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Yesterday Remembered
When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building up after the war and it was all hands to the pump. Boys like me loved doing this work. I was no good at maths and English. We wanted to be out working and having fun, and it was fun walking behind the cutter, picking up the sheaves and building a tipi shape with them. The tractor and trailer would come along the rows slowly, so we could load the trailer.
10+ min |
August 2025
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Scout and About
Memories of scout and guide camps from The Francis Frith Collection
3 min |
August 2025
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BACK IN TIME WITH COLIN BAKER
BoB's very own Time Lord shares his memories of Wimbledon and how he played against a supercharged septuagenarian who could show Rod Laver a thing or two
2 min |
July 2025
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Fostering the Fossils
John Reynolds of St John’s, Worcester remembers:
3 min |
July 2025
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Two-wheeled Tearaways
Trevor Gehlcken of Totnes, Devon remembers:
4 min |
July 2025
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THE BRITISH INVASION
Members of 1960s bands share their memories of making it big in the US with Martin Claytor
5 min |
July 2025
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The Marvel at Much Marcle
Claire Saul visits a Herefordshire property with centuries of history, amazing stories, a major collection of privately owned art and a great green philosophy
3 min |
July 2025
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LIQUID GOLD
Roger West digs down into the history of drilling for oil in Derbyshire
7 min |
July 2025
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The Sporting Life
Sports memories from The Francis Frith Collection
3 min |
July 2025
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Camping or Glamping?
Joyce Johnson of Heswall, Wirral remembers:
4 min |
July 2025
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Making a Marc
David Rudman of Port Kennedy, Western Australia, Australia remembers:
3 min |
July 2025
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The Chippy Tour
John Greeves meets the man who has visited 131 fish and chip shops in 15 months
4 min |
July 2025
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Clever Clogs
Far from being a northern stereotype, clogs were affordable footwear once worn across the country, as Nina Hoole finds out
6 min |
July 2025
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Top of the Form
Simon Stabler talks to a star of Please Sir! and The Fenn Street Gang
9 min |
July 2025
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Woodstock It Certainly Wasn't
Steve Anderson remembers the music festival that was more than a match for almost any British counterpart, then or since
4 min |
July 2025
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Old Memories in New Brighton
Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers:
3 min |
July 2025
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A TRUE SPORTSMAN
Colin Allan profiles Roger Taylor who kept the flag flying for British men's tennis during the late 1960s and early 70s
5 min |
July 2025
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Right, Charlie
David Hewitt looks back on the life of the Blackpool Tower Circus clown whose archive is a cornerstone of the town's new showbiz museum
5 min |
July 2025
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The Wooden Horse Man
Charles Rollings tells the story of airman turned author Eric Williams, who escaped from Stalag Luft III with the aid of a wooden vaulting horse
6 min |
July 2025
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POSTCARD FROM BLACKPOOL
Bob Barton sees the light and discovers a place where the history, traditions and humour of the seaside are maintained in spades
6 min |
July 2025
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When the Heats Cools Off
Ken Duke of Harrogate, North Yorkshire remembers:
3 min |
July 2025
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The Lost Lionesses
Paul Rance looks back to the 1971 Women's World Cup and the former bus driver and Spanish civil war veteran who coached them
5 min |
July 2025
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You Cannot Be Serious
Time is being called on Wimbledon's line judges, reports Paul Williams
4 min |
July 2025
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Keeping the Holmes Fires Burning
Chris Hallam reveals how Sherlock Holmes did his bit to defeat the Nazis
5 min |
July 2025
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WRITE ON TIME
Angeline Wilcox traces the history and influence of Pitman shorthand
4 min |
July 2025
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A Military Film Star
The Longmoor Military Railway, the army's own standard-gauge railway was a familiar sight in films, writes David Brown
5 min |
July 2025
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Much More Than Music and Movement
Derek Lamb tunes into the history of BBC School Radio
4 min |
July 2025
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Grand Designs
Sandra Blemster looks at how the work of William Morris continues to resonate
4 min |
June 2025
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POSTCARD FROM NORFOLK
With his Austin Cambridge long consigned to the great garage in the sky, Bob Barton enjoys a scenic journey by bus through Nelson's County
5 min |
June 2025
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The Serious Side of Ken Dodd
Philip Williams and David Williams look back on the comedian's prolific and fruitful recording career
3 min |