Ray’s Rants back to the 1960s 1970s 1950s in the UK Great Britain. Entertaining and fun. British music scene, Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones. The English pubs and clubs, Watney’s Red Barrel beer, Babycham, Cherry B the night life. The cars, the workplace, television and pirate radio. England. Schools back in the early days. 60s fashion and clothes, flairs and miniskirts. London, Caroline, Luxembourg. Mini cars skirts. Holiday in caravan, Butlin’s
Episodes
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Meeting Girls.
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Meeting girls back in the 1960s and 70s wasn’t as you might imagine. There were pubs and clubs but they weren’t necessarily the best places to meet the opposite sex. Join me as I look back at some of the girls I met… and where I met them.
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Where have all the insects gone?
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Where have all the insects gone? And the hedgehogs and the frogs and the field mice and the... Over the last 50 years, there's been a disastrous decline in, not only in insects, but hedgehogs and other animals.
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
The Games People Played
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Board games, garden games, street games such as hopscotch and roller skating… Were games in the 1950s very different to games kids play these days? Join me in a look back at the games kids played.
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Hosting Students
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Every summer, foreign students flood into the UK to learn English. They stay with host families, which usually works extremely well for both student and family. However, things aren’t always what they seem…