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Cup of Tea Tales episodes
- ‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Going Co-Ed and The Conway Field Trip.
Another Eventful Excursion and Some Dreadful Boys. Sixth form life in the early 1970s.
17 min - A School Field Trip to Cromer. Illicit Fags, Booze, and the Finger Incident.
Further adventures in the late 1960s. A geography school trip to Cromer.
17 min - 'Cup of Tea Tales' - School TripsHarehills CP School Trips, York, Fountains Abbey, and the Pantomime. Oh Yes, It Was, OH NO It Wasn’t! School day trips in the 1960s.15 min
- Cup of Tea Tales - The Music of Childhood That Stays With Us Forever!
‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Times Tables, Country Dancing, Nursery Rhymes, Singing Lessons, Assemblies. The Music of Childhood That Stays With Us Forever!
16 min - ‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Scarborough, the Resort of the North
‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Scarborough, the Resort
of the North - More than Just the Beach and the Front. History, Culture andPunch and Judy! memories of the 1950s and 1960s.16 min - David's Bookshelf Issue 10
A review of a famous artist's autobiography, Me by Elton John, and two reviews of self-published novels. Further updates on my latest novel.
12 min - Cup of Tea Tales – It’s That Time of the Year. Oh! I Do Like To Be BesideCup of Tea Tales – It’s That Time of the Year. Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside! Adventures at Sewerby, Bridlington, Robin Hood’s Bay, and Flamborough Head. Knitted Trunks, Sand Blasted and Scoured, Sunburn, and the Flying Socks Caper!14 min
- ‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – Drugs, Sex and Rock and Roll. The changing face of Youth Culture from the 1950s to 1970s and How it Affected a Local Leeds Boy.
A short journey through teen culture from the 1950s to the early 1970s, through the eyes of a Leeds boy.
15 min - ‘Cup of Tea Tales’ – A Stroke of Luck. My Holiday Job at Wallace Arnold’s (WASS), Hunslet Road, Budget Rent a Car, Smokey and the Spaghetti Dinner - the Gift that Kept Giving!
My holiday job in 1973 and some of the adventures. Reminiscences of life in Leeds, in the north of England.
14 min - 'Cup of Tea Tales' – One of My first Jobs, Wraggs Motor Cycles, Leeds.
'Cup of Tea Tales' – One of My first Jobs, Wraggs
Motor Cycles, Leeds.Adventures with my first job as a van driver two days after passing my driving test in 1971.
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About Cup of Tea Tales
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A collection of tales and anecdotes about growing up in the north of England during the 1950s and 60s that tell of a time of change. The warmth and joy of suburban family life, sibling rivalry, and…
schooling demonstrate the universal challenges of childhood told in a humorous and compelling read. The arrival of youth culture, technology, social challenges, and growing independence impacted families and society, and many experiences have disappeared and been replaced, but much remains the same.