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In this episode, I chat about growing up in the 1950s. What was it like for a young mother with a baby or toddler? How did she cope with looking after the child and doing all the housework, cooking, washing, ironing, shopping and more? Playpen? Cot?

What do you do with a small child when you're trying to get things done around the house? Playpen or cot? In this episode, I chat about little ones on the loose around the house.

Stair rods. Tea cosy. Horse hair sofa. Lino flooring. 1950s homes. There's a lot to ramble on about this week. I hope you'll join me this Sunday. 

The boat race, Cockney rhyming slang, shorthand and lots more on this week's Midweek Message. 

Retro good old days. Marmalade renamed. Bent cucumbers. Storm Dave. As usual, lots to talk about! 

Back to the 1950s, again. No microwave, no air fryer, no automatic washing machine... How did we manage back then! Hard work, that's how! Please, join me for a good old chat.

Upper class, lower class. Posh, common. Baking bread. Feigning illness to get off school. There's a lot to chat about this Sunday. 

1950s kitchens. Woolen swimming trunks. Easter Eggs. Sunday best clothes. Pipe smoking. Join me for a good old chat about the old days. 

Are you a A Creature of Habit? Do you remember aluminum jelly molds, drainpipe trousers, bedpans... Join me for a char about the good old days. 

Brevity... there's a word! Some people talk too much. Some people never get ill. Healthy eating, exercise... and more.

I've had an interesting email from Alan... He wonders why he doesn't like people. What it is about some people? I'm sure some set out deliberately to annoy others! Haha! Happy days! 

Railway gates always closed. Drinking fountains. Doctors drinking and smoking. Creating a 1940/50s kitchen. There's a lot to get through on this week's Midweek Message!

Although I have a chest infection, I've put together a podcast episode. Tradesman back in the old days. Kids exploring are raid shelters and underground bunkers. Pubs in Australia. Windmills. Please, join me this Sunday.

Oh, no! Half way through the Midweek Message... a disaster! 

In this episode, I bang on about someone else's problem becoming my problem. I try to help someone out and their problem becomes my problem... the whole thing backfires! Also, are there any architects today? Looking at new houses, you wouldn't think so! Cars, big or small? Which do you prefer? Please, join me this Sunday.

It's that time again. No one heard the deliberate mistake last Sunday! That's a shame. Not to worry. How are you? What have you been up to? The weather here is beautiful at the moment. Blue sky and sun! 

Places to visit. University or apprentice. Dolls houses. The Toilet Museum. Train Sets. A walk in the country. So much to chat about in this episode. Please, join me this Sunday. 

A visit to the dentist. Do we still write letters? Weird storms. There's plenty to chat about in this week's Midweek Message. 

British Etiquette and good manners. Queuing properly in shops respecting elders. Have those days gone? Opening a door for a lady. Offering a lady a seat on a bus or train. Do you still do that? 

It's that time again. In this message, I talk about equality for women. Would you give up your seat on a bus or train for a woman? Do you hold doors open for women? Please, join me for a chat.

Lots more to chat about in this episode. Furniture then and now. Trains with no corridors. Getting old. Experience of life. Deliberate mistake. YouTube shorts videos. Please, join me this Sunday.

We're getting well into February, spring is on the way! In this episode, I talk about modernising old houses and de-modernising (is there such a word?) new houses. Old kitchen sinks, fireplaces and loads of other stuff!

In this episode, I take a look back at houses and bungalows in the 1950s. The tiled fireplace and hearth rug  in the lounge, Formica worktops in the kitchen along with stainless steel sinks with Supertaps... happy days!

Find the deliberate mistake in this week's Midweek message. Washing powder and carpet beaters in the old days, trains, clocks, sweet shops and loads more stuff. Please, join me. 

Village Tales. Compulsive Liars. Railway Time Clocks. There's a lot to chat about in this episode. I hope you enjoy it! 

Apologies for my many not deliberate mistakes! Speaking the King's English. Butlin's! Village tales and more...

