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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    B3 said:
    I used to like that folk song medley that they used to play just before R4 opened. 
    So did I https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/radio-days-tales-behind-the-uk-tunes-6110761.html  
    I really miss it .... and I miss Lily Bolero from the World Service ... they've stopped playing that too  :'(

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Miss Lily Bolero too Dove.
    SW Scotland
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    My Mum chose the old theme from the shipping forecast to play at my aunt's funeral. Another one that's long since disappeared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGLAbhL2M3w
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'm sure they still play Sailing By at about a quarter past midnight, before the Shipping Forecast ... I'm sure I've heard it recently ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I used to like that one too and all that north utsire, south utsire stuff. The perfect lullaby - but I don't stay up that long now!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We have R4 and the World Service on quietly ... the radio turns itself off when I’m asleep 
    OH has earplugs anyway cos he’s such a light sleeper that the hedgehogs snuffling about on the terrace wake him up. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    I know! It's one of those things you wish you could unsee.
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • DyersEndDyersEnd Posts: 730
    Agreed, Waterloo might have been more appropriate but then there are those who think the Brexit Agreement will shred itself as soon as it's been signed  :)
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