Children's Radio

Ten green Bottles, She'll be coming down the mountain when she comes, and I won't mention Two little Boys. Taboo now!

So many songs now bouncing around in my head. Max Bygraves did quite a few - Why does everybody call me 'Big'Ead (Head). My brother had a rather big head and we used to tease him unmercifully with this song.

There was also 'You Need Hands' ('to brush away the tears' )and 'Out of Town'. I love the words to this, so poetic:

'Up there the sun is a big yellow duster polishing the blue, blue skies,
With white fluffy clouds in a cluster hanging on the breeze to dry.
Trees everywhere with blossom in their hair
And Mother Nature wears her newest gown.
Troubles there are
So much rarer,
Out of town.'

'Twenty Tiny Fingers' - wasn't that Alma Cogan? Also 'I can't tell a waltz from a tango' ('I never know what my feet are going to do!' - yes that's still me!)

That's it - I'm off for a sing!!!

So do I yummy I wish that I could pop into a time machine and relive my early childhood. I was lucky it was idyllic. Not much money about but lots of fun and laughter.

Got lovely memories of Listen with Mother on the 'wireless' after lunch, in the pre-school years, sitting with my Mum in the front room. Wish I could turn the clock back to those carefree days.

Especially WB singing 'We'll Gather Lilacs' with Anne Ziegler!

Webster Booth - a name from the past, my mother was a great admirer of his!

I remember hearing How beautiful They Are feetle I had no idea what it was about, but I thought it was lovely.

Delia Murphy's *The Spinning Wheel' -- thath was magical, as were the Irish songs of Barbara Mullen.

The accumulator, by the way, was a 'wet' battery, containing acid - rather like a smaller car battery. Early wireless sets had high tension power that did all the detecting and amplifying, and a separate low tension (2 volts) power circuit for the heater elements in the valves - that was supplied by the accumulator. Another out-sourced job was pressurising the soda syphon - some places would do both jobs for you!

One of the loveliest records I heard as a child was How Beautiful They Are from The Immortal Hour (Richard Broughton). It was sung by Webster Booth. Once again, pure magic...

Loved the. Cigarette trees Grey Duster imagine that in our pc world.

Green Door, itsy witty teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini, 7 little girls sitting in the back seat. Gilly gilly osenpheffer cats a nella bogan by the sea......Kindle had fun trying to spell check that!!

The Runaway Train; Coronation Scot; Big Rock Candy Mountain; Me and My Teddy Bear!

Your list made me chuckle Lullydully we actually sing these with our grandkids in the car !!

BUT they're favourite has to be Tommy Steeles Little White Bull LOL

Sorry. Wireless.

Going with my mum to the bike shop on Saturday mornings to get the accumulators charged up. The accumulator was part of the radio.

Pink toothbrush, Tulips from Amsterdam, Ugly Duckling, Wonderful Copenhagen, 1812, Planet Suite......only I remember Uncle Mac.