Very sad news that Terry Wogan has died of cancer. Lovely man and much missed, I lost count of the times he cracked me up on his morning BBC Radio Two show. His Chuffer Danbridge stories were so funny.. Greatly Missed. He was a true gentleman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgwD6SR-CXs Cut and Paste into your browser to Hear Terry at his best.
Sitting here listening to Radio Two tributes to the old Terry makes one muse on the power of steam powered radio. I love the radio on many levels, especially its ability to make a picture in ones imagination. The radio really is the sounds of my years and as such was dominated by the Radio DJs of those years. I remember so well listening to on my Bush Transistor Radio under the bed clothes in Germany. My first memory would be of Pete Murray on Luxembourg 208 Medium Wave. Then on the home service we had Forces Family Favorites with Judith Charmers and Cliff Mitchelmore. "And now for 240 AC Mains in El Adam we have Elma Cogan singing, Its raining in my heart from your girl friend Freda Dent in Brent with a message You behave till you get back or youl get a fick ear".
Later the Pirate ships made one feel actually conspiratorial in in toe with Johhny Walker and superb Emperor Rosko Shows illegally booming in from the North Sea and challenging the BBC to retaliate with Radio One. They, paved the way for Kenny Everett being sublime between getting fired from Radio One. His Kremen of the Star Corps was not to be missed. They really were the tracks of my years. Saturday was not the same without Radio Snooker and Dave Lee Travis and no one of my age will ever forget the Superb "Fluff Freemon" "oright... Not arf". We really were blessed with these household names who in no small measure shaped us and brought us together, as only the radio could in its glory days.
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