Join me for a look at New Year’s Eve celebrations over the decades. New Year’s parties in the 50s, pubs in the 60s, parties at home… How have the celebrations changed over the years?

Happy Christmas to all my followers. Without you, there would be no Podcast episodes so thanks to you all! I'm looking forward to producing many more episodes in 2021.

The 50s with its own style of music and fashion was replaced by something very different in the 1960s. What was the transition like? What changed from one period to another, and how? Join me for a look at the changes that took place.

There’s nowt as queer as folk. Have you heard that expression? People are strange. Compulsive liars, showoffs, know alls, big heads, jealous… In this episode, I take a look at people and their quirks… If that’s the correct word!

Is the high street dead? Is a revival of the high street feasible? Huge supermarkets finished off small businesses and many local shops disappeared. Now, major retailers are going out of business. What is the future of the high street? Will we have dozen.

If you want a job doing properly, do it yourself. That’s what I was told when I was young, and very often it’s good advice. Join me in this episode as I look at the difference between a professional job and DIY.  You might be surprised by some of my reve.

Automation is progress, it’s great… But it means job losses. Automatic letter sorting replaced dozens of men. Electric trains replaced steam, the fireman was redundant. The bus conductor was made redundant. Shops disappeared with progress and the advent .

The joys of bringing up children. The tantrums, slamming doors, the tears… And the things our parents used to say to us. You’re not going out until you’ve tidied your room. Yeah but, why can’t I? Because I said so! Join me for a look at the joys of paren.

My brush with the Aristocracy is a fun look at the lives of the people in the Big House on the hill. My clandestine visits to the house revealed just how different my Lord and Lady were to us commoners in the village. 

You find an kid’s bike in the attic, it’s from the 1950s… Do you dump it or keep it?  An old vacuum cleaner from the 1940s… Do you take it to the rubbish tip or clean it up and keep it? One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. If you throw something awa.