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Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 10084459)
I remember a few from when I was a kid in the 70s; when I was in bed ill I would listen to the World Service a lot overnight, you used to hear announcements on there for stuff like "John, somewhere in India, please call home urgently".
There was no email, no internet, and newspapers were about 4 days old when we got them. I shared a villa with two older guys, and on the table in the kitchen was a shortwave radio locked into the BBC World Service. We would listen to the news every night, and of course the football results. I can still close my eyes and hear the crackle and hiss, the drifting signal, the dulcet tones. Such good memories. :) |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 10084154)
According to Wikipedia Australia does have one. I dialled it from Brisbane and it said "The time is 1972" :sneaky:
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Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by slapphead_otool
(Post 10084493)
I can still close my eyes and hear the crackle and hiss, the drifting signal, the dulcet tones.
Such good memories. :) (The Dish! Great film.) |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
(Post 10084608)
How did it sound...'like they were just in the next room...'
(The Dish! Great film.) The news then seemed like news. Great events happened in those years. I remember listening to the news of the fall of the Shah of Iran, just 90 miles away across a disputed Gulf. For a kid living abroad for the first time it was heady stuff. Old hands on the site reassured me, but they listened to every word on the BBC too. I still listen from time to time. I could get it via the Internet, but it's nicer when I get it on shortwave, thr crackle and hiss, the missed words, the fading.... |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 10084180)
I wonder if Aus has a shipping forecast. When I catch that on the beeb for some stupid reason I listen to it. I find it weirdly compelling.
I've been watching reruns of the classic As Time Goes By with Dame Judi Dench and the wonderfully dry Geoffrey Palmer. Their housekeeper in their country house was always quoting the shipping forecast. |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by slapphead_otool
(Post 10084637)
Sometimes in life we hear a song, or smell something and we go straight back to earlier times. The fading in and out of the BBC announcer, the hiss and warble of a signal coming from home, takes me back to Jebel Ali.
The news then seemed like news. Great events happened in those years. I remember listening to the news of the fall of the Shah of Iran, just 90 miles away across a disputed Gulf. For a kid living abroad for the first time it was heady stuff. Old hands on the site reassured me, but they listened to every word on the BBC too. I still listen from time to time. I could get it via the Internet, but it's nicer when I get it on shortwave, thr crackle and hiss, the missed words, the fading.... :thumbsup: |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by TopCat3
(Post 10084659)
Seriously I wish we had a LIKE button same as on Facebook.
:thumbsup: |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by Zambia
(Post 10084710)
What is the speaking clock number?
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Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by slapphead_otool
(Post 10084637)
I remember listening to the news of the fall of the Shah of Iran, just 90 miles away across a disputed Gulf. For a kid living abroad for the first time it was heady stuff. Old hands on the site reassured me, but they listened to every word on the BBC too. http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=643322&page=3 |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
(Post 10084075)
My kids asked me for the time this morning ( I was in a beautiful slumber!) and my watch loses a lot of time these days.
Does 'Straya have a speaking clock? Beep...beep....BEEP!!! (That should keep us happy for a while. I'm rather hoping Australia doesn't so that we can pour scorn and vitriol.:p) |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by slapphead_otool
(Post 10084493)
In the late 70s I worked in Dubai. It seems like a couple of years ago, but it was nearly 35.
There was no email, no internet, and newspapers were about 4 days old when we got them. I shared a villa with two older guys, and on the table in the kitchen was a shortwave radio locked into the BBC World Service. We would listen to the news every night, and of course the football results. I can still close my eyes and hear the crackle and hiss, the drifting signal, the dulcet tones. Such good memories. :) |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 10085524)
Meanwhile somewhere in perf... 2012.......... Families everywhere are recreating life in Dubai circa 1970
It's going to be interesting having a close relation in Perth. |
Re: Speaking clock
Originally Posted by Zambia
(Post 10084710)
What is the speaking clock number?
Originally Posted by TopCat3
(Post 10084656)
Me too. I used to LOVE the shipping forecast all those strange names. Cromarty Forth Dogger Tyne...
My old man would listen to it - then turn off the radio - pronto.
Originally Posted by WestLondonWelshman
(Post 10085159)
dunno, but appear to have no shortage of 'speaking c**ks'! You only have to sift through here for evidence of that :eek:
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