43.
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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A Weekend Music Break
|
Feb 13, 2022 |
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Midweek message 42.
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Back In Time.
|
Feb 06, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 41.
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The New Highway Code Rules.
|
Jan 30, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 40.
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Earning Money in the 50s and 60s.
|
Jan 23, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 39
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Incidents At School
|
Jan 16, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 38
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Home Security - Then And Now
|
Jan 09, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 37
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Humour Then And Now
|
Jan 02, 2022 |
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Midweek Message 36
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Surnames and other stuff.
|
Dec 26, 2021 |
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Merry Christmas!
|
Dec 24, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 35
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Twins! Sisters, Brothers... Twins!
|
Dec 19, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 34
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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It‘s That Time Again!
|
Dec 12, 2021 |
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Happy Christmas 2021
|
Dec 05, 2021 |
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Do You Look Back in Anger?
|
Sep 05, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 32.
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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The Decline of out Towns and Cities.
|
Aug 29, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 31.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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The Days Before Computers.
|
Aug 22, 2021 |
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Midweek message 30.
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Package Holidays to Spain in the 1970s.
|
Aug 15, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 29.
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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When I was a boy!
|
Aug 08, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 28.
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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A Nation of Shopkeepers
|
Aug 01, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 27.
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Collecting Things
|
Jul 25, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 26.
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 25.
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Gold Diggers!
|
Jul 11, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 24.
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Days Out in the 1950s and 60s
|
Jul 04, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 23.
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Household Bills! Then and now.
|
Jun 27, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 22.
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Crime! Then and now.
|
Jun 20, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 21.
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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One Million B.C.
|
Jun 13, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 20.
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Hygiene.
|
Jun 06, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 19.
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Making Things.
|
May 30, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 18.
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May 26, 2021 |
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Cars then and now. 1950s 60s 70s
|
May 23, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 17.
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May 19, 2021 |
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Social Media, then and now.
|
May 16, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 16.
|
May 12, 2021 |
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Mistakes, we all make them!
|
May 09, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 15.
|
May 05, 2021 |
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Common Sense.
|
May 02, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 14.
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Fashion, clothes in the 50s and 60s.
|
Apr 25, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 13.
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Houses, then and now.
|
Apr 18, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 12.
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Children's Birthday Parties
|
Apr 11, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 11
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Relationships
|
Apr 04, 2021 |
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Midweek Message 10.
|
Mar 31, 2021 |
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The Sweet Shop
|
Mar 28, 2021 |
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Midweek Message No 9
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Toys, then and now.
|
Mar 21, 2021 |
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Midweek Message No. 8
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Animals.
|
Mar 14, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Weddings.
|
Mar 07, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Families!
|
Feb 28, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Can You Cook?
|
Feb 21, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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A Trip Down Memory Lane.
|
Feb 14, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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From School to Work - the transition.
|
Feb 07, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Have You Seen A Ghost? Your psychic experiences.
|
Jan 31, 2021 |
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Midweek Message
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Dreams.
|
Jan 24, 2021 |
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More of your Emails
|
Jan 17, 2021 |
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Home Alone.
|
Jan 10, 2021 |
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After Christmas into 2021
|
Jan 03, 2021 |
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New Year's Eve.
|
Dec 27, 2020 |
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Happy Christmas 2020
|
Dec 24, 2020 |
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The 1950s to 1960s Transition.
|
Dec 20, 2020 |
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Nowt Queer As Folk
|
Dec 13, 2020 |
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The High Street
|
Dec 06, 2020 |
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Do It Yourself, or a professional job?
|
Nov 29, 2020 |
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Automations and Job Losses
|
Nov 22, 2020 |
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Children!
|
Nov 15, 2020 |
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My brush with the Aristocracy.
|
Nov 08, 2020 |
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Junk – To Keep or Dump?
|
Nov 01, 2020 |
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Seeds of Doubt
|
Oct 25, 2020 |
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Decorating, then and now.
|
Oct 18, 2020 |
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Ghost Hospital
|
Oct 11, 2020 |
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Cheats Never Prosper
|
Oct 04, 2020 |
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Reducing Stress
|
Sep 27, 2020 |
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The Four Seasons.
|
Sep 20, 2020 |
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Your Emails.
|
Sep 13, 2020 |
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Broken Marriage.
