Expertly done Al. Mrs Skelly used to read the Shipping Forecast. We were once at a lunch party and an elegant lady of senior years discovered this and was overjoyed. She listened every night post midnight. “Tell me,” she said, “I’ve always wanted to know. Are you conducted?”
The end of an era! I had the great honour and privilege of reading the very last weekday separate/split 17:54
@ShippingForecas
on
@BBCRadio4
LW this afternoon. Here’s a little clip of the final few moments of it. I shall miss it !
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@Ianskellyradio3
The bosses should have let
@alryanradio
play a commemorative fanfare on his trumpet.
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@JackCoy4
One of my favourite mantras “North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty …”
I do recall one announcer saying “… good to moderate, becoming … oh… it says clam … clam? OH, it must be calm; good to moderate becoming calm later” some 40 or so years ago!
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@Ianskellyradio3
The ultimate radio poem, which has inspired many others (including this one!)
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