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SUNDAY MORNINGS
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I defy anyone who remembers hearing the "Billy Cotton Bandshow" and then the strains of "With a Song in my Heart",introducing "Family Favourites" not to bring to mind the wonderful aromas of the Sunday Roast !
Of course,radio is still as provoking to the imagination -if you can get away from the top 40 - even on our much beloved Radio 2.
-but then - Oh the talent,The originality and the humour.
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Wilfred Pickles
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Remember ? The man who broke the mould. Wilfred Pickles was the first man on the wireless with a regional accent. Brought to the BBC as 'The Common Man', 'Man Of The People', call it what you will, he was the biggest thing on the wireless. His regular audience was twenty million people. He would start each programme with a piano playing his signature tune (played by Violet Carson, Ena Sharples from 'Coronation Street') and the whole audience singing, "Have a go Joe, come and have a go". He would then open the show with, " 'Ow do, 'ow are yer". Then Wilfred would say " 'Ow much money on the table Mable", then, "Give him the money Mable". The Mable was his wife and the money 5/- for answering a question with a jackpot of £1/19/11d.
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workers playtime
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The radio brought entertainment to the working classes. "Workers Playtime" came on in the morning and was played in factories, which must have given a new camaraderie between managers and factory workers. instant news etc.and created the first in home "celebrities".Do you remember the Donald Peers Show and "In a shady nook?"
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Journey into Space
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We all gathered around the radio to listen to this.Our minds went haywire as week after week.It enthralled us as , we listened to the adventures of Jeff Morgan and his crew overcoming horrific space perils,always ending with a thrilling "cliff hanger".
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Dick Barton Special Agent
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Come 6.45 in the evening the streets would clear of small children and large adults. An eerie silence descended over the country. Families would huddle round the wireless, to listen to 'Dick Barton Special Agent'. The exploits of Dick, Jock and Snowy, keeping the world safe for us mortals was the programme that kept the whole of Britain in it's grip.
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Comedy- never bettered
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Except by Morecambe and Wise !..........Wonderful sitcoms and comedies.Here are just a few to jog your memory:"ITMA (It's that man again)...................Round the Horn........................Beyond Our Ken...................Much Binding in the Marsh...................Take it from here "I like it Eth"...
"Oooooh Ron!"................Rays a Laugh.........Gert and Daisy..........-and the Goons.
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Comedians-never forgotten:
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Al Read.........Vic Oliver........Tony Hancock.........Tommy Hanley..........Frankie Howard.......Kenneth Williams........Arthur Askey................Kenneth Horne.........Benny Hill.......and the very near the knuckle -Max Miller
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We are very grateful to our friends at "The Wireless" website who allowed us to use these pictures.You can see all the history of these programmes plus some sound clips ( I spent ages listening to the Goons!)click here for some real memories.The Wireless - "When the Wireless was Fun"
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Treat yourself
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