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Friday, 20 August 2010
The Solid Gold Music Show - Saturday 21st August 2010
We start just after the news at 9-00 with songs from the UK's best selling singles chart way back 31 years - 1989, featuring the hits of Sydney Youngblood, Bette Midler and Black Box. Ian Rogers joins us at 9-45 for his weekly update on St Albans City FC at 9-45 and hopefully SJH will be back this week with buckets of nostalgia just after 10-00.Between 10-00 and 11-00 we “Value A Disc" have a "Brief Biog" on the 1980's girl band The Bangles and our weekly update on the stars you have loved over the years in "Yesterday Today".
Just after 11-00 our vintage edition of "Kids Corner" takes us back to the 50's and this week's "Connections" is easy peasy. "The Be Bop Bonanza" and "Music In The News" also appear between 11-00 and 12-00, just before midday SJH will have his weekly moan in "Steve’s Gripe".
In the last hour we "Pull A Pound", have "A Tale Of Woe" and to wrap up this weeks programme, how about the news and songs from August 1970. Listen out for cracking songs by Hotlegs, Elvis and Chicago.
Any comments or requests are welcome at solidgoldmusicshow@hotmail.com or you can call us live on 01727 839926.
We look forward to your company this week between 9-00am and 1-00pm.
THE SOLID GOLD MUSIC SHOW IS SPONSORED BY DOCKGUARD OF LUTON
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Thursday, 02 September 2010
I want to ride my bicyle...
Don Andrews spoke to us this evening about his long-established Verulam Cycling Club. The club was founded way back in 1928, and Don has been its President since 1987.
The club meet every Sunday morning, bright and early at 9am. Usually around 60 people turn up, and everyone is split between 5 groups according to ability. The club is essentially involved in road cycling, however they do also have a mountain biking section. All routes stay off the main roads and offer a great opportunity to explore and find out more about the area. Each Sunday members will cycle between 40 and 70 miles according to their ability group (Don assures us this isn't as far as it sounds!) and everyone returns at 1pm. And fear not, there's a stop for a tea-break along the way, of course.
Most people who take part have road bikes, and although this can be very expensive, nothing fancy is necessary and the club will teach you how to ride properly and safely.
With nearly 200 current members aged between 14 and 81, it caters for everyone (although please note that under 16s need to attend with a guardian). Be warned, that there may be a lot of MAMIL - that is, Middle Aged Men In Lycra! - who used to cycle in their younger days and have decided to return to it again later on in life.
There are lots of opportunities for competitions, either purely against yourself or against others. For example, Verulam Cycling Club runs the Chiltern Hundred Challenge every year, a one hundred mile cycle ride. Every Tuesday evening ten mile trials also take place, where members can compete against each other to see who can complete it fastest.
The club is very sociable, with plenty of opportunities for 'evening rehydration', and it even runs trips to the Alps to go and watch the Tour de France. So if you'd like to get involved, check out their website at http://www.verulamcc.org.uk/ or simply turn up on a Sunday at 9am at the top of St Peters Street, opposite the Blacksmiths Arms.