|
Sep 06, 2020 |
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Working From Home
|
Aug 30, 2020 |
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Thoughts of a Recluse.
|
Aug 23, 2020 |
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1950s House Wives.
|
Aug 16, 2020 |
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Your First Radio
|
Aug 09, 2020 |
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Politically Correct?
|
Aug 02, 2020 |
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Hospitals Doctors and Dentists.
|
Jul 26, 2020 |
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Food...
|
Jul 19, 2020 |
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Getting Old.
|
Jul 12, 2020 |
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Tunnels Under The Ground.
|
Jul 04, 2020 |
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Meeting Girls.
|
Jun 28, 2020 |
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Where have all the insects gone?
|
Jun 21, 2020 |
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The Games People Played
|
Jun 14, 2020 |
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Hosting Students
|
Jun 07, 2020 |
|
The English Language
|
May 31, 2020 |
|
Early Retirement
|
May 24, 2020 |
|
Gardens Then and Now.
|
May 17, 2020 |
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VE Day Celebrations and Lockdown
|
May 10, 2020 |
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Make do and Mend.
|
May 03, 2020 |
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Friends
|
Apr 26, 2020 |
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Kids Then And Now.
|
Apr 19, 2020 |
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Questions and Answers.
|
Apr 12, 2020 |
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Village Life. Behind The Facade.
|
Apr 05, 2020 |
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Tales of a Parish Councillor.
|
Mar 29, 2020 |
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Self Isolating.
|
Mar 22, 2020 |
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Homes back in the 1950s.
|
Mar 15, 2020 |
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Moaning and Groaning
|
Mar 08, 2020 |
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That's Progress!
|
Mar 01, 2020 |
|
Car boot sales.
|
Feb 23, 2020 |
|
Smoking in the 50s and 60s.
|
Feb 17, 2020 |
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Radio & TV adverts - too loud!
|
Feb 09, 2020 |
|
The Lost Soul.
|
Feb 02, 2020 |
|
The House In The Woods.
|
Jan 25, 2020 |
|
Family weekends in the 1950s and 60s.
|
Jan 19, 2020 |
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Planning permission in the 1950s and 1960s.
|
Jan 12, 2020 |
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English sayings, phrases and oddities.
|
Jan 05, 2020 |
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Christmas food - then and now
|
Dec 29, 2019 |
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Christmas in the 1950s
|
Dec 22, 2019 |
|
More Newspaper Reviews – 1950s 60s.
|
Dec 15, 2019 |
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Hobbies in the 1950s.
|
Dec 08, 2019 |
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Summer Holiday – 1950s style.
|
Dec 01, 2019 |
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Marriage.
|
Nov 24, 2019 |
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Newspaper Review from the 1950s, 60s, 70s.
|
Nov 17, 2019 |
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Home Entertainment over the decades
|
Nov 10, 2019 |
|
Guy Fawkes night in the 1950s and 60s.
|
Nov 03, 2019 |
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School’s Out.
|
Oct 27, 2019 |
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Wild Parties in the 1960s.
|
Oct 20, 2019 |
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A trip to Bletchley Park.
|
Oct 13, 2019 |
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School in the 1950s and 60s.
|
Oct 06, 2019 |
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Driving, then and now.
|
Sep 29, 2019 |
|
A evening in an early 1970s nightclub.
|
Sep 22, 2019 |
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An evening in a 1960s British pub.
|
Sep 15, 2019 |
|
The beginning of CB radio in the UK.
|
Sep 08, 2019 |
|
Born in the fifties, living in the 21st century.
|
Sep 01, 2019 |
|
Co-hosting a pirate radio show with ‘The Girl’.
|
Aug 25, 2019 |
|
Cars Girls and Radios.
|
Aug 19, 2019 |
|
Radio and Television in the 1950s 1960s.
|
Aug 12, 2019 |
|
Recollections of GWM Radio Worthing – part two.
|
Aug 02, 2019 |
|
The early beginnings of an apprentice radio and television engineer.
|
Jul 29, 2019 |
|
Recollections of the Marine Trawler Band.
|
Jul 22, 2019 |
|
Recollections of GWM Radio army surplus shop - part one.
|
Jul 15, 2019 |
|
CCF Pirate Radio Memories.
|
Jul 10, 2019 |
|
Echo Charlie Pirate Radio.
|
Jul 09, 2019 |