Did the Right Man Hang

[OneRound]

I've never been to Oz but a mate of mine went over many years ago to watch cricket. He loved the place but I remember him saying that he couldn't make his mind up who to feel more sorry for? Him having to cope with the spiders or the England batsmen having to cope with Killer and Thommo

Hi Herlock - I haven't been to Oz either but I have been to New Zealand and rather surprisingly bumped into Thommo there a couple of years ago. Less surprisingly perhaps, it was in the bar of Auckland's Eden Park ground. Unlike the blood lusting fast bowler of earlier years, he was friendly and came across as a decent guy.

If I can tune in my own wireless set, I'll give this new programme a go. From a bit of swotting up in advance, I do suspect though that some elements may be a bit too farfetched for my liking. Nothing like being openminded - and I'm probably not!

More seriously, thanks to etenguy for flagging and starting this thread.

Best regards,
OneRound

[Herlock Sholmes]

Some of us,born in the first half of last century,grew up listening to the radio at night.
We had wood fired stove,copper for washing and a fire place in the front room.
Ice chest.
Outside dunny c/w redback spiders.Lit by a candle.
Chooks for eggs and meat.
Fruit trees,yum.

5 miles from Melbourne CBD.

I've never been to Oz but a mate of mine went over many years ago to watch cricket. He loved the place but I remember him saying that he couldn't make his mind up who to feel more sorry for? Him having to cope with the spiders or the England batsmen having to cope with Killer and Thommo

[Herlock Sholmes]

Lucky bugger, we had to go to the dunny in the dark. Sometimes had to dig a hole and empty the pan in we had visitors and fill the can before the dunny man came next.

You were lucky! We had to walk twenty miles to the nearest toilet and when we got back our dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!

Oh, sorry....I got a bit carried away.

[GUT]

Some of us,born in the first half of last century,grew up listening to the radio at night.
We had wood fired stove,copper for washing and a fire place in the front room.
Ice chest.
Outside dunny c/w redback spiders.Lit by a candle.
Chooks for eggs and meat.
Fruit trees,yum.

5 miles from Melbourne CBD.

Lucky bugger, we had to go to the dunny in the dark. Sometimes had to dig a hole and empty the pan in we had visitors and fill the can before the dunny man came next.

[DJA]

Cheers Al, I was going to the the radiogram

Some of us,born in the first half of last century,grew up listening to the radio at night.
We had wood fired stove,copper for washing and a fire place in the front room.
Ice chest.
Outside dunny c/w redback spiders.Lit by a candle.
Chooks for eggs and meat.
Fruit trees,yum.

5 miles from Melbourne CBD.

[etenguy]

12:03pm for 27 minutes - a 6 part series.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Cheers Eten, what time is it on?

[etenguy]

Good spot Eten.

Ok, so how do I access this?

Not sure whether this is what Al was referring to or not, but the link below works:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_ulster

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Cheers Al, I was going to the the radiogram

Radiogram? Get you. I still prefer
to have it telegraphed in sections.Stop.

[Herlock Sholmes]

BBC sounds App is your go to, you can listen to it on schedule or as a podcast type thing.

Also, if you have Sky, Freeview etc, check the radio listings as some of them have regional BBC channels.

You won't get it via FM or DAB though, your too far away.

Cheers Al, I was going to the the radiogram

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Good spot Eten.

Ok, so how do I access this?

BBC sounds App is your go to, you can listen to it on schedule or as a podcast type thing.

Also, if you have Sky, Freeview etc, check the radio listings as some of them have regional BBC channels.

You won't get it via FM or DAB though, your too far away.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Good spot Eten.

Ok, so how do I access this?

[barnflatwyngarde]

Sounds interesting, I'll need to check up on this case.

[etenguy]

What sounds like a really interesting series concerning a potential miscarriage of justice starts tomorrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54918746