Great Tracks and Side Tracks

50 years of the Tornado, 10 super snack foods, buried treasure, ten pound poms - in the opposite direction. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Cooking with swedes (vegetable not animal), vegan paint, scary tv? Look out Jeremy - old MacEdmonds also has a farm. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This week's ramblings along the side tracks takes in the plight of battery hens, the amazing changes in the Eurovision Song Contest audiences, the gobbledygook of Whitehall office conversations - and asks the question "did those feet of Shakespeare (in ancient times) walk upon Kings Lynn's theatre stage?”. And not to forget the dive-bombing, chip thieving seagulls of the Isle of Man. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

King Charles' pound coins in circulation, Christmas in the offing and singing in the shower. No smoking in pub gardens and fish and chip prices skyrocketing. Fortunately the music stays constant and reliable. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Droning on about drones. Posh picnics in the park. The astonishing number of people who don't eat their greens. Dolce and Gabbana (very expensive) scent for dogs - but will it hide the reek of a wet mutt? All wrapped up in a bundle of Beatles' tracks and a heart warming love story.This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Film review - ‘Ghostlight'. UK news - homes want air conditioning - 40,000 calories of burgers - Carry On films to carry on - is Stonehenge altar stone a ‘Souvenir from Bonnie Scotland'? Plus beavers and banknotes. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

From parrots to seagulls, steam trains to coffins, the usual miscellany of bits and pieces interspersed with ever popular music. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

We range from Girl Guide pink uniforms to rare blue lobsters, airport trollies to Monopoly but the music remains pretty stable in the 70's and 80's.This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Bus and train excursions without a Gold Card, big bonuses for non achievement, memories of rationing and Bob Dylan puts his foot down on mobile ‘phones. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Astonishing (?) facts about parking tickets, home appliances and TV dinners plus news on Stilton cheese and the strange tale of a 110 year old rubber ball. And if that isn't enough there is plenty of good mustic.

Paul Hollywood earns $30m a year cooking food. Children eat too much of it and overload beach donkeys. Plus, still on the subject of food, the battle of jam and cream on scones, which should go on first? Digest all the news whilst listening to great music. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Limericks from the Listener, postage stamps with the Red Arrows and seagulls with chips, not to mention queues for the scouts and tastings of cheese. It's all here on great Tracks and Side Tracks together with your favourite music from the 70's and 80's. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Current movie comments and an update on the UK Post Office Enquiry. Pesky chickens, popular bumble bees and tasty pork pies. King Charles on bank notes and dogs on stamps. All wrapped up in great music tracks. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

More comment on the Postmasters' Inquiry plus some incredible D-Day logistics figures and, looking to the future, lose weight by eating nourishing but non-fattening insects. All interspersed, of course, with excellent music. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

Looking for a name for your baby? Do YOU take baked beans on holiday with you?Do you know what a plonker is? More odd facts and figures from the UK plus lots of good music. This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era.

This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970's and 1980's but not excluding music from any era. There is no other common theme and a gentle ballad may be followed by some heavyish metal followed by some virtuoso guitar work. Who knows?

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