Thameside Radio Revisited

The aftermath of the party in Shepherds Bush Where Nick Turner (ex Hawkwind) was interviewed and flanned.

Dave has a brilliant version of the Beach Boys "God Only Knows" about Thameside listeners. Mark interviews the Broadway Blues Band.

Next fast food is a revisit to Quickies County Kitchen in Chiswick which was the most popular of the lot. This show stopped short again - although this time it the station wasn't really raided - they simply knew that it took about 2 hours for the DTI to locate the transmitter so if they stopped after an hour they wouldn't lose any more equipment

Thameside Radio 90.2 mentions for Jeanette from Kingston at Tiffin School, The Fair Lady Anita of Ealing, The Ambassador for the Tottenham and Haringey CBers

The charts and new releases are back, as is Auntie Sarah.Bob plugs the Thameside Supper Party at the Shepherd's Bush Village Hall (photo) near the BBC next Friday which will have a "tramps" theme. Dave says it will be messy and mentions custard pies. (As I recall it it was very messy)The Fast Food came from Harrow on the Hill where Alex and Dave took the listeners to a Wimpy Bar where the food proved to be pretty unpopular due to the soggy chips and dry burgers (and the strange taste). The survey ended up with a laughing competition. Bob plugs a gig by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts in CarshaltonBob forgot to pick up the mail so Sarah only has phone dedications to read out. All her songs come from 1971.Mark interviews Wreckless Eric. Bob's show overruns so Dave starts late and then his sho stops beacuse the station was raided. Again. After having been left alone for years.Dedications and mentions include: Anastasia of Twickenham; Ronald of Heston; Zel, Aaron, Matthew, Simon, Anna, Hannah, Isla, Georgia and all the boys and girls at Tiffins school; Ian Hobbs; Hilly, Natty and Christine; who were all listening to Thameside Radio 90.2

Despite the raid last week the gang are back. Bob announces a Thameside party on Friday 9th October at the Shepherd's Bush Village Hall just down the road from the BBC (it was absolute mayhem). The charts and new releases will be returning and Sarah will be on as a regular feature. Mark interviews "Little Roosters" who were playing the Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road as well as having jogged round Hyde Park in aid of the Stoke Mandeville Appeal. There's a demo tape from Thor (Ian Anderson, Rob Barry, Martin Weaver)The Intrepid Birdman Appreciation Society are going to have a pub crawl, Dave plays a tape by The Wrong Direction called called Ring Product. He also has some news flashes sent in by listeners and sends up a dog food commercial. Still no-one wants to listen to The Beatles' story. He finishes with a medley from the Portsmouth Symphonia - which is absolutely unspeakably brilliant.The next fast food survey comes from from Harrow on the Hill. New listeners to Thameside Radio 90.2 who get a mention include Biddy, Mike Jones and Peter Miller, Mark Bramley of Bromley, Malcolm Friar (who missed the Circle Line picnic), group S25 in Chalfont County Secondary School, the CBers in The Pilot in Hanworth, Peter King, Stephen Garstang and Susan Grange

A live show but there are technical problems so for the first 20 minutes there was a mixture of different music plus interference (edited out). As that gets sorted Dave makes occasional announcements until Bob arrives to start his show. Bob introduces listenerss ideas for feeding "Tass" the Thameside cat. There's a demo tape from One Track Mind playing "Your Mother Doesn't Love You". At 8:00 Sarah has a 30 minute show absolutely packed with dedications. She also has Mark interviewing Dolly Mixture who played the Greyhound in Fulham. Lola Payola and The Schoolgirl Song gets played (again).Alex who plays highlights from the Circle Line Picnic where about 100 listeners took over a whole carriage. Dave has a civil service memo about not having keys attached to your belt as it's safety risk. Then as if the technical problems at the start weren't enough fifteen minutes into Dave's show begins the broadcast stops. Thameside Radio was raided by the DTI. More Thameside Radio 90.2 listeners getting mentions: Rob Leighton, Angus Dee, Mick Merry, Dolly Mixture, Ian Hobbs, Jim O'Reily of The Runes, John Hensley, Dave Booth, Adrian of One Track Radio, Andrew McKenzie, Ann Bednall from Southampton University

