Sarah Duke-Wooley from the organising committee of the Ingatestone & Fryerning Horticultural Society joined me to talk about the annual Summer Show that is celebrating its 52nd year. The event is on 21st of July at Seymour Field, just to the north of the village centre on the road to Chelmsford. She told us about the wide range of event, including country dancing, a dog show , a gymnastics display and a marching pipe band. There will also be stalls, BBQ, bar and an exhibition marquee. Everything begins at 12.30 with the marquee opening at 2pm. There is also a scarecrow competition. Clearly a fun afternoon not to be missed.
In the second hour we focused on music from 1976, a summer that was really long and hot. We also looked at how prices had dramatically increased in the forty two years. Listeners were encouraged to guess the cost of a new Ford Cortina Mark 4. The highest suggestion was £3000, the lowest £300. The correct answer was £!960. Everyone, including a number of teenagers listening, stated how they loved the music from that year. Some real classics.
Tonight’s playlist
La La Land soundtrack – Another day of sun
Jimmie Rogers – English country garden – chosen by Sarah
Goodbye Look – Eye to eye – so many listeners commented how they love this track by a local band.
Vince Martin – Summer wind – Vince passed away this week.
Tab Hunter – Young Love – requested by Phyl as Tab had passed away this week.
Elton John – I’m still standing – requested by Patrick
Lisa Harman – All gone
Byrds – All I really want to do – guitarist Roger McGuinn celebrating his birthday today