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David Jason Christmas Comedy Special

A comedy compendium, hosted by David Jason, aka Granville from "Open All Hours", Del Trotter from "Only Fools and Horses", Detective Frost, etc etc and a Christmas Comedy special from 2011, what he refers to as a "the wonderland that is festive comed

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"Stump Us" Christmas 1947

This was from a Podcast called "Grandpa's Ipod"; "Stump Us" is a musical program where listeners send in requests for music which the panel has to play from memory.  I have never located any other episodes of this program, it's quite interesting - an

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Hegel's Thanksgiving Treat 2011

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Hegel's Thanksgiving Treat 2011

 

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.  ~H.U. Westermayer

 

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May you all have a wonderful Th

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Happy Solstice!

Well, it's not Old Time Radio, it's not a podcast, it's not comedy or drama or mystery or just history or documentary or music; it's a little bit of a lot of things & I still think this is the most appropriate group for it, so...

 

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Hegel's Thanksgiving Treat 2010



Straight from Usenet to Times Past, I bring you this Thanksgiving's Treat from Hegel at Usenet.  From the write-up it looks like this is Hegel's last year of this fine OTR Tradition, so enjoy them while you have them.   Happy Thanksgiving from me al

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Hegel's Hallowe'en Happening 2010



Enjoy!

Cheers!

Hegel, Himself. . .Ñ  Posted here by Rick - Happy Halloween

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1938-10-30 - Jack Benny Show - Jack Throws a Halloween Party.mp3
1938-10-30 - Mercur

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A People's Carol

Here's a nice half-hour programme that BBC Radio 4 broadcast on Christmas Day in 1983. the actress Kathy Staff visits two of the villages on the outskirts of Sheffield where a unique and rather wonderful tradition of carol-singing thrives in the publ

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A Child's Christmas In Wales

"A Child's Christmas in Wales" Dylan Thomas' classic lyrical tale recalls the cats, uncles and useless presents of Welsh Christmases past. By ReadDylan Thomas Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) began his writing career as a journalist in his native town of S

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