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

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October 04 Bring Back the Birch. School discipline, the ruler, the cane, six of the best.
Have you heard the expression, Bring Back the Birch? It was an evil
punishment, not only for adults but school kids. School discipline, the
ruler across your knuckles, the cane, six of the best... Has school
discipline been lost these days? Also in this episode, speeding cars,
how to stop strangers talking to you, home haircuts, and more...
37 min
September 27 Are You A Mean Miserly Tight Fisted git? Plus, More Skeletons In The Cupboard!
In this episode, tight-fisted, mean, miserable, gits! Haha! Also, more
skeletons in the cupboard. Hiding money from your partner. Lying about
intentions. Keeping your cash a secret. Deceit. Lies.
Cheating.
36 min
September 20 Skeletons In The Cupboard!
Do you have skeletons in the cupboard. Apparently, most people do! Dark
secrets! Also, the small of home cooking, freshly baked bread, pies in
the oven, cakes... bliss! Plus, the fate of out cherry tree. How many
trips do you make to the rubbish dump? Join me this Sunday for a good
old chat.
31 min
September 13 Are You Getting Your Oats?
Are you getting your oats? Now, there's a question! Is your wife a
housewife? In the old days, she was a slave! Whose house is it, anyway?
We all hate politics! What was it like back then before social media?
34 min
September 06 A Shocking Village Secret
In this episode, A Shocking Village Secret! Crikey! Christmas adverts.
The Sunday tea trolley. Tales of the Riverbank. Andy Pandy. Bill and
Ben. The Wooden Tops. Rats in the undergrowth. Peyton Place and loads
more...
41 min
August 30 Board Games, I cheat! Love them or hate them?
Board Games, do you love them or hate them? Back in the 1950s when I was
a child, I used to cheat! Snakes and Ladders. Ludo. Chess. Draughts.
Monopoly. Cluedo.
31 min
August 23 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...
33 min
August 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?
35 min
August 09 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
30 min
August 06 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.
33 min

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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…