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Callahan's, The Eel in the Sink - Aidan MacMahon
Summer Hill - Damien O'Kane
The Tree Reels - Ciaran and James O'Grady
Flings - James Carty
The Island - Paul Brady
Shamrock Shore - Karen Casey
Glory Glor Corkscrew (Slow Air) - Aidan MacMahon
The Derry Hornpipe - Malchy Bourke
Dick Cosgrove's / Micho's Apron - Four Men and a Dog
Gareth Barry's - Aidan MacMahon
The Highlanders Kneebuckle - Johnny Henry
French Bass Clarinet tune edited - Tapanga
The Long Haul Hush - Diarmaid and Donncha Moynihan
Jigs - Antoin Mac Gabhann
Song for PJ - Four Men and a Dog
Donnchadh Ban - Darch O Cathain
Tunin Dre - Michael McGoldrick
The Stoney Steps - Johnny Henry

Hi Drivetimers

Here is our new music playlist for the forthcoming week:

Agnetha Fältskog - When You Really Loved Someone
Bastille - Laura Palmer
Black Star Riders - Bound For Glory
Bon Jovi - What About Now
Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me
Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch
Daft Punk - Get Lucky ft. Pharrell Williams
Depeche Mode - Soothe My Soul
Fleetwood Mac - Sad Angel / Without You / It Takes Time / Miss Fantasy
Goo Goo Dolls - Rebel Beat
Jamie Cullum - Everything You Didn’t Do
Josephine - Last Minute
Josh Groban - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
KT Tunstall - Feel It All
Lady Antebellum - Downtown
Nell Bryden - Echoes
Olly Murs - Dear Darlin’
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dresden
Passenger - Let Her Go
Phillip Phillips - Home
Sinéad O’Connor - Old Lady
Status Quo - Bula Bula Quo
Stereophonics - Graffiti on The Train
Stooshe - Slip
Tegan And Sara - I Was A Fool
Texas - The Conversation
The Band Perry - Done
The Script - Millionaires

Items in BOLD are new additions

This week's featured track is Liquid Lunch by Caro Emerald:

 Lisa Pearson our lifesyle correspondent was our guest this eveing, Lisa coverd healthy eating:

What is a rubbish cook?
Just because I’m a rubbish cook DOES NOT mean I eat READY MEALS!

In my case it’s someone who ….
1) Can’t follow a recipe that involves more than three ingredients
2) Panics when there are too many steps
3) Add to that children who are not willing to politely wait for more than 10 minutes, so it’s got to be quick
4) A lack of interest in improving my skills (in fact a big mental block which I’m happy to keep)
5) No chance of being organised at the beginning of the day for dinner at the end
6) Not worried about being boring and having only enough meals for 2-3 weeks of repeats
7) Cleverly married the Big Northern Hairy One who can cook brilliantly
8) Makes the same meals for the kids and adults, because I really don’t have enough time not to
9) Has a phobia of soup apart from Heinz tomato soup with lots of bread
10) Quite likes a bit of salad, but definitely couldn’t be considered a health nut

I really, really, really think that you mums who can cook, casserole, make pies, and organise yourselves so brilliantly are amazing.  You don’t appreciate the skill required to read and follow a recipe.
Seriously, it is NOT that easy!
BUT, I’m not that bothered about learning.  I have been a domestic goddess twice in my life and it kicked me big time in the butt both times, so I’m totally content with my rubbishness.

So why on earth am I going to write about it, if I’m so rubbish at it? Because I think that the media only gives three really extreme images of cooking.
1) You have the chips, curries, fried in humungous amounts of fat with a sprinkling of sugar and salt on top image.
2) Then there are the incredibly extremely healthy bunch, who eat a pile of things that I wouldn’t consider, let alone my children.
3) Then there are the chefs who seem insistent on adding so many ingredients and chopping so many things up, even when they are cooking something ‘simple’ or ‘quick’.
more details can be found at the web site  http://mummywhispererblog.com

I have learnt to cook healthy well balanced meals, that are simple and quick to cook.
There’s hardly any preparation time.
They are easily mix and matched.
And they work for both the grown ups and the kids in this house.

