Paulus 541 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 The new one from the inimitable Beach Boys, but made me think about what the radio gives us, over & above the visual media Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Imagination??? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 There's something a bit more intimate about the radio. I'm not sure if it's still the case but a few years ago radio listening stats were up while TV figures were deteriorating. I think this was put down to people increasingly using the internet while listening in to the radio at the same time. Tend to prefer internet and radio to TV watching myself too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Before we had TV, you either went to the cinema, or if you had enough brass, the theatre, or listened to plays on the radio. Even on Sundays we listened to the Navy Lark, The glums, can't recall the name of the show now, Hancocks half hour and many more great radio shows... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Remember the sci-fi serial, Journey into Space, with Jet Morgan in the mid 50s. Used to be allowed to stay up late to listen to that programme. Still remember when the spaceship was sinking into the ground on a strange planet and the programme finished until the next week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Apart from documentaries, Arts programmes - which rely upon the visual; drama - in short supply these days; I find televison, most of the time boring. Whereas the radio, immediately stimulates my Imagination - especially the plays. Note that I choose to use a capital letter for the word: 'Imagination'; because I consider this to be the finest thing that we humans possess and we should work it regularly. Albert Einstein, physicist was a great believer in the Imagination. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I usually listen to Radio Caroline on the internet whilst playing with the computer. www.radiocaroline.co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,487 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Even on Sundays we listened to the Navy Lark, The glums, can't recall the name of the show now, Hancocks half hour and many more great radio shows... This might bring back a few memories for anyone of a certain age http://www.transdiff...day_in_the_life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Before we had TV, you either went to the cinema, or if you had enough brass, the theatre, or listened to plays on the radio. Even on Sundays we listened to the Navy Lark, The glums, can't recall the name of the show now, Hancocks half hour and many more great radio shows... The name of the show containing the Glums ("Oh Ron....") was Take it from Here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Sunday dinnertime there was the Billy Cotton Bandshow ("Wakey wayyyy----key!") And do you remember the introductory line "This is the British forces' network in Germany..."? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 "I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again" was also on Sunday around lunchtime - I will never forget: "Mr & Mrs Aceousborder and their son, Herb"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 "I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again" was also on Sunday around lunchtime - I will never forget: "Mr & Mrs Aceousborder and their son, Herb"! There was a repeat of "I'm sorry, I'll read that again" later in the week (in the evening I think) - invariably introduced, "It's I'm sorry, I'll read that again, again - ha, ha, ha!" - followed by the theme song (My name is Angus Prune, and I've got a tune - it's called I'm sorry, I'll read that again...etc.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 I have recently discovered Oldies Paradise Radio. An internet station devoted to 50s - early 80s music. http://www.oldiesparadise.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Occasional intro to the Goon Show : "This is the BBC Home Service - it isn't much, but it's home to us..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 I was brought up on the Goons and Round the Horne - I remember as a naive nine year old asking my dad why Julian and Sandy spoke the way they did (using a few words of what I later found out was Polari), and him turning red and changing the subject. Sing Something Simple on the car radio as we came home from our regular day trips to Derbyshire - always seemed to start as we came through Ripley and Heanor. How I hated that programme! Later, as my music tastes developed beyond pop, Radio Luxemburg and Radio Caroline, a must-listen-to was Extravaganza on Radio Nottingham with John Holmes and Ashley Franklin every Saturday morning, followed by a pint or two with Ashley in the Bell at lunchtime. I seem to recall that Trevor Dann produced the show? The best thing about radio is that you can absorb it with your eyes closed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 68 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Oh the joys of the wireless, The Navy Lark, Round the Horn, The Clitheroe Kid, Sing Something Simple, Two Way Family Favourites, but the best, to me anyway has to be Archie Andrews and Peter Brough, fantastic, a ventriloquist on the wireless, well I for one never saw his lips move Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 No - and especially if, as Rob L says, you were absorbing it with your eyes closed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Sunday early evening,I think it was after 'Sing something simple','Journey into Space'. Back then it was the 'wireless' we use to listen to. As a little kid 6/7, I would get up at 5 am with my dad, while he was getting ready for work I would listen to the shipping forecast,I was intrigued by the various names given to areas in the sea around Britain. They also gave information on the fishing fleets,and their home ports. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Ah, the music of it - Rockall, Malin, Bailey, Faeroes... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 The sea areas covering the waters around the British Isles are as defined by the map shown here: My favourites were North & South Utsire (pronounced Utt-seerah Viking North Utsire South Utsire Forties Cromarty Forth Tyne Dogger Fisher German Bight Humber Thames Dover Wight Portland Plymouth Biscay Trafalgar FitzRoy (formerly Finisterre) Sole Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea Shannon Rockall Malin Hebrides Bailey Fair Isle Faeroes Southeast Iceland Courtesy of Wikipedia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Aww Paulus, I was thinking you were dead clever knowing all those sea/fishing areas around the British Isles and then you go and spoil it by telling us you cribbed off of Wikipedia. Didn't the shipping forecast used to be on a 1.50pm every day? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Impossible LizzieM - it would have clashed with Listen with Mother ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Oh yes of course Stephen! Well it must have been just before or just after Listen with Mother then. We'd certainly be tuned in at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Something that I will probably always remember was the Saturday evenings when total silence was demanded in the household. My father would sit at the table, pen/pencil in hand and religiously listen to the radio..............................................for the football scores! The voice coming over the radio, giving each team and their score in every Division of the League seemed to drone on forever.....Nottingham Forest...one.............Wolverhampton Wanderers....twoooo. In all the years, I only remember him winning once at the Pools. Saturday night he thought he was rolling in money with so many draws and the next day shot down in flames when he found out everybody else in Britain had the same draws. just a few quid! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 shouldnt that have been watch with mother or is it before ny time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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