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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.