So that’s what I’m going to share.  Hopefully it will help anyone stuck in the chip scenario to break out of it, and Mums struggling to balance their demanding lives with providing healthy food.
Some of you may then go on to become brilliant cooks, which will be great.
Some brilliant cooks might still like to read my ideas, just to make sure that they are also brilliantly healthy.

On the Parents' Show this week we discuss sex and how we deal with our children and young people's questions and queries about the topic. We will be talking about the considerable social and societal pressures that our children and young people are up against, and why the relationship that we have with them, as parents and carers, is so vital to them establishing the self esteem, and inner resolve to deal with the pressures and situations that they will undoubtedly encounter in their lives.

Our experts us on the show this week are Professor Fiona Brooks, Head of Adolescent and Child Health, University of Herts, and early years expert and Director for the Centre of Coaching and Mentoring at University of Hertfordshire, Sally Graham.

This week on the Parents' Show we are talking about division of labour in the home between partners, mums and dads - how do you decide who does which jobs? Which jobs does no-one want to do and why? Do you expect your hubby/wife to do particular jobs around the house and if so, why? What is the best system to put in place? How do we avoid or resolve conflict over jobs around the house?

Expert guests include Professor Lynn Cook, Professor of social policy, from the University of Bath and psychologist Catriona Wrottesley, couples therapist, from the Tavistock Centre in London.

Today Simon was in the studio again to talk all about films. He appears to have recovered from the story told in the most recent blog post, which saw him driving off into the sunset in a Cadillac with a bevy of beautiful women and a cooler full of beers. He was just acting out after his beloved Brentford missed out on automatic promotion. He insists he is very fine indeed, although the second wedding ring on his hand and the 'THUG LIFE' tattoo on his knuckles suggests otherwise. Football can do crazy things to a man.

Ok, that was a lie (the tattoo says 'YOLO'), but he was in the studio to talk about the UK box office and his pick of films on TV for the coming week.

Friday
In the Line of Fire
9.00pm – 11.45pm
5USA


Saturday
Face/Off
9.45pm – 12.00am
BBC3


Sunday
The Social Network
9.00pm – 11.20pm
Channel 4


Monday
State of Play
11.10pm – 1.35am
ITV2


Thursday
Beverly Hills Cop
9.00pm – 11.05pm
Film4

Matt Adams Came into the studio to discuss this weeks news.  180 years ago the longest prize fight took place on Nomans land common.  The fight was 99 rounds over the course of 3 hours.  a vinal record shop is opening in Heritage Close.  There are objections in Harpenden to a circus that will be starting there, locals say that it will take away from trade.  Harpenden Railway Sttation are proposing to put a deck above the present car park to enable further parking spaces.  The dispute between the Gardens of the Rose and Butterfly World has now been settled, this was about parking rights.  The Community Horse Patrols have been resumed. 

David Thorold from St Albans Museum came in to talk about the museum in general.  David said that this area is easier to get to arkiology than in more built up areas, as the local fields are able to be dug rather than places needing to be demolished.  In this area it has been proved that the locals got on with the romans, wheras some areas opposed them and were crushed in response.  The older Roman town is said to have continued after the Romans withdrew in 410 AD and also the new town then grew up around the Abbey.  The gold coins found were the highest quality coin in the Roman times, Silver were next and Bronze last, these became rather scrappy and were of very little value.  The gold coins found have been deliberately buried, probably due to battles and needing to hide their welth.  The cost of entering the local museum is free to residents in this area, as it is paid for in the taxes. 

