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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. 

Toasted Crumpet by the fire. Fawlty Towers.  Board Games. Gravel Pits. Train Sets. Pirate Radio. There's so much to chat about in this episode. I hope you enjoy it! 

Faulty Towers, more pubs and shops closing, Netflix nights to blame? Join me for a quick chat. 

Privately Owned Pubs, Where am I? Air Raid Shelters, New Houses and more...

Thia restaurants and beer. Fish and chip restaurants. Gin traps and a local rifle range and much more. Please, join me. 

Let's rant about bad car drivers. Why do we use mugs rather than cups and saucers? Where have proper tea sets gone? Fish and chip prices have gone through the roof! Pubs can stay open later... That's all very well but landlords can't afford to pay the staff to stay until midnight! Council houses, new-build house prices, quiz night... and so much more!

Prefabricated buildings, so-called friends who let you down, warning notices on TV programs, loud adverts and films... and more! Please, join me!

I loved visiting the Rural Life Living Museum in Hampshire. I also loved 1960s Fashion, Friday Club Night, Fish & Chips with loads of salt and vinegar... Happy days!

The railway quickly developed and spread throughout the country. Goods were carried from A to B, which was great, but... people also started to uproot and travel around the country. Was that a good thing? We're off to Hampshire, the weather id boring, but I hope you'll join me for this week's Midweek Message. 

Dreams, Stalkers, Control Freaks, Lies, Thieves, Job's Worth... and more. There's a mixture of stuff to chat about! I hope you enjoy this hour of rants and inane drivel! 

Old busses, trams and other stuff. A girl who fell for a control freak. 

Change is inevitable, but it happens too fast. People can't keep up with the changes going on in society. Also... ghosts in the woods? Steam engines. Smelly farms and noisy schools. Plus, loads of other stuff. Please, join me for a good old chat.

Dumping friends, lying about your car, being an unpaid taxi driver and loads of other stuff. Please, join me for this Midweek Message. 

Buying and selling property, moving house can be a nightmare! What Americans think of us Brits and our strange sayings. What's it like living alone? I don't think I'd like it. Join me for a chat this Sunday.

Poisonous frogs, train strikes, gridlocked roads, nothing works properly... what's happened to our country? Join me for a good old moan! 

Friends Not Lovers, red phone boxes, gold diggers, no driving license... quite a mixture this Sunday. I hope you enjoy the episode.

The music intro last week went down well... NOT! I knew it! People do NOT like music introductions to podcasts or videos. You'll be pleased to know that I'll never do that again. I've had a haircut... stone the crows, it's cold! 

Family Life. Milky drinks, Tizer, bonfires in the Autumn, phone boxes, television... What a title! I hope you enjoy this hour-long episode as much as I enjoyed recording it. 

This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news... News readers spoke the Queen's English back in the old days. Now, anything goes! Such a shame. I hope you're keeping well. Autumn is well on the way now, time to go scrumping! 

Yes, we had sex, drugs and rock and roll in the 1960s. But, we still have that now... don't we? In this episode, I look back at the 60s and the fun we had back then. I also rant about cars, busses, trains, people and... well, just about anything and everything!