Catholic. Lay reader. Music lover. Radio presenter. Worked for the BBC for over thirty-five years. Record collector, Christmas enthusiast and English gent
My house has a hidden room that's been sealed up for decades. Here are some of the things I've found frozen in time since I entered the forgotten world.....
As everyone else is posting about
@RealKenBruce
today, here are two photographs from the day he presented his show from our
@BBCSussex
studios. I had the honour of looking after him, and it was very surreal playing
@PopmasterTM
with Ken just the other side of the glass.
I'm back on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
between now and 1800. We're in 1977 in the first hour, there's the Top 3 at 3, at err 3, and after 1700 I have a new track from
@daisychute
Join me if you can, and do suggest a song I can play for YOU... 📻🎧
Dear
@PizzaExpress
You need to know that 'Sofia' from your Brighton branch is an exceptional member of your team. When I last visited I made six amendments to my pizza order & she didn't need to write them down. Then today she stunned me by remembering my order six weeks on...!
In August 1978, at six years old, I made my first ever radio broadcast, live from the grounds of the Royal Pavillion with John Henty. Today we met up at exactly the same spot, forty four years later...
Please join me on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
between 10 - 1 tonight. We're talking children's books, sausage sandwiches and trends in record collecting. Our 'muso after midnight' is
@lekna_official
AND at 10:45 I'll be playing; "Secondhand Heart", the brand new song from
@daisychute
I always feel a great sense of pride when I pass these three shop fronts in The Lanes in Brighton, as they were constructed by my Dad back the early 1980's
Last year I learned to appreciate the gift of our everyday freedoms when Covid took them away. This evening I was positively thrilled to buy some fuel for my car. The old saying about not knowing what you've got until its gone has never rung so true.
It's not my birthday for another three weeks, but while producing the afternoon show on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
today I thought it was important to try out a practice cake ahead of the big day! I think I'm getting the hang of eating it nicely....
Professional, male, music loving, forty-something seeks company and companionship this Sunday afternoon. See you under the clock at 2pm on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
♥️🎙️📻😛
I'm back on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
this afternoon from 2pm. It's the hits and headlines from 1977 in the first hour, then your song requests from 3:00. What can I play for you? Yes, YOU! 🎧🎙️
Today's 'Rewind' on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
with
@sarahjgorrell
takes us back to 1978. This was the year of my broadcasting debut on this very radio station, as an enthusiastic six year old.
Up goes the
@BBCSussex
Christmas tree in reception, and so begins the annual fun of everyone repeatedly rearranging the position of the presenter pictures as they arrive for work each day. 🎄
Do join me on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
between now and 6pm. In the first hour were going back over thirty years to the hits of 1991, then at 1540 I'll be joined by
@RebeccaJacksUK
with some tips on making your money go further at the fuel pump.
Put your feet up with me this Friday evening on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
. We're playing Movieokie in the first hour, then at 7:10 I'll be chatting to
@daisychute
about performing at Glastonbury and her other new projects. Later
@OfficialD_whyte
pops in for a chat too!
Sunday afternoon is here and I'm thrilled to be back on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
and
@BBCSurrey
. In the first hour we're going back to 1974 - I was two years old - and after 1730, in our final Lockdown Live, my special guest is
@daisychute
Do join me on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
from 8pm for some gentle, reflective music AND the first play on radio of the finished version of; "Music Is There" by
@daisychute
!!🎙️🎧🎛️📻
Wow! The manager of my local Pret has just told me that, as I bought three egg and bacon baps last Saturday, he instructed the kitchen staff to make more today. Does that mean that I'm finally an influencer?
Facebook has just reminded me that two years ago, by way of a lockdown dare, I did this!
I thought I'd share on here too for maximum amusement.
It was supposed to wash out in ten days; it took four months!
Since 6pm on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
I've been playing the best records of the last thirty years. Coming up in the final hour I'll be including songs from two great artists I've discovered this year;
@daisychute
@rebeccalealevy
at 2120 and 2140 respectively. Enjoy!
1 hour, 25 minutes and 4 seconds until I'm back on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
Please join me for four hours of fun, competitions, great music and updates on the sporting action across the patch
Happy Christmas! I'm playing your Christmas Day requests between now and 1pm on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
@BBCRadioKent
Reply to this tweet (below) and I'll see what I can do! 🎄🎧🎙️📻
Me (to girl in Boots): I'm looking for a spray, I'm not really sure what you'd call it, but something you can spray on your hair to keep it in place....
Shop Assistant: Do you mean a hair spray!?
Me (slightly embarrassed): Er. Yes.
Whoops. I've just realised I completely missed my 33rd anniversary of working at
@BBCSussex
(9th December 1988). Here are a couple of pics from the first few years, including getting savaged by a dog on an OB.
@NormalComposers
I'm surprised by the two boxes of breakfast cereal on the right hand side of the picture. I'd always assumed she was a cornflake girl.
Pretty tasty, though I say so myself; spicy beef brisket, chicken, pine kernels and a bechamel sauce base.
A DM orginal! It really hit the spot this Sunday evening, but bread and water for the rest of the week to compensate, me thinks...
Please join me on the airwaves of
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
between 2-6 this afternoon. First up it's the hits of 1988. Then we're talking old railways 1540, Making a Difference with
@Jonandrews01
at 1640 & some fab new music with
@MalissaWhiteho1
at 1740...!
We're only 82 hours away from my Christmas Day request show on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
📻 Without a doubt it's my favourite show of the year.
At 1pm I'll be joined by
@daisychute
for an hour of festive fun, conversation & singing.
Ps Daisy will be doing the singing, not me!
On NYE I made a resolution not to go out for takeaways, but last night I found myself in Wagamama's. However, as I used to be a regular, the generous waiter said my meal was on the house. Yes! I think this means I haven't broken my resolution after all.
As I send off the music report for my show last Sunday on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
I'm reminded of what a wide variety of songs I was privileged to play, from 1971 to the present day, including the very first airing of the brand new song from
@daisychute
"Meet in the middle".
On Christmas Day last year I discovered the music of
@All_Angels
when a listener requested 'Pie Jesu'. Please join me on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
from 1pm when I'm joined by
@daisychute
chatting about her career & playing some festive favourites. I love the magic of radio!
I've just been caught red-handed, sitting in the new kitchen at
@BBCSurrey
rehearsing some up-to-the-vocal links. How on earth does one explain that to one of the non-broadcast administrative team? I think she thought I was mad.
I have a very eclectic music collection; from some original 78's dating back to 1907 right up to digital downloads from 2021. Today I proudly purchased this on eBay. To my astonishment, I was the only bidder...
This afternoon on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
I'm chatting to some on my favourite musical artists I've discovered this year. Currently chatting to the creater of such very witty pop songs
@rebeccalealevy
Find a nice cozy corner, nestle down with something warming and please join me on
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
between 1100-1400 for all your festive favourites! 🎄⛄🎅
I wish the focus was a little sharper, but I took this seconds before my phone ran out of battery power. I'm very pleased with the accidental composition of the photograph. All down to luck.