Iain Loe joined us from the campaign for Raeal Ale to talk about the festivals coming up.  CAMRA has been important to keep the real ales going, as the big companies were set to take over and make mass produced beer the only choice.  There are now a lot more small bruries than there used to be, as bruers are starting to come on since the times that CAMRA came on.  CAMRA are also trying to promote Cider makers as well.  The Cider should be made from whole apples rather than concentrate and also ideally should be british.  They also are promoting Pear cider in a like manner.  CAMRA now have awards for various things such as Pub of the year and club of the year.  The good beer guide comes out in September every year and lists the best pubs in the country for real ale.  CAMRA have a website and also an app that you can download and this will let you know the best pubs in the local area that you are in at present.

Gemma Smith from the Herts Show came in to talk about the show and to promote making a short film of the show on a camera or phone, uploading it to youtube and entering a competition they are running.  The film should be about 3 minutes or so in length.  The prize would be a Dinner Bed and Breakfast in one of 2 local hotels.  There is also a second and third prize.  contact details www.hertsshow.com where you can find all details.  The show takes place on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May.

The local cyclists then featured in a recorded interview giving an update on their progress.  They have had some problems in the mountain passes in Switzerland and they had to change what they intended to do.  They are now going towards Ittily.  The weather has been reasonable with a little rain in places. 

Here we go with another four hours of the finest oldies music programme you will find on your radio.

We start at 9-00 with the best selling singles and news stories from May 1966 listen out for The Beach Boys, Lee Dorsey and The Dave Clark Five. Just after 10-00 we value a long lost disc, SJH will be getting all nostalgic and don't forget Steve's legendary Gripe just before midday. At 10-15 our Brief Biog features The Tornados and there's an update on all of the news of your favourite musical stars of yesterday between 10-30 and 11-00.

A vintage children's song appears just after the 11-00 news in Kids Corner, this is followed by three songs that have a common link in Connections, just after 11-30 Music In The News plays songs that could be linked to some of this week's news stories. In to the last hour we Pull A Pound, have one of those songs that's Too Good To Be Forgotten, at 12-15 it's another 45rpm, 45 minutes of real pop music, here we give you the news and the top selling discs from June 1979,chances are you will hear songs from Art Garfunkel, Wings and Supertramp.

Join us for four hours of solid gold music at 9-00am this Saturday with competitions where you can win tickets to see an amazing Elvis show "Elvis Is In The Building" at Broxbourne Civic Hall on the 19th May, if you fancy going to the Herts County Show on the 25th or the 26th May then we have a family pack of four entry tickets for either day to give away.

 

Saturday evening at 10-30 on our Saturday Late Date it's another edition of Radio Times, tune in and hear the Emperor Rosko from 1967 at 10-15.

THE SOLID GOLD MUSIC SHOW IS SPONSORED BY DOCKGUARD OF LUTON.

Bob Lewis was our guest today, from the Breakaway Theatre company.  They have been going 25 years and are a roaming company that do inside and outside productions.  They have around 40 active performing members, and around 200 associate members - often arranging social evenings, acting lessons, car boot and cake sales.

Their forthcoming production is called 'Roberto Zucco' based on a true story of an Italian serial killer in the 80s.  He was notorious throughout Europe, being placed on the 'Most Wanted' list.  The subject matter may seem dark but there is a comedic edge too.  In a twist to the format, the main role is undertaken by two actors to show the outside and inside of Zucco.  It was written by French author Bernard-Marie Koltes and has not been performed previously in Hertfordshire.  It contains adult themes and strong language, some discretion is advised.

The show will be performed from 30th May-1st June and then from 6th-8th June at the Maltings Arts Theatre.  Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketsource.co.uk/OVO and information about the group can be found at www.breakawaytheatre.co.uk

Today, Kay Weston from the Camphill Village Trust spoke to Danny about the work of Camphill St Albans charity. As well as this, she enlightened us on the charity's Cafe on the Corner, one of the only cafes in St Albans Danny hasn't (yet) frequented!

