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Great Tracks and Sidetracks-including the rising cost of fish and chips...( 1:16:50)
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Confusion over Shooting Meadows? I don't think so. 25 years of the London Eye. Fawlty Towers takes to the stage. Beer mats and stamps? How about collecting over 150 post boxes. The rising cost of fish and chips.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 30/04/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks- including Pommie diggers unearth hidden stone circle( 1:9:3)
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Pommie diggers unearth hidden stone circle. If you want the police to call round, send a WhatsApp criticising school teachers. Go to England in 2035 to watch the Women’s World Cup football. Gender confusion in the NHS.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 16/04/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Too many fish and chip shops and speed bump rattles residents( 1:15:49)
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Too many fish and chip shops, speed bump rattles residents, Ozzy mounts the throne, “Cakes? No thank you” sez gen Z, Blue Peter stops live transmission. Is a bouncer a technician or a gorilla?
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 9/04/2025 2:30:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - checkout convos, city folks and toilet thieves ( 1:13:34)
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Making conversation at the checkout, city folk who never see farm animals, the very last of The Few, justice at last for golden toilet thieves, John Lennon commemorative coin and finally, the most popular dogs to be stolen.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 2/04/2025 2:30:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - including UK nominates group and song for the 2025 Euro(Horror)vision "Song" Contes( 1:10:4)
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UK nominates group and song for the 2025 Euro(Horror)vision "Song" Contest, beavers are out and about and busy in the UK, BBC overpays by eye watering amounts but millions work overtime for free, the strange replacements supermarkets make for online shopping shortages and finally the best and worst dogs for training.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 26/03/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-Midsomer Murders heads to the stage( 1:9:18)
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Midsomer Murders heads to the stage. British Gas service still as bad as ever? For your degree you can now study a module on the use of donkey ‘extras’ in films. Mini 20mph signs rake in thousands of pounds. John Lewis department stores now selling vinyl albums. Plus plenty of great tracks, of course.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 19/03/2025 3:45:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks- More odd, and sometimes astonishing, stories from the UK news( 1:10:40)
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More odd, and sometimes astonishing, stories from the UK news - ‘evocative sounds in the kitchen’, ‘life beyond 100’, ‘incredible police woke stupidity’, ‘psst, want to buy a nuclear bunker?’, ’Donald Trump tells British PM to get rid of windmills……!
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 12/03/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks( 1:17:42)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 8/03/2025 4:00:00 a.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-Macbeth, sink hole and healthy food?( 1:17:42)
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What you have to do if you say the word ‘Macbeth’ in a theatre. Sink hole appearance in Godstone - police are looking into it.MacDonalds claim ‘healthy’ food role (as in, "you can always walk to buy your takeaway", or, "there is always salad if you want it”). Phantom marshall sends runners on wild goose chase. Farmers appalled at ignorance of government representatives. Ministry of Defence has 92 internal staff groups including the Defence Pagan Network and the Breastfeeding Network. All strung together with super music.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 5/03/2025 2:45:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-Moths in the mansion? ( 1:16:39)
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Expensive hedge dispute, sprucing up headstones, moths in the mansion, “it’s alright, you’re not fat, you’re just suffering from obesity”, The Good Life was nearly all at sea.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 26/02/2025 3:54:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Review of Led Zeppelin film, tattoo fads and to bath or shower?( 1:17:22)
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A review of the new Led Zeppelin film with tracks from them and the Yardbirds. The latest UK fad in tattoo art. To bath or to shower? How many cups of tea to fill a swimming pool - Olympic, of course. Tropical crops coming to the UK. Lots of good music.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 19/02/2025 4:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks -Robotic dogs, gardeners banned and Jack the Ripper to be identified( 1:16:57)
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All linked together with great music, this week's side tracks include a robotic dog, a group of volunteer gardeners banned by health and safety rules, the luck of the Irish - oops, no, the Londoners - Jack the Ripper to finally be identified and brought to justice and lastly, Shakespeare losing popularity in the US (and nothing to do with being sanctioned by Donald).
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 12/02/2025 2:30:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks- Sub Postmaster scandal, bonus for water boss and saving birds from lethal wind turbines among topics today( 1:17:46)
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This week's Side Tracks include comments on the latest programme on the Sub Postmaster scandal, an eye watering bonus for a water company boss, saving birds from lethal wind turbines, the latest (odd) words for the Oxford English Dictionary and, not least, the hilarious saga of the sports ground where referees' whistles are banned.
Great Tracks include several Dylan and Baez numbers to mark the local screening of 'A Complete Unknown'.This is a recording from a live broadcast.
Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 5/02/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Flying, roundabouts and faulty script sale( 1:17:57)
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Flying here from the UK on a Sunderland flying boat - comfort and cuisine if you were not in a rush. Roundabouts - are they making us go round in circles? Fawlty script sells for $10,000.00. Bar codes go the way of the buffalo whilst beavers go from strength to strength.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 29/01/2025 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-Excellent music with side oddities( 1:15:23)
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Excellent music with side oddities like - do you rely on grandma’s remedies for everyday ailments? - smoke a cigarette and take 17 minutes off your life. If you black out are you being racist? Just how dangerous are tea bags?
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 22/01/2025 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - More of our favourite music interspersed with odds and sods of news snippets from the UK( 1:11:34)
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More of our favourite music interspersed with odds and sods of news snippets from the UK. Scared of Saracen's Head pub signs? Scared of children's stories? You are not alone, apparently. Clock bells that ring to tell you the time - how inconsiderate. And finally, what do Fastnet, Malin, Bailey, South-east Iceland, Cromarty and Dogger mean to you?
