Paul Buckle

“Excuse me. Do you sell barrels?”

Too soon?

King Of The Castle - Kafka Goes To Grange Hill textbook seventies Children's ITV terrifyingness about a schoolboy discovering his real-life tormentors all have Dickens slash Carroll character actor analogues living in the basement of his grim tower block.

timworthington.org/2024/10/01/l...

Look what #Uncanny fan Andy came across in his local Co-op! It should come with a warning: may cause paranormal activity 😱

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: BBC2 from 02 March 1989 1924:30

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3292

It is very much worth reading this obituary to Rob Grant over on Ganymede & Titan.

www.ganymede.tv/2026/03/obit...

NI Radio Archive

Warning followers, you may need a few hours to spare before clicking on this link !!! 📻https://youtube.com/@niradioarchive?si=i_RmzDKGBlQH1lrb

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A new service has been recovered by John Aspinall: Channel Four from 27 February 1991 2224:04

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3287

Daughter of veteran BBC broadcaster pays tribute to ‘wonderful man’ as former colleagues hail ‘a comforting presence’ on air after death Tributes have been paid to a former BBC Northern Ireland continuity announcer, who has died almost twenty years to the day since he made his final on-air announcement.

RIP Edgar, a true gent and a great colleague. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/belfas...

Living with hyperphantasia: ‘I remember the clothes people wore the day we met, the things they said word-for-word’ It’s hard to know what people can see in their own mind’s eye. But for Maddie Thomas there was no doubt: she had especially vivid mental imagery

As someone who has always had a rather weird memory, this really "strikes a chord": Living with hyperphantasia: ‘I remember the clothes people wore the day we met, the things they said word-for-word’ | Psychology | The Guardian share.google/jAu5R0Vna6HL...

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Channel Four from 26 February 1988 1524:30

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3284

I have now witnessed two separate people playing videos out loud on their phone *in a library*.

So, yes, I can confirm we are now in the end times.

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: BBC2 from 23 February 1989 1924:30

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3280

Been on the "to do" list for a while....stripped down, belts replaced, dusted and heads cleaned. Currently enjoying some afternoon Downtown Radio from 1982 📻

Patrick Kicken: Vijf gouden radioregels uit Amerika, welke Nederlandse deejay past ze toe? - Spreekbuis.nl [BLOG] Tussen al het gekissebis en opgeschep van radiodeejays zou je bijna vergeten dat radiomaken toch echt een vak is waar je jezelf in kunt verbeteren. Toegegeven, niet iedere radiobaas zit erop te...

Wise words indeed ! www.spreekbuis.nl/patrick-kick...

The rip-off conference culture here is mad. I'm going to Germany to present at one: all expenses paid and a stipend. Same last year in Berlin and before in Luxembourg.
Here: "We're delighted to invite you to present. Registration is €275 and we've negotiated a €620 hotel rate for your stay". Eh no.

You might say that, I couldn't possibly comment....

Year of the Cat - still side by side in "the rack" too...

One of the first two CDs I bought, the other was Al Stewart

🤣 I knew it was here somewhere.....

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: BBC2 from 09 February 1989 1324:40

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3259

And 5 digit phone numbers were still in use in Belfast in 1982 !!!

It would appear students, home on midterm break, can detect a powercut almost as quickly as a UPS. I do prefer the subtle beeping to wailing siren of "The internet is off, the world is ending" though.

The latest #RAJAR listening figures have just been published - see the results for the NI stations in one place here: www.nocturnemedia.co.uk/jrs-blog

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Channel Four from 04 February 1988 2124:30

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3251

A story in the parts

A story in three parts

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Yorkshire from 31 January 1990 2024:40

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3244

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Grampian from 31 January 1990 2024:20

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3243

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A new service has been recovered by TandCsApply: Central from 26 January 1990 1724:10

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3235

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A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: BBC2 from 26 January 1989 1924:37

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3234

"In the outskirts
And in the fringes..."