Our Ken has gone public to say that he is joining Greatest Hits Radio because Radio Two don't want to play music from the 1960s and 1970s anymore. Music from the 1960s and 1970s is exactly what the majority of listeners want to hear on Radio Two.
But no the programme organisers believe that they should be attracting a younger audience and to do this they need to play more up to date and modern music. Rubbish I say.
This time Radio Two really do seem to have shot themselves in the foot by trying to attract "a younger audience." The younger audience already have Radio One. Ken Bruce is the most listened to DJ on national radio with over eight million listeners every day. How many of these will now switch over to Greatest Hits Radio especially as Bruce is taking the ever popular Popmaster music quiz with him? I will certainly be one of them as his place on Radio Two will be taken by another characterless DJ who will of course be much younger.
I would like to point out as well that there's nothing wrong with the music played by Ken Bruce on Radio Two. So are the programme controllers really suggesting that the audience don't want to listen to that music? Every Christmas Ken plays Hymn by my favourite all time band Barclay James Harvest. BJH are never played on national radio apart from at Christmas by Ken Bruce. I don't actually like Hymn but it's good to hear such a niche group being played.
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Thankfully I have got back the majority of money lost in the recent scam which I have talked about ad nauseam. Thanks to Barclays Bank most of it has come back. I still have a relatively small amount outstanding and will be trying to get this returned as well (fingers crossed). The only thing that worries me is an inability to catch these buggers. It appears it's almost impossible to trace these people and stop them doing their nasty business.
I wonder if they have to have a degree to scam people. I wonder how they got on at school and whether they have any kind of conscience at all (of course not).
School Teacher: "What do you want to do when you leave school?"
"I want to be a scammer and dupe honest people out of their money."
I wonder if there is a training course in scamming and how these people come together in the first place, where they work and how they come up with their ideas? If anyone has any answers to these questions I would love to hear from them.
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A few days ago I said I would mention the seven Norfolk villages mentioned by the Eastern Daily Press newspaper as being outstanding. The article started with the words: "Burnham Market was recently named Norfolk's poshest village by both the Telegraph and the Times, overlooking other lovely spots."
I have nothing against Burnham Market but it is Yuppieville. We went on a Cruise many years ago and sat at the same table each evening. This table consisted of us two and a family of Germans whom we got on with really well. We had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. One evening everyone came back at a different time from trips out and so were placed on different tables according to the time they got back. We were put on a table with rather posh people.
"Where do you come from?" I asked
"We come from Norfolk" they replied in a very un-Norfolk accent.
They then told us that they came from Burnham Market but the place was overrun by second home owners and tourists and people moving there.
"How long have you been there," I enquired.
"We retired there from London about five years ago," they replied.
I think I muttered something under my breath about "at least I was born in Norfolk."
The article then listed the following.
New Buckenham
Brooke
Heacham
Stokesby
Walsingham
Great Massingham
Aldborough
That's quite a mixed bag. New Buckenham isn't far from where we live, so we probably take it for granted and will have to have a closer look. Similarly Brooke has always been somewhere we pass through on our way to the Waveney Valley. Heacham is a very nice place, Walsingham drips religion and history, Aldborough has a lovely village green and Great Massingham is somewhere I need to spend a little time, having driven through it a couple of times last year. Stokesby is an interesting one. I remember it well from my youth when I used to go to the pub by the river with my parents. I have long thought about popping down to see it when I'm in the area. I'm surprised that the lovely village of Heydon didn't make the list.
And in another article last year the newspaper named the following as seven of the prettiest villages:
Wroxham
Overstrand
Walsingham
Blakeney
Great Massingham
Thornham
Cley
There's a large leaning towards North Norfolk in that list. All are worth a visit although Wroxham does tend to get overrun with visitors, particularly in the summer.