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 15/01/2025 2:30:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks ... and so to 2025...( 1:21:8)
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…and so to 2025. Be an accountant and eat fish and chips to reach 112? Catastrophe as best British ales disappear (if only it were caged hens, instead). BBC banned songs of yesteryear. Sheep top list of terror suspects. Young people would prefer simpler cars that need more driver input.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 8/01/2025 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - squirrels, name calling and pupils claiming compo( 1:10:8)
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Pine Martens to sort out pesky grey squirrels, police getting rather heavy on playground name calling, pupils claiming thousands in compensation for minor accidents, on-going fight for fair pensions for ex-pats, Glastonbury tickets sell faster than hot cakes.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 11/12/2024 3:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - brick collecting, hedgehogs and AI among the subjects today( 1:11:9)
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Ghost of Parky interviews again via AI, brick collecting without an album, the better side of hedgehogs, too much vulgar language on the tele, boneshaking from London to Brighton plus struggling steam railways "wot? no coal?"
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 4/12/2024 3:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Parking, barking and airline food. ( 1:20:42)
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From parking problems to unhappy staff to barking dogs. All rounded off with a helping of airline food. Also on this edition - the imminent end of Kapiti Carers following a recent shock announcement. Peter focusses on the loss of an invaluable local community service. All interspersed with Good Music.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 27/11/2024 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Beatles, Jeremy Clarkson, Sir David Jason and Vera are on the schedule for today.( 1:8:4)
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Beatles still top of the pops, the public moans that Jeremy Clarkson's pub grub and beer is too expensive (not by New Zealand standards, it isn't!), vinyl continues to regain its popularity, Vera continues to maintain her popularity and Sir David Jason ponders on that Arkwright stammer.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 23/11/2024 12:03:15 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-06-11-2024( 1:13:50)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 6/11/2024 3:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-Cooking with swedes, vegan paint and scary tv? ( 1:16:42)
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Cooking with swedes (vegetable not animal), vegan paint, scary tv? Look out Jeremy - old MacEdmonds also has a farm.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 25/09/2024 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-battery hens, Eurovision Song Contest audiences and Whitehall office conversations...( 1:12:18)
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This week's ramblings along the side tracks takes in the plight of battery hens, the amazing changes in the Eurovision Song Contest audiences, the gobbledygook of Whitehall office conversations - and asks the question "did those feet of Shakespeare (in ancient times) walk upon Kings Lynn’s theatre stage?”. And not to forget the dive-bombing, chip thieving seagulls of the Isle of Man.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 18/09/2024 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Droning on about drones ( 1:14:44)
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Droning on about drones. Posh picnics in the park. The astonishing number of people who don't eat their greens. Dolce and Gabbana (very expensive) scent for dogs - but will it hide the reek of a wet mutt? All wrapped up in a bundle of Beatles' tracks and a heart warming love story.This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 4/09/2024 4:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-including a film review, air con and 40,000 calories of burgers( 1:15:57)
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Film review - ‘Ghostlight’. UK news - homes want air conditioning - 40,000 calories of burgers - Carry On films to carry on - is Stonehenge altar stone a ‘Souvenir from Bonnie Scotland’? Plus beavers and banknotes.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 28/08/2024 4:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks- includes Girl Guide pink uniforms and airport trollies.( 1:14:5)
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We range from Girl Guide pink uniforms to rare blue lobsters, airport trollies to Monopoly but the music remains pretty stable in the 70’s and 80’s.This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 14/08/2024 5:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks - Big bonuses for non achievement( 1:4:15)
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Bus and train excursions without a Gold Card, big bonuses for non achievement, memories of rationing and Bob Dylan puts his foot down on mobile ‘phones.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 7/08/2024 5:00:00 p.m.
Paul Hollywood earns $30m a year cooking food and the battle of jam and cream scones( 1:10:6)
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Paul Hollywood earns $30m a year cooking food. Children eat too much of it and overload beach donkeys. Plus, still on the subject of food, the battle of jam and cream on scones, which should go on first? Digest all the news whilst listening to great music.
This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 24/07/2024 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-24-04-2024( 1:0:21)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 24/04/2024 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-17-04-2024( 1:12:9)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 17/04/2024 2:15:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-10-04-2024( 1:15:8)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 10/04/2024 5:27:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-04-04-2024( 1:12:34)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 3/04/2024 2:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-27-03-2024( 1:3:4)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 27/03/2024 1:59:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-20-03-2024( 1:24:1)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 20/03/2024 4:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-13-03-2024( 1:16:18)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 13/03/2024 2:30:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-06-03-2024( 1:14:36)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 7/03/2024 6:45:00 a.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-14-02-2024( 1:15:28)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 14/02/2024 9:00:00 a.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-07-02-2024( 1:15:10)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 7/02/2024 3:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-31-01-2024( 0:46:52)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era.
Published: 31/01/2024 3:00:00 p.m.
Great Tracks and Sidetracks-24-01-2024( 1:14:19)
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This is a recording from a live broadcast. Peter Fleming brings you an entertaining 90 minutes of popular music, mostly gleaned from the 1970’s and 1980’s but not excluding music from any era. There is no other common theme and a gentle ballad may be followed by some heavyish metal followed by some virtuoso guitar work. Who knows?
Published: 24/01/2024 11:02:00 a.m.