Holidays back in the old days. Fly to Spain or go for a caravan in the New Forest? Lost villages, no school, no police house, no vicar... No village! Bicycles and cars on pavements and more...

I remember a lot of rude old shopkeepers back in the old days. The Swap Shop was fun, swapping marbles for toy cars or whatever.  Join me for this week's Midweek Message.

As usual, I have another packed episode for you. January Sales. Cashless Society. Old days bartering. Gambling. Ice in the school playground. Snow everywhere. Please, join me!

You can choose your friends but not your family. Is that true? Also, look out for the deliberate mistake in this Midweek Message.

Happy New Year. Holidays in Devon. British Rail. Cars. Doctors. A&E Hospital. Lots to talk about this week. Please, join me for a good old chat.

It's that time again. What shall we talk about? My grandmother back in the 1950s eating a chicken carcass covered in flies? A bowl of dripping with files all over it? No, no... Let's talk about deliberate mistakes, seagulls eating your sandwich on the seafront, the New Year, spring time and loads of other nice things.

Between Christmas and the New Year. Christmas is over. We've done Christmas Eve, Christmas day, Boxing Day... Now, we only have the New Year to see in. And then, it's time to look forward to the spring! 

Happy Christmas 2025! 

Christmas eve! We're almost there! Are you ready for the big day? I think we are. I shall be sitting by the coal fire this evening with Tricia. A glass of mulled wine and toasted tea cakes will be nice. Happy Days!

In this episode, The Ghost of Christmas Past, how to stop smoking. A trip to Amberley Museum. New Years' resolution, good news for Marilyn and more...

The coldest city on Earth -71c. Crikey! I moan if the temperature drops to +3c. Are you keeping warm? All this will soon be over and we can enjoy the spring and summer. 

As usual, there's so much to talk about in this episode. Steam Engines. Haircut. School. Christmas. Adverts. Winter and Summer. Deliberate Mistake. Yes, I've had my hair cut! Santa Klaus Father Christmas. Please, join me this Sunday. 

Making cheese, churning butter, weather balloons, freezing cold Siberia, and much more.

There's a lot to get through in this episode. Churning butter. Radio Sonde weather balloons. Stone age times. Puncture outfit. Building a bicycle. Happy days!

Let's talk about Christmas... how it was in the good old days. Home made decorations, real Christmas trees with roots. Home made presents... Happy days!

In this episode... Christmas TV repeats. Vintage office equipment, old duplicators and type writers. The village magazine, local gossip and more! There's a deliberate mistake in this episode, can you spot it? 

I'm late today! Crikey! I hope you're keeping well. It's cold here. 0c this morning with a lovely frost and beautiful sunrise. 

In this episode... Childhood memories. Village tales. Horse and cart. Spy radios. Milkman. Coal man.Sayings from the old days. Kelly's directory and so much more...

Winter is approaching fast. It was -2c this morning! That's 35f. As kids, we used to love the winter. Snowball fights, ice slides... great fun! Although, a few of us ended up having stitches at the hospital. Happy days!

Another busy Sunday podcast. Villages revisited. Freight trains. Real ale. Music. Graffiti. Litter. Local policeman on a bike. Parish council. P lease, join me this Sunday.

The BBC. January Sales in October. Telling the time. 25th December. Join me for a quick midweek chat. 

There's so much to chat about in this episode. High Tea. Frozen Milk. Underground Bunkers. Bonfire Night. Derek's Cafe. Chinese Whispers. Food served on a piece of wood or slate and more...

Clockwork doorbells, fish and chip shops, fireplaces, bringing up children in 1878 and much more... Please, join me for a chat.

Expensive Friendships. Poisonous Snakes and Spiders. Meditation. Christmas Curry. Fairies. Rubbish Dumps. There's a lost to talk about in this episode. Please, join me. 

Car park attendants. Swanbourne Lake aircraft crash. Milking a cow. Gas fire pokers. Telephones. Join me for a quick chat this Wednesday.