Camphill Village Trust is a UK organisation supporting adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and other special needs. Camphill St Albans has various projects which aim to get people involved in the community and help them be self sufficient. Alongside providing accommodation, they have a studio where service users create art and jewelry to sell, an allotment where vegetables are grown to be sold and a centre for social events, including plays, karaoke and PC facilities. 
As well as all this, Kay runs a sewing club, and is in the process of holding sewing machine lessons, aiming  to make the  internal mending service a profitable endeavor by opening it to the public. 

The Cafe on the Corner, (the corner being that of Adelaide and Catherine St) is open 9am - 4.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. Beneficiaries of the Trust get the opportunity to work here, and you can help them by buying a cup of coffee and some homemade cake. (We don't need to be told twice..)

The Trust are always looking for help and in particular are looking for donations of sewing materials to help their sewing club. If you know anyone that can help, or would like to learn more about the charity, you can call them on 01727 811228 or visit their website. 

Charles Baker came into the studio to tell us what's happening in the month of May!

Firstly the bank holiday weekend is jam packed with activities. There's the Urban Beach weekend at the Verulamium Park on sat 25 and sun 26th May, brand new courts have been set up in the park with sand directly from the Olympic venue. There will be lots going on at the park such as face painting, zumba, circus skills and refreshments. The weekend is free for any more info please head to www.stalbans.gov.uk/beach-courts

The Hertfordshire county show is also taking place on the Bank holiday weekend. Radio Verulam will be broadcasting live from the event so pop down and say hello!

On the 19th May the St Albans charity cycle ride is taking place. The Rotary clubs of St Albans organise this charity cycle ride event. There are 4 routes around mid-Hertfordshire. The event welcomes everyone to take part from adults, children and young people and families.

Moving onto June, on Saturday the 1st June - Sunday 15th September The Magna Carta 1213: The journey starts here is at the museum or St Albans. you can find out what motivated the barons and clergy men to formulate their demands to King John. For any more information on this event or others go to enjoystalbans.com

Nous parlerons des endroits sympas à faire découvrir aux touristes qui viennent nous rendre visite dans le West Hertfordshire.

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Tonight's show discusses topics relating to children owning and using an iPad - we discuss popular apps for kids, common pitfalls to be watchful for when kids use technology and ways of overcoming those. We talk about recommended screen time for kids and the main strategies we parents might adopt to help our children get the most out of iPad use.

Guests include: Carole Bennett, Head of Business Services for Schools, Chris Carter, eDevelopments Adviser - Herts county council and Lee Bolger from the St Albans branch of Solutions INC.

Elizabeth Crampton from St Albans Citizens advice bureau was our guest this evening on West Herts Drivetime, amongst the items covered were:

Disability Living Allowance - sometimes referred to as DLA - is a tax-free benefit for disabled children and adults who need someone to help look after them, or have walking difficulties.
The Council's Income Maximisation Team is happy to assist you with completing the DLA form. They can visit you at your home. Visit the contacts area of this page to access their details.
From 10 June 2013, a new benefit called personal independence payment (PIP) will be introduced to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for people of working age (16-64).Children under 16 will continue to claim DLA, and people over 65 can claim Attendance Allowance.
From October 2013, if you are aged between 16 and 65 and you report a change in your condition, you will have to apply for PIP instead.
If you receive DLA and will be aged between 16 and 64 on 8 April 2013, you will eventually have to make a claim for PIP instead, even if you have been given an indefinite or lifetime award for DLA.  At some point between January 2014 and March 2016 you will be contacted by DWP and invited to claim PIP. When you claim PIP your DLA will continue to be paid until the PIP claim has been decided, but if you do not make a claim for PIP within 28 days your DLA will be suspended.

