Posts Tagged ‘Radio Merseyside’
The Seaport of Short
You can tell how much Liverpudlians like you by how short your name gets. Scousers go beyond just dropping your last name and start abbreviating your first name. In other parts of the world, it’s not uncommon for Stuart to become, “Stu” or David to become “Dave” but on Merseyside, Steve, which is already an […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BBC Radio Merseyside, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Liverpudlians, Radio, Radio Merseyside, Scoucers, Scouse
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Everyone in Liverpool has a story. Today I went to Bootle to get my car’s air-conditioning re-charged. I met a bloke called Ian Parkinson from CoolCar. While Ian hooked up his gauges and vacuum pump, I got my phone out to check some emails. That’s when Ian noticed the Liver Bird on my home screen. […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Anfield, BBC, Blog, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Carousel, CoolCar, Football, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Graham Mack, Ian Parkinson, Jurgen Klopp, Kop, LFC, Liver Bird, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Radio, Radio Merseyside, Spion Kop, To The Tune of The Spion Kop, You'll Never Walk Alone, Youtube
Kidding
Have you ever wondered how kids earn their keep? I was round at my Mum’s yesterday and she told me my cousin’s son had visited her on the weekend and brought his three year old son with him. Mum described the three year old as “delightful”. I asked what it was that he’d said or […]
Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, AFTRS, blog, Broadcast, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Family, Graham Mack, History, Media, podcast, Radio, Uncategorized, Youtube | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Children, Graham Mack, Grandparents, kids, Liverpool, Mum, Radio, Radio Merseyside
Ship Mate?
When we don’t know what’s going on, we make up a story. As a child the story we tell is much more innocent. Walking along Liverpool’s waterfront this morning, I was reminded of the day the aircraft carrier, HMS Eagle was in town. It was early 1970, I was five. My dad took me to […]
Filed under: 1970s, AFTRS, Aircraft, BBC Radio Merseyside, Broadcasting, England, Graham Mack, History, Inspiration, Life Skills, Liverpool, podcast, Radio, Transport, true story, Truth, Uncategorized | Closed
Tags: 1970, AFTRS, Aircheck, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, HMS Eagle, Liverpool, Pier Head, Radio, Radio Merseyside
