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Midweek Message 214.

I'm hoping that it will be a lovely day weather-wise when you listen to this Midweek Message. Because, I'll be on holiday! The sun will be shining, the sky blue, the real ale flowing... Haha, happy days!

Society Today versus the Good Old Days.

Society today is very different from the good old days. In this episode, I compare then and now and wonder whether things were better many moons ago. Please, join me.

Midweek Message 213.

Hello, I'm back from Milton Keynes. We had a great time looking around museums but we're pleased to be home.

Midweek Message 212.

Sunday roast dinner, Queen Victoria, oast houses. Queen Matilda and more... What a mixture this midweek message is! I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed chatting.

Punishing Kids, teachers, parents, school caning,

Were you physically punished when you were young. I got the cane for bunking off school! Happy days!

Midweek Message 211.

Gardening, car washing, window cleaning, hat making... What? Hat making? A chap I in knew was a milliner. He laughed at me because I was a TV engineer and he made hats! Happy days!

From a Paper Round to a Saturday Job.

Did you have a Saturday job when you were at school? For many kids, a paper round was the first step which often lead to a Saturday job and, sometimes, something even more exciting. I’ve got a couple of stories about Saturday jobs that turned out to be quite special.

Midweek Message 210.

Did you have a paper round when you were young? It was a popular way of earning money back in the old days. I had to get to the paper shop at 6 in the morning... strewth! That was early! Happy days!

Hippies School Museums Girls and more

Do you remember school assembly? The head teacher would stand on the stage moaning and groaning about this and that before ordering us to sing a hymn. Were you a hippie? I remember coming across a load of hippies in the woods... happy days! Please, join me for a chat.

Midweek Message 209.

Bring back the old days! I hear people say, almost daily. People used to laugh at me when I said I wanted to go back to the 1950s. Now, they're saying it!

Midweek Message 208.

This is a noisy podcast episode! Sorry about that. But, I do manage to have a chat with you.

Sunny Worthing Tomatoes

Sunny Worthing was famous for growing tomatoes back in the old days. There were huge greenhouses everywhere! Sadly, those days have gone. Most of our fruit and vegetables come from abroad now. Join me this Sunday for a good old chat.

Midweek Message 207.

Hi, I hope you're well. What did I do before I was allowed out on my own to the woods? I played with my trainset,  my Meccano set, I played in the street and the garden... Happy days!

What I did in the 1950s… Apart from going to the woods every day!

I know that I'm always on about the woods and the pond with frogs and tadpoles and sticklebacks and water boatmen... But, what else did I do when I was young? In this episode, I shall tell you.

Midweek Message 206.

Rubbish cars, cold callers, the weather, scrumping and more...