What is money transfer fraud?
Money transfer services are often the preferred method used to obtain cash by a variety of fraudsters. Money transfer services, such as Western Union, allow individuals to send cash quickly, easily and reliably, allowing criminals to obtain cash from online auction site frauds, lottery scams, 419 frauds and criminal cashback.
When money transfer services are being used in connection with criminal activity the recovery of any cash sent is extremely difficult. Individuals do have to produce identification when collecting cash, however, the documents produced by these fraudsters are often very sophisticated.
How can we protect ourselves from money transfer fraud?
Never use money transfer services to send cash to people that you do not know or whose identity you cannot verify.
Never pay for an item bought on an online auction site such as ebay, through instant wire transfer service. The seller may suggest this option to you and may be entirely genuine, however there is little security in this, no matter what the seller says. Even if you are being offered a good deal, or a ‘second chance’ on an item that you really wanted, you are effectively sending your cash to a stranger ‘on trust’ alone.
Never send cash via money transfer service if you have been in receipt of any lottery fraud emails in which you are encouraged by the sender to transfer money in the form of advance fees in order to release lottery winnings. Genuine lotteries will never ask you to pay taxes or release fees. In fact genuine lotteries, such as the UK Big Lottery, have no idea who bought the winning ticket, so will never be able to contact you telling you about your ‘unclaimed’ prize money. You have to contact them with your details. If you have received any emails requesting that you send money, never reply, and never send these people money - by any method.

Similarly, never send cash via money transfer service if you have been in receipt any ‘419’ emails, that offer you a cut of a large sum of money - if you help to release it from a bank account. If you do respond to this mail, during the discussions with the sender you will be encouraged to send them cash in the form of advance fees to gain the release of the money, which is usually a ridiculous figure that is in the millions. Again, never reply, and never send these people money - by any method.

Never send cash via money transfer service if you have been in receipt of a cheque payment from an individual - in a sum greater than what you have asked. This is known as criminal cashback  for the item you are selling or property you are renting. After the cheque has been paid into your account, the fraudster you will encourage you to send the difference to them, or someone else by money transfer or bank transfer. Never send these people cash by any method. If the cheque you have received is stolen or forged, it can often take more than 3 days before that cheque is identified as being fraudulent, and by that time  you would have already sent the funds by money transfer with no means of getting it back, and also find that your bank account will have the original debt reversed, leaving you with the loss of the funds withdrawn and sent by money transfer.

What help is available to victims of money transfer fraud?
Victims of this type of fraud often feel personally humiliated by the situation – especially if they find themselves embroiled in a scam and have parted with a great deal of money. In most cases these victims do not inform the police, or tell anyone at all. It is extremely important however, that you do tell people, and inform the police if you find yourself embroiled in a scam as described above. As already discussed, career criminals look for victims who are unknowing about transfer services, or maybe looking for that ‘too good to be true’ opportunity of a lifetime. Always stay vigilant, and never even reply to any offers made to you that you are not entirely sure of, and only ever use money transfer services when sending funds to your family and individuals that you know you can trust.

Hi Drivetimers

Here is our new music playlist for the forthcoming week:

Agnetha Fältskog - When You Really Loved Someone
Alison Moyet - When I Was your Girl
Bastille - Laura Palmer
Black Star Riders - Bound For Glory
Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me
Daft Punk - Get Lucky ft. Pharrell Williams
Depeche Mode - Soothe My Soul
Fleetwood Mac - Sad Angel / Without You / It Takes Time / Miss Fantasy
fun. - All Alone
Goo Goo Dolls - Rebel Beat
Jamie Cullum - Everything You Didn’t Do
Joe Cocker - I Come In Peace
Josephine - Last Minute
Josh Groban - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Lady Antebellum - Downtown
Nell Bryden - Echoes
Olly Murs - Dear Darlin’
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dresden
Phillip Phillips - Home
Rod Stewart - It’s Over
Sinéad O’Connor - Old Lady
Stereophonics - Graffiti on The Train
Stooshe - Slip
Tegan And Sara - I Was A Fool
Texas - The Conversation
The Script - Millionaires

Items in BOLD are new additions

Our featured track for the week is Laura Palmer by Bastille:

We certainly proved that age, sex or smart clothes are no bar to getting around by bike in St.Albans! Last night’s Environment Matters’ Cycle Special provided, as we expected, and hour of lively debate on lots of aspects of cycling.

