White wine baths and petticoat dogs. Poopoo paths and tunnel hogs.

This is England, ok.

Make a few bob splooshing a half litre of soapy water in a vagine, or hire a brass band to play off an autopsy. Baby's gotta hustle before it's too late.

A story about the mother of modern nursing, and the Cotswaldian athletic prowess that puts the sober to shame.

EPISODE GLOSSARY

Witchpickers, Pizza Hut, and Zoophagy. Oh my!

Many profound discoveries have been accomplished by the best minds of our time. Penicillin, the combustion engine, the hormonal contraception pill, and the clearance pages of Argos. Among them is MI6's disappearing ink, and an appreciation for why it was quickly retired. 

For more reading on the Tuam Mother & Baby Home, visit:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/07/europe/ireland-mother-and-baby-homes-intl/index.html

Women doing the sportsing, that's preposterous! Then things get weird when a foreigner washes up on a beach with no trace of his past.

Welcome to Tickety-boo, a fortnightly history podcast hosted by idiots abroad. Or rather, an idiot and a broad.

If you don't know, you don't know.