Radio eh, love it. custom made for in the car, totally ( nearly ) hands free, just drive ( or sit in the traffic and chill ) and listen.
I'd like to say I remember [Poor language removed] Barton...but I don't
Radio then; That meant 90% of the time The light Program 1500m on the long wave ( more power )
Music while you work
Mrs Dales Dairy ( 1950's soap )
Worker Play time
Wilfred Pickles
Victor Sylvester
The Shipping Forecast
The Archers
Jet Morgan
Cricket - before it was TMS
At the weekend
Saturday;
Children's Favourites
Saturday Club
Sports report at 5.00 with that theme tune. Eamon Andrews telling me Everton had won the League in 1963... I knew, I was there, but legging home to hear it officially on the BBC was half of the fun.
Sunday;
The Archers Omnibus edition
Letter from America ( R 4? )
2 way family favourites ( musical request program for soldiers abroad )
A comedy Program, one of many from;
Educating Archie ( ventriloquism on the radio ffs, but it was the 50's )
Ted Ray
Arthur Askey ( I thangyou )
Jimmy Clitheroe
Dave King
The Navy Lark
The Goon Show
And the classics Beyond our Ken & Round the Horne, Nominally Kenneth Horne urbane smooth front man/straight man/foil
Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick camping it up good style, bringing the Bona world to the masses.
Hello I'm Julian and this is my 'friend' Sandy
Then ' The Billy Cotton Show '
Movie Go Round, Introduced with the theme tune 'The Carousel Watlz ' hence the pun in the title
Semprini boring music
Sing something Simple, even more boring music...again it was the 50' and early 60's
Then came the high point of the evening Pick of the pops the top 20 in 60 mins ( was he smashie or nicey... nicey I think )
Starting to sound like the oldies thread here
There was Radio Luxembourg on the Medium wave that kept on fading in and out with the heavyside layer
Then came Pirate Radio and the rest was, as is said history
edit; Mods, GOT. ffs the contraction of Richard is D**k, can't your program sort for context...obviously not, but really.
