Ray’s Rants - Growing up in 1950s 1960s 1970s Britain

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Ray looks back at life in 1950s, 60s and 70s Britain. Music, from Hendrix to the Rolling Stones. Pubs and night clubs. The beer, Watney's Red Barrel and Double Diamond. Babycham for the ladies. Miniskirts for the girls, 1960s fashion. Pirate radio, Caroline, London, Luxembourg. Cars, school, work, television. 

  1. 6d ago

    Ray's Rants Podcast - Midlife Crisis, running off with young women! The dentist. Stealing by finding...

    Have you experienced a midlife crisis? Have you left your wife and run off with a younger woman. Have you left your husband and and run off with a younger man? Oh, what a tangled web we weave! Also in this episode, a visit to the dentist, finding treasure at a derelict house, a haystack fire and more...

  2. Aug 16

    Who are you, really?

    Who Are You Really? Do you ever put on a front, a facade, when you’re around other people? Do you change your demeanor, the way you speak, or even the way you express yourself depending on who you’re talking to? Which version is the real you? Do you wash and polish your car regularly?

  3. Aug 9

    Are You happy? What is happiness? What is vertical drinking? Should it be banned?

    In this episode, I ask whether you're happy. What is happiness? Have you lost the happiness? Also, vertical drinking in pubs to be banned??? Translated, standing up and having a beer! Stone the crows, there's another heatwave on the way... GRpmoiXm3ReweRK0KlsV

  4. Aug 6

    A shocking view from a tree!

    A shocking view from a tree! You won't believe what I saw from the top of a tree! Stone the crows! Reading the room... some people just can't read the room. They put their foot in it again and again! Diving down rabbit holes... apparently I do that a lot! Please, join me for a good old chat.

  5. Aug 2

    Hi, how are you?

    Hi, I've just popped in to see how you are.

  6. Jun 21

    Ray's Rants Podcast - My Wife Left Me! Gary Tortoise. Mini Greenhouse.

    My Wife Left Me! No, I don't mean my wife! It was a friend's wife, many years ago. Gary the tortoise is out and about. I've now got a mini greenhouse. But, more importantly... I have an announcement to make.

  7. Jun 17

    Midweek Message 273. Where is the summer? Heatwave rain wind. Garden centres, nurseries, coffee...

    Where's the summer? Where, indeed? Rain one minute, a heatwave the next minute... Crikey! Are garden centres not much more than restaurants these days? What happened to nurseries where plants were relatively cheap and you couldn't buy coffee? Happy days!

  8. Jun 14

    Liar Liar Pants On Fire! Lying Girl! House two up two down. Bad TV adverts. Life, what did I envisage?

    Liar Liar Pants On Fire! A girl I knew lied and lied. She lies about her surname, where she lived, where she worked... Why? Who remembers the two up two down houses? Bad TV adverts are getting even worse! Life, what did I envisage? What did I think life would be like as I traveled through the decades? Join me this Sunday for a good old rant!

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Ray looks back at life in 1950s, 60s and 70s Britain. Music, from Hendrix to the Rolling Stones. Pubs and night clubs. The beer, Watney's Red Barrel and Double Diamond. Babycham for the ladies. Miniskirts for the girls, 1960s fashion. Pirate radio, Caroline, London, Luxembourg. Cars, school, work, television. 

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