Radio | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:55:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Memories of a Sunday afternoon https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/memories-of-a-sunday-afternoon/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:46:06 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7895 Since I turned 50, I’ve occasionally found my thoughts turning back towards my childhood and adolescence. I’ve no idea why – my parents are both dead, I’m estranged from my biological family and have no childhood friends around to make me think of those times.  Maybe I’m being a good Jungian and ‘looking inward’, or […]

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]]> Small fires in jam jars https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/small-fires-in-jam-jars/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:11:45 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7869 By the time I got interested in radio and electronics – when I was about 10 years old, in the early 1970s, most new radios and TVs weren’t using valves anymore; you’d still find old stuff in junk stores (or in the homes of older relatives) that were stuffed with valves, and TV sets still […]

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]]> There’s one thing we got to get, Heyes…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/07/theres-one-thing-we-got-to-get-heyes/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:12:05 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1533 …and that’s out of this business!” One of the TV highlights of the week for me in the early 1970s was the TV series ‘Alias Smith and Jones‘, following the adventures of two outlaws on probation, Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, as they attempted to stay ahead of the law and out of trouble. At […]

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]]> The end of 6 Music https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/03/the-end-of-6-music/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:11:34 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=886 So, the BBC are going to close down 6 Music – which will be a great shame as it’s one of the few stations around that play a good mix of contemporary and past music, AND also has presenters that are knowledgeable about music and that have a love and passion for it.  Which is […]

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]]> Springing forward as we fall back – why I like GMT! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/10/springing-forward-as-we-fall-back-why-i-like-gmt/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:55:30 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=199 It’s that day!  The last Sunday in October when ‘the clocks go back’.  For many, the official start of winter rather than the end of British Summer Time (or Daylight Saving Time for non-Brits).  We’ve had the ‘time discussion’ here at Pritchard Towers; that’s when my wife says ‘What time is it’ and I explain that it’s 7am […]

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