Rona Wightman, long time cycle campaigner and local leader of the women only Five Miles to Fabulous rides told us how she sees the 2:1 ratio of men to women cyclists as an opportunity for women. Whilst women cyclists can be less safe than men because of their often less assertive cycling styles, there is training and advice that can redress this. And talking of dressing, Rona told us that Milanese women are enthusiastic cyclists, and they certainly are not lycra clad, sweaty or frumpy! Cycling can be sedate, and in the everyday clothes you wear to work. In fact, cycling makes its own breeze so you can arrive cooler. Plus cycling is relaxing, up lifting, slots some exercise seamlessly into your busy day and gives far more opportunities for socialising than driving.

Having a family often stops keen cyclists, but Rona said that there were plenty of opportunities for women to cycle with even small children. Younger children will enjoy developing their skills on cycle free routes, and more confident cyclists will learn road craft whilst out cycling on roads with you. Of course if children have learnt to cycle at an early age, they can be more independent and will always have the option of cycling to stay fit.

Cllr Julian Daly and Mike Hartley then discussed cycling provision around the District with Jack. St.Albans is one of the most popular places to cycle in the Region- you only need to look at the cycle parking outside the station to witness this- but the car congested roads suggest there is still much work to be done.

Rona returned to the discussion along with John Metcalf, local ride leader, cycle trainer and cycle campaigner, to discuss cycling safety. John surprised us by saying that cycle safety was continually improving and cyclists in the UK are safer than those in places often associated with cycling, like France. Research shows that the more cyclists in an area, the safer it is. John also pointed out that everything carries a risk- even sitting on the sofa has a risk. The risk of inactivity is far greater than that involved in cycling.

Here are some of the events coming up that were mentioned

Helmets can protect from certain types of accidents, but actually, cycling confidently and ensuring that you are visible by wearing bright clothing are far more important.

Celebrate Global Women’s Cycling Day (which is actually on 12 May) with Rona and the 5 Miles to Fabulous team on a women only ride on 11 May from Harpenden Station to explore the Nicky Line. Starts 9.30am and there’s a stop in Redbourn for refreshments http://www.southhertsctc.org.uk/Cycle/five-miles-to-fabulous

 

Rona is the speaker on Monday 13 May at LUSH in The Maltings, St Albans, from 5.30pm to 7.00pm.  This is a St Albans Cycle Campaign event to promote the health and fitness benefits of cycling particularly to women.  Hear about the joys of quiet routes, not riding too close to the kerb and looking ten years younger than you really are.  Please come along, and encourage any women you know to come along too!

St.Albans Charity Cycle Ride is on Sunday 19th May. In aid of local good causes. 10,20, 30 or 40 mile routes all through beautiful countryside. Marshalled and generally quiet roads. Suitable for all the family

STACC AGM 21st of May

Ian Colyer (in Matt Adams's absence) reviews news items published in the Herts Advertiser this week.

'No retreat, no surrender' in the battle over the proposed rail freight terminal at Park St. The fight goes on as Ann Main piles pressure on government ministers.
Is the council washing its hands over Clarence Park? Not according to Cllr Daniel Chichester-Miles - proposals will be under consideration later this month.
Beric Read, who lost his Sandridge seat on the County Council to the Lib Dems, is threatening legal action over leaflets issued prior to voting which claimed he had voted in support of building on Green Belt land.
St Albans was used on a TV recording once again with Silent Witness (Emilia Fox and David Caves) filming on Fishpool St.
Luisa Zissman, a local enterprise owner (Dixies Cupcakery) and 'The Apprentice' candidate has survived the first two episodes of the show.
Lucy Clark (owner of Heaven is a Cupcake) was pleasantly surprised to receive an order for eighteen cupcakes from Sharon Osbourne ( wife of the 'heavy metaller' Ozzy Osbourne).

