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Spargone said:
If only the whole cast had tried to rescue Grace...

There should be a rule that ALL serials should only run for a maximum of five years. My dad was a great Archers fan and my aunt had a point when she once said to him, "You do have a REAL family you know!".
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Just noticed that the actor Ysanne Churchman, who played Grace Archer has just died aged 99
 
Spargone said:
If only the whole cast had tried to rescue Grace...

There should be a rule that ALL serials should only run for a maximum of five years. My dad was a great Archers fan and my aunt had a point when she once said to him, "You do have a REAL family you know!".
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Just noticed that the actor Ysanne Churchman, who played Grace Archer has just died aged 99
 
mw0njm. said:
i listen to BRMB but it is not as good as the 70:D
www.brmbradio.com

BRMB Radio - Listen Live

Because we're Birmingham
www.brmbradio.com www.brmbradio.com
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As near as I get to BRMB these days is Les Ross on Boom at 10am on a Sunday. ;)

Talking of DJs, sadly today will be Johnnie Walker's last Sunday "Sounds of the 70s" show on Radio 2, after 58 years on air. Johnnie is unable to continue due to his terminal illness (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). Sunday afternoons just won't be the same, without him on the radio. :(
 
hospital radio was piped and you listening in bed on a pair of headphones :D
www.bhbn.net

BHBN History - BHBN Radio

Over 70 years of BHBN History
www.bhbn.net www.bhbn.net

23 Years at City Hospital
After a long and happy period at Edgbaston, in 1988 Warwickshire County Cricket Club decided to authorise redevelopment at the County Ground. So the Network relocated once more in 1989 to studios based at the City Hospital, Dudley Road, with an impressive studio complex which, for the first time, enabled the Network to provide an entertaining and professional 24 hour service to Birmingham’s health community.
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I can't remember seeing this thread before but now have a good forgettery. I havn't listened to the radio for years but only yesterday ws thinking of a programme I loved when a kid. All I can remember though was someone coming on and saying " Down in the jungle, living in a tent, .............." Anyone any idea who or what the programme was?
 
johnny082 said:
I can't remember seeing this thread before but now have a good forgettery. I havn't listened to the radio for years but only yesterday ws thinking of a programme I loved when a kid. All I can remember though was someone coming on and saying " Down in the jungle, living in a tent, .............." Anyone any idea who or what the programme was?
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Is down in the jungle something stirred, different? That has flashed in my mind, dad used to whisper it to me. But he didn't carry it on!
 
I Am Nico said:
down in the jungle something stirred
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This is the closest I know. Forest not jungle.

Down in the forest something stirred
So faint that I scarcely heard:
But the forest leapt at the sound
Like a good ship homeward bound
Down in the forest something stirred
It was only the note of a bird

(more verses).

Words by Harold Simpson, tune by (Sir ?) Ronald Landon. From a collection of 5 songs called 'Cycle of life'.

There is also a children's rhyme.

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a little baby elephant washing his clothes
etc.

With some variations on the rest of the rhyme.

Andrew.
 
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Brummie a long time ago said:
This is the closest I know. Forest not jungle.

Down in the forest something stirred
So faint that I scarcely heard:
But the forest leapt at the sound
Like a good ship homeward bound
Down in the forest something stirred
It was only the note of a bird

(more verses).

Words by Harold Simpson, tune by (Sir ?) Ronald Landon. From a collection of 5 songs called 'Cycle of life'.

There is also a children's rhyme.

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a little baby elephant washing his clothes
etc.

With some variations on the rest of the rhyme.

Andrew.
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Wonderful. I can remember the naughty playground rhyme, going off topic. Walking in the jungle got the belly ache etc. On topic could hospital radio operators plays what they wanted?
 
johnny082 said:
I can't remember seeing this thread before but now have a good forgettery. I havn't listened to the radio for years but only yesterday ws thinking of a programme I loved when a kid. All I can remember though was someone coming on and saying " Down in the jungle, living in a tent, .............." Anyone any idea who or what the programme was?
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when I was in the army there was hundreds of verses all made up by bored squaddies and starting with "down in the jungle"". Not suitable for a respectable forum like this. I,m afraid the tears used to run down my cheeks listening to some of them.
 
I don't know if theses links have been added before but here is a good site for radio memories together with quite a few old recordings

1950's British Radio Nostalgia

1950's British Radio Nostalgia - from Children's Favourites to Mrs. Dale's Diary, all your favourite 1950s' radio programmes are featured here. Some with audio clips
www.turnipnet.com

Many of the old radio programmes mentioned above were also recorded on early TV. This is a good site to see 50's & 60's British memories...

British 1950s TV and Radio

This wonderful nostalgia site celebrates the '50s in all its monochrome glory; the quaintly formal presenters with their clipped English accents, the clunky theatrical dramas, the cosy parlour games, and the first TV adverts with their curiously infectious jingles. To get a real sense of the...
whirligig-tv.co.uk
 
Brummie a long time ago said:
This is the closest I know. Forest not jungle.

Down in the forest something stirred
So faint that I scarcely heard:
But the forest leapt at the sound
Like a good ship homeward bound
Down in the forest something stirred
It was only the note of a bird

(more verses).

Words by Harold Simpson, tune by (Sir ?) Ronald Landon. From a collection of 5 songs called 'Cycle of life'.

There is also a children's rhyme.

Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a little baby elephant washing his clothes
etc.

With some variations on the rest of the rhyme.

Andrew.
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Andrew, I couldn't resist Googling the children's rhyme and up came a video. I shall be singing it for the rest of the day especially the chorus!
 
i stil listen to journey into space, goons dads army etc online. we cant get DAB only AM and FM here in the sticks.


journey to the Moon – 18
The Red Planet – 20
The World in Peril – 20
Operation Luna – 13
The Return from Mars
 
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