Ray’s Rants Life in the 1950s 1960s 1970s Great Britain girls England family UK work school British music night clubs pubs fashion pirate radio Caroline English holidays television
426 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 20 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRay’s Rants back to the 1960s 1970s 1950s in the UK Great Britain. Entertaining and fun. British music scene, Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones. The English pubs and clubs, Watney’s Red Barrel beer, Babycham, Cherry B the night life. The cars, the workplace, television and pirate radio. England. Schools back in the early days. 60s fashion and clothes, flairs and miniskirts. London, Caroline, Luxembourg. Mini cars skirts. Holiday in caravan, Butlin’s
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Christmas in the 1950s
December 22, 2019 08:35 - 16 minutes - 15.9 MBWhat was Christmas like in the 50s and early 60s? Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
More Newspaper Reviews – 1950s 60s.
December 15, 2019 14:08 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBBy popular demand, I’m reviewing more newspapers from the 1950s and 60s. News, comment, adverts, personal columns… Join me for another trip back in time. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Hobbies in the 1950s.
December 08, 2019 09:20 - 18 minutes - 17.9 MBTrain sets, stamp collecting, cigarette cards, matchboxes, Airfix models, Meccano… There were so many hobbies for kids back in the 1950s. Join me in a journey back in time to look at those hobbies. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Summer Holiday – 1950s style.
December 01, 2019 10:06 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this episode, I recall summer holidays in the 1950s. As kids, we were excited when we set off in the car to a caravan park. Running wild in the woods, playing in the river… Cooking wasn’t easy for mother in a cramped 1950s caravan, sleeping wasn’t exactly comfortable. But we all had fun! Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Marriage.
November 24, 2019 08:40 - 12 minutes - 12.3 MBI’m beginning a new series of episodes called That Reminds Me! In this, the first one, I relate the amazing story of a husband and wife and their five-year marriage. I’ll say no more as I don’t want to spoil the story. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Newspaper Review from the 1950s, 60s, 70s.
November 17, 2019 09:38 - 21 minutes - 20 MBJoin me in looking back at newspapers from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Home Entertainment over the decades
November 10, 2019 08:29 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBFrom wireless to gramophones to transistor radios to reel to reel tape recorders to cassettes to record players to CDs… How home and in-car entertainment has changed over the decades. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Guy Fawkes night in the 1950s and 60s.
November 03, 2019 08:41 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBFirework or bonfire night back in those heady days was very different. Kids built huge fires on waste land, they bought penny bangers from the local sweet shop… There was no health and safety. In fact, it was pretty dangerous at times! Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
School’s Out.
October 27, 2019 06:14 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBWhat did kids do after school in the 1950s and 60s? There was nothing on television, no computers, mobile phones, social media… In this episode, I’ll tell you what we did after school. And it was far from boring! Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Wild Parties in the 1960s.
October 20, 2019 12:29 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBEveryone had parties at their house, or their parents’ house, back in the 1960s. There was always a party going on somewhere at the weekends, and they were often wild! The music was loud, the alcohol flowed, inviting odours filled the air, girls danced… Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
A trip to Bletchley Park.
October 13, 2019 08:50 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThe Enigma machine, the Colossus computer, the code breakers… I take a trip around Bletchley Park, one of the most secret of secret places during the 1940s and 50s. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
School in the 1950s and 60s.
October 06, 2019 06:07 - 23 minutes - 22 MBSchool in the 1950s and 60s was very different. Kids received the cane, six of the best, if they were deemed to be bad. School dinners were disgusting. Conditions were comparatively harsh. My school was like a prison camp run by evil teachers. Join me to re-live some of my experiences in those unhappy days. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Driving, then and now.
September 29, 2019 03:40 - 24 minutes - 24 MBBack in the old days, there were far fewer cars on the roads. No traffic jams, no potholes, no one-way streets... How do we cope these days with millions of cars on the roads? Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
A evening in an early 1970s nightclub.
September 22, 2019 05:55 - 20 minutes - 30.7 MBI’ll take you to an English night club where we’ll check out the drinks, the fashion and – most importantly – the girls! There’s one very lovely blonde girl who… Er… There were many small nightclubs in towns across the UK in the 1970s. Sadly, they’ve disappeared. What were they like? I’ll tell you in this latest episode. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
An evening in a 1960s British pub.
