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

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  A shocking view from a tree! 06.08.2026 32мин

  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.
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  Hi, how are you? 02.08.2026 6мин

  Hi, I've just popped in to see how you are.
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - My Wife Left Me! Gary Tortoise. Mini Greenhouse. 21.06.2026 26мин

  My Wife Left Me! No, I don't mean my wife! It was a friend's wife, many years ago. Gary the tortoise is out and about. I've now got a mini greenhouse. But, more importantly... I have an announcement to make.
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  Midweek Message 273. Where is the summer? Heatwave rain wind. Garden centres, nurseries, coffee... 17.06.2026 11мин

  Where's the summer? Where, indeed? Rain one minute, a heatwave the next minute... Crikey! Are garden centres not much more than restaurants these days? What happened to nurseries where plants were relatively cheap and you couldn't buy coffee? Happy days!
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  Liar Liar Pants On Fire! Lying Girl! House two up two down. Bad TV adverts. Life, what did I envisage? 14.06.2026 57мин

  Liar Liar Pants On Fire! A girl I knew lied and lied. She lies about her surname, where she lived, where she worked... Why? Who remembers the two up two down houses? Bad TV adverts are getting even worse! Life, what did I envisage? What did I think life would be like as I traveled through the decades? Join me this Sunday for a good old rant!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 272. Dreadful weather! 10.06.2026 12мин

  Runner beans, the dreadful weather, growing things at school, moaning and groaning... I hope you enjoy the Midweek Message.
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  Bloody Potholes! Grumpy old man, pink trousers, coffee in soup bowl, miserable people 07.06.2026 1ч 1мин

  Bloody Potholes! I'll tell you about bloody potholes! Grumpy old man, that's me! Wearing pink trousers in the pub? Coffee served in in soup bowls? Miserable moaning people... that's me again! And lots more to moan and groan about this Sunday!
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  Midweek Message 271. Rubbish dumps, stick insects, the old days. 03.06.2026 18мин

  Let's talk about  rubbish dumps, vintage telephones, stick insects, the good old days and lots more...
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Saturday Job Paper Round. Empty shops, littered streets, derelict buildings. 31.05.2026 57мин

  Did you have a Saturday job or a paper round? In this episode, I chat about the old days, empty shops, littered streets, derelict buildings. The world has changed, and I don't like it! The local far has gone, and the ponds with frogs and water boatmen, the pubs, the woods, the combine harvester... Join me for a good old moan!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 270. In the shade in the garden! Growing Watercress. 27.05.2026 11мин

  In this Midweek Message, I can be found in the shade in the garden! It's HOT! Growing Watercress.
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  The Dairyman's Daughter. Ghost story. Make do and mend. Your first house. 24.05.2026 56мин

  In this episode... The Dairyman's Daughter! Changes in our culture, Ekco Hostess, Isle of Wight Holidays, a motor home, comedians, a ghost story! Make do and mend, repairing things, a mouse in the garden! Your first house... and so much more! Wow, what a fun-packed episode!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 269 Back to the 1960s 20.05.2026 13мин

  Back to the 1960s! Why do I enjoy documenting and sharing so many recollections from the past? Because they were great days. The nightclubs, cars, television, shops, pubs, music... the 1960s were a fantastic time to be alive!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Emma's Secret Diary. She was a twenty-year-old girl, a plain, quiet girl... 17.05.2026 55мин

  Emma was twenty-years-old, a plain girl, a quiet, unassuming girl. She had a secret diary, which came into my possession. No one would have believed what I discovered about young Emma. There was far more to young Emma than met the eye! Also in this episode, do you remember The Likely Lads on television?  Left on the shelf! Did you find yourself alone after all your friends got married? Lots to talk about in this episode. The Inland Revenue! I hope you enjoy it!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 268. Children's radio and television in the 1950s. 13.05.2026 12мин

  It's that time again! Wow, what a busy week it's been. I have a good old chat in this episode. Children's television in the 50s. Children's radio in the 1950s. Pruning the cherry tree. Local elections... Crikey! There's a lot to talk about!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - School Scandal! Miss Is Expecting! English Teacher Pregnant! 10.05.2026 1ч

  Chinese whispers, illicit affairs, school scandal, Miss is expecting, renting shops in the 1960s, 1950s kitchen gadgets... there's so much to talk about this Sunday! Please, join me for an hour of recollecting.
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 267. Bugging the school staff room! 06.05.2026 14мин

  Welcome to another Ray's Rants Midweek Message. Public Transport Trains Busses. Listening in to the teachers in the school staff room. Inside information. Please, join me for a good old chat.
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  Exposing A Stalker! Favorite Smells. Mortgage Bank Loan. Village Dad's Army. 1950s 60s Poverty. 03.05.2026 1ч

  Exposing A Stalker! Have you ever been stalked, followed? What are your favorite smells? Getting a mortgage or bank Loan in the old days. The village Dad's Army. Poverty in the 1950s and  60s. What were the first words ever spoken? There's so much to chat about in this episode!
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midweek Message 266. The Village Green. 29.04.2026 11мин

  In this episode, I chat about the activities on the village green back in the old days. The village fete, classic car show, cricket match, snowmen in the winter, courting couples... Happy days!
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  Who did that? Who did it? It wasn't me! 26.04.2026 55мин

  Who did that? Who did it? It wasn't me! Have you been accused of something you didn't do? The injustice! The unfairness! Also in this episode, Hedgehogs, PE at school, cowboy outfits, spinning wool, couples unable to live together... This is an action packed episode!
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  Midweek Message 265. 22.04.2026 10мин

  In the 1950s, everyone had a tortoise! Hedgehogs were in abundance, foxes were only seen in the countryside... How things were different back in the old days.