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

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  Bring Back the Birch. School discipline, the ruler, the cane, six of the best. 04.10.2026 36min

  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...
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  Are You A Mean Miserly Tight Fisted git? Plus, More Skeletons In The Cupboard! 27.09.2026 35min

  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.
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  Skeletons In The Cupboard! 20.09.2026 30min

  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.
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  Are You Getting Your Oats? 13.09.2026 33min

  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?
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  A Shocking Village Secret 06.09.2026 40min

  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...
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  Board Games, I cheat! Love them or hate them? 30.08.2026 30min

  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.
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  Ray's Rants Podcast - Midlife Crisis, running off with young women! The dentist. Stealing by finding... 23.08.2026 32min

  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...
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  Who are you, really? 16.08.2026 34min

  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?
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  Are You happy? What is happiness? What is vertical drinking? Should it be banned? 09.08.2026 29min

  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
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  A shocking view from a tree! 06.08.2026 32min

  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 6min

  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 26min

  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 11min

  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 57min

  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 12min

  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 1t 1min

  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 18min

  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 57min

  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 11min

  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 56min

  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!