September 15, 2019 05:53 - 29 minutes - 42.7 MBCome and spend an evening with me in a 1960s English pub. We walk through the door when the pub opens. We meet the barmaids, the locals and regulars drift in, the juke box plays… In this episode, I spend an evening chatting, drinking beer and people watching. This should be interesting as I’ll be chatting in first person, present tense. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
The beginning of CB radio in the UK.
September 08, 2019 07:23 - 19 minutes - 28.2 MBI had what was probably one of the first CB rigs in the country. It was the early 70s and I had an American AM rig. This was when no one else was on 27mHz. The band was quiet, until one evening when a voice emanated from the speaker… Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Born in the fifties, living in the 21st century.
September 01, 2019 13:32 - 42 minutes - 40 MBOur familiar policeman cycles past and waves, the postman delivers the second post of the day, a lady pops into a red phone box to make a call… England in the 1950s and 1960s was far removed from the 2000s. The workplace, the schools, fashion, mini-skirts, hippies, pubs, teenagers, music, love… step back in time with me! Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Co-hosting a pirate radio show with ‘The Girl’.
August 25, 2019 10:45 - 23 minutes - 35.5 MBI’d never thought myself to be a DJ, until I met Kirsty. Known as ‘The Girl’ she was a DJ on a London pirate radio station. She had her own studio, she was professional, and when she asked me to co-host her weekly show with her, I couldn’t believe it! This is the story of ‘The Girl’, pirate radio, the studio, the music, the beer, the vodka… and me. Please follow me to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Cars Girls and Radios.
August 19, 2019 22:31 - 24 minutes - 36.4 MBCars, girls and radios… not a good mix? In this episode, I recall the happy times during the 1960s and 70s when I had cars fitted with aerials, amateur radio and CB gear… and girls. I hope you enjoy my recollections of chatting on CB and amateur radio, visiting pubs and going clubbing, chatting to girls and…. all at the same time? Please follow me to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Radio and Television in the 1950s 1960s.
August 12, 2019 06:07 - 19 minutes - 28.6 MBRadio and television was very different in the 50s and 60s. There was one TV channel in the UK, the BBC. There were three BBC stations on long and medium wave - news, classical music and light music. So, the youngsters flocked to Radio Luxembourg on 208. But that was only available at night. Then, the pirates arrived, Independent Television arrived... ... and things changed dramatically. Please follow to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. podcast@rad...
Recollections of GWM Radio Worthing – part two.
August 02, 2019 11:21 - 19 minutes - 28.7 MBPart two of the GWM Radio anecdotes is here! Part one was released on Monday 15th July 2019. Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
The early beginnings of an apprentice radio and television engineer.
July 29, 2019 06:18 - 18 minutes - 27.4 MBI was only fifteen when I started work. Fun in the radio and TV workshop, fun in the pubs and clubs… life couldn’t have been better! From my initiation in a cardboard box with a fan heater to losing a customer’s television… being an apprentice was all go! Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Recollections of the Marine Trawler Band.
July 22, 2019 05:51 - 20 minutes - 31 MBMany years ago, I was a marine radio engineer working on the boats. Do you remember listening to coastguard stations and ships on the Trawler Band? Niton Radio, Humber Radio, Dover coastguard... In this episode, I recall some of my visits to various boats to sort out their radio gear, some of which ended up in the sea! I also recall the many hours I spent listening (and talking) on 2182kHz on the trawler band. Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Pl...
Recollections of GWM Radio army surplus shop - part one.
July 15, 2019 06:28 - 17 minutes - 26.5 MBI spent many happy hours in GWM Radio, an army surplus shop in Worthing. Here are a few of my recollections of that amazing emporium. Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
CCF Pirate Radio Memories.
July 10, 2019 05:19 - 21 minutes - 32.5 MBRecollections of the CCF, Combined Cadet Force, radio communications on 5330kHz Delta Oscar. Pirates, authentication codes, 19 sets, regular nets... They were happy days! Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]
Echo Charlie Pirate Radio.
July 09, 2019 07:14 - 13 minutes - 20.9 MBThis is my first episode which is about the happy days of pirate radio on the short wave band known as Echo Charlie 6.6 mHz. Many UK radio amateurs began their radio hobby as pirates using WS No 19 set radios on Echo Charlie. Here, I talk about those heady days. Please subscribe to keep up with the latest podcasts. Comments or suggestions? Please email me. [email protected]