There's always plenty to talk about when it comes to the history of Horse Racing, and this month we were fortunate enough to chat with WA Jockey Danny Miller about his career.

Danny began riding when he was still at school and by 15 he rode his first winner – at Ascot in 1962.

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The Beverley to Perth Road Race has been WA’s premier one day endurance race for well over a hundred years.

The 185km route followed the Avon Valley between Beverley and Toodyay before heading through the Darling Ranges and finishing in Perth.

Often the Finish line was often at the historic Peninsular Hotel in Maylands which, as it turns out, is the venue for the WA Historical Cycle Clubs upcoming exhibit!

Annette Kent from the Club joined us to look at the events history and talk about next weekends event.

If you'd like to head down to the exhibit, it's on the 18th & 19th of September at the Dome Café Community Rooms, 219-221 Railway Pde, Maylands.

You'll find it inside the historic Peninsular Hotel in Maylands, opposite the Maylands Train Station.

More details on the event can be found here
https://westcycle.org.au/events/exhibition-beverley-to-perth-road-race/ 

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There's been many court dramas since the age of the silver screen began, but few films have stayed in peoples minds or been as striking as Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men.

Pete Taylor joined us to talk all about the film and talk about court room dramas on the big screen.

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Stephen Montague Stout was one of 10,000 convicts sent to Western Australia in the 1850's. Author Irma Walter joined Harvey Deegan to chat about the book.

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Gerald Foley joins Harvey Deegan to delve into the intricate history of our railway system in Western Australia - teaching everyone a fact or two about where our rail transport journey began.

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When the first true Jet Liners took to the sky in 1958, the cruise industry had every reason to be worried.

Flying was finally at a price point comparative to long sea journeys, with commenting on how it would herald the end of ocean bound travel.

But here we are over a century later and the cruise industry has kept going strong despite air travel becoming much cheaper than a cruise ticket.

Chris Frame joined us to explain how the industry survived and shifted it's focus when the jet engines started up!

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Spring may have not sprung quite yet here in Perth, but it's not stopped our WA Wildflowers from popping in to say hello! 

Dr Kate Gregory from the State Library of WA joined us to talk about a poet who was both inspired by WA's wild flowers and even created 2 rare pressed flower albums in the first half of the 20th century - Lilian Wooster Greaves.

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The WA State Records Office regularly uncover some amazing historical stories from around WA, and this month is no exception.

It turns out we've had some pretty unusual sports that came and went throughout WA's History, such as Circlos, Vigoro, and an indigenous game with similarities to hockey!

SRO's Carolyn Atkinson joined Harvey to talk all about these games and others that have been left in the past.

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We're used air travel being pretty safe and fairly reliable in modern times.

But back in the early years of aviation, WA's skies were hazardous - with Hot Air Balloons quite literally falling from the sky.

Tony McGrath walks us through some of the oddities in Perth's Skies in aviation's early years.

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Peter Taylor joins us to talk about a classic tale of romance, comedy and socialites originally shared on Broadway. 

The Philadelphia Story starred Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey - and was nominated for six academy awards and taking home two.

The film is one of the best examples of the 'comedy of remarriage' genre, back when story's referencing or justifying adultery were banned in the United States.

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