Mike Harman - Director of the Herts Show - talked about the forthcoming county show. Figures of potential attendees range from a low of 20,000+ to more than 40,000 - the actual attendance depending very much on the weather over the two days of the show. The show has been running in one form or another for over 100 years. Mile has been involved for more than ten years. This year promises to be one of the most exciting with a very varied programme of entertainment (including show jumping, all human circus, etc). The only charge for any entertainment is the ticket admission price. Interestingly, Mike not only has the responsibility for the Herts Show but he has an involvement with shows all over the UK.

Prof. Jane Hardy (Univ of Herts) spoke about the impact of immigration on the UK's finances. Jane opened by stating that there is a lot of confusion surrounding the topic of migration. She described there as being three groups of migrants as follows: Asylum seekers, non-EU migrants and EU migrants. The first two categories do not account for many people as it is not easy to gain access to the UK for these people. The EU migrants are more likely to be here for financial reasons and are not necessarily here to stay. Jane commented re the likely arrival of Romanians and Bulgarians (currently receiving 'bad press') - many are already here in a self-employed basis and other countries (such as Italy or Germany) may be more attractive to them.

Silvia Vitiello (of Kingston Smith - a large firm of accountants in St Albans) spoke about a forthcoming seminar aimed at local small to medium enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to disseminate information gleaned from a business survey done in conjunction with the Surrey Business School. Subjects covered will include raising finance or funding a business. Places at the seminar are still available but a prior attendance booking is required. The seminar starts at 17.00 next Wednesday (15th) at the Verulamium Museum (admission is free). See www.kingstonsmith.com (events) to book a place.

 

Tune in to another giveaway edition of The Solid Gold Music Show this Saturday morning at 9. It all starts with the best selling 45rpm singles and news from May 1981, listen out for Stevie Wonder, The Stray Cats and Madness.

In to the second hour we value a disc brought in by your Sunday Jazz and Big Band presenter Len Jones. Len will also select and talk about one or two 45rpm singles between 10-15 and 10-30. SJH will jolt our memories with bags of nostalgia between 10 and 12, between 10-30 and 11 we have the latest news on the musical stars we have loved through the years in our Yesterday Today feature.

Just after the news at 11-00, Kid's Corner plays a vintage children's song, this week's Connections are a bit of a brain teaser and just after 11-30 you will hear song's that have a link to some of this week's news stories – our third hour concludes with another Gripe from Steve.

For the last hour, we Pull A Pound, have A Tale Of Woe and to wrap it all up at 12-15 it's another 45rpm (45 minutes of real pop music) the hits and news from May 1998. Join Dereck and Steve where we will be giving away four tickets to this year's Herts Show, lock on to 92.6FM in West Herts or online at www.radioverulam.com and select "Listen Now". Be a winner with The Solid Gold Music Show this Saturday!

 

THE SOLID GOLD MUSIC SHOW IS SPONSORED BY DOCKGUARD OF LUTON.

Don't forget that Bouche a oreille, radio verulam's monthly live show for West Herts' francophones and francophiles, will be on Thursday 16th May from 9pm to 10pm. Find out what's going on back in France as well as locally for lovers of the French language and hear from members of the local French-speaking community.   On the show we will also be talking about all the hidden gems West Herts has to offer for those who come to visit from abroad. So to get a taste of home or to brush up your language skills, tune in on Thursday 16th May at 9pm on radio verulam 92.6FM!

Lors de notre prochaine émission, le Jeudi 16 Mai, nous parlerons des endroits sympas  à faire découvrir aux touristes qui viennent nous rendre visite dans le West Hertfordshire.

Quels sont vos endroits préférés hors des sentiers battus de Verulamium Park et de la Cathédrale de St Albans?

Faites-nous part de vos 'trésors cachés' par courriel boucheaoreille@radioverulam.com, sur notre page facebook
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