Bob Edwards' show comes from a new studio. The famous Thameside Radio 90.2 Circle Line Picnic is coming up on the 20th: We all met at Sloane Square on the anticlockwise platform at 2:30. Everyone had to Bring a hat, a plant in a pot and food. "Just Can't get Enough" from Depeche Mode is a new release as is "It's my Party" by Dave Stewart. Bob has a competition to make an automatic feeder for the new Thameside kitten. The fast food survey tries out a kebab shop, but comes from a listeners house: Philippa from Barnes (see photo). Bob went out to buy the kebabs and rumbabas. Next week's survey is from Mazzy's neck of the woods: The Copper Kettle in Byfleet Dave offers a listener who complains about his his show half an hour of airtime!Mentions include The Black Prince who rescued Bob when he nearly fell off Dave's Bike. The LSU school. Valerie Birtenshaw, Julian de Takats and John BrennanIf you are one of the many thousands who used to listen to Thameside Radio on 90.2 VHF it would be great to hear from you. Just leave a comment or email al @ fmthen.com

Tatty's party part 3 9-10pmPart 2 is missing - do you have a copy? The end of this live OB ends with the Tony Lloyd show from the party and then the Interpid Birdman. More dedications for Stephen Cox, Ann and Richard and their daughter Hilary, Burlington Danes School, The Lower Echelons Cricket sixteen from Mr Straker. Horace Gabb

An early Thameside Radio OB from Easter 1980. Bob presents a show from a party full of kids from Latymer Upper School (boys) and Godolphin and Latymer School (girls). It's very noisy party packed with people taking A-Levels who are probably all responsible adults now!

Helen from Twickenham is very nice to Bob Edwards.

Names include George Wood, Bob and Rupe, Jane Susan Sarah and Cathy, The Hoary Scab, Bishop's in Rayners Lane, George Johnson, Mouse, Inge, St Paul's School, Andrew Simpson, Rosemary Kelly Shaun Kelly (Sean?), Andrew from Reynolds School, Renata, Sue Everett, Harrow Weald 6th Form College, Ian and and John from the 1979 - 1980 6th form from the Salesian School in Chertsey, Julian Cole, Roy Masters, Niall Stoddart from St Clement Danes.

This is after Thameside Radio had a bank holiday broadcast (on the 1st Sept) where Sarah's show proved to be was popular. The week's new releases include Prince Charming, Homo Sapien, and the weird but pointless Schoolgirl Song by Lola Payola (which I don't have a copy of). Bob plays a demo tape of "Cry the Night Away" by Strange Persuasion sent by Dominic Glynn. The Thameside Radio Good Bite Guide comes from Saigon Sal's Chinese take-away near Highbury and Islington Station. Alex interviews someone who is worried they might have been eating monkey brains and wants to inspect the kitchen!Mazzy calls the Curly Man from a call box and we hear the pips as her money runs out. Remember the pips? Dave gives us his interpretation of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony as only The Intrepid Birdman can. Lots of holiday postcards - new names include John Henry, Biddy, Dave Booth, Starr's Dad, John Simmonds, The Brentham Club, Martin Farley, Graham Lee of Mill Hill, PC of Hammersmith, Alan Dolby. Al

One hour from a Thameside Radio Bank Holiday special - This is an unusual show as Sarah is DJing. She's just back from a trip around Europe. There's a phantom phone box - where they call out to a phone box somewhere in London and the first listener to answer gets on air. This time they're in Hammersmith Broadway and Ealing Broadway. The next Good Food Guide is from Highbury and Islington.

It's the show after the Brighton trip. Bob mentions CB radio and tells us that Thameside doesn't approve of illegal broadcasting he also says that that Sarah will be coming back soon from her summer holidays. Dave doesn't like Gary Numan's new single called "She's Got Claws". He's not wild about Time from Alan Parsons as a single either. But we all liked "Under Your Thumb" by Godley and Creme. Summer is ending so they're plugging Thameside Radio sweatshirts at £6.50. I might still have one somewhere!The Good Bite Guide comes from the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Baker Street as well as the Intrepid Birdman's barbecue on Brighton beach. Andrew Du Pre tells us how he couldn't get served at the Chiltern Pub outside Baker Street even though he had proof that he was over 18. Still he managed to air his grievance on the radio. The Curly Man has a mention in the Standard.I particularly like this week's The Intrepid Birdman show. It's just packed with great songs, sketches and chat that work together and leave me with a smile. Amongst the other wonderful strangeness Dave has a song all about knees, another by Eamon Andrews and fits in his unforgettable shortened version of Girl by The Beatles. There's an extra jingle at the end of the broadcast too.Mentions include Ian Buzwell, Carol and Deborah, Shaky and Jizz, Nigel of Death City, Andrew Du Pre, Kojak, Mark of Kingston, Gary Hunt, Graham Reed, Martin Friar, The Intrepid Birdman Appreciation Society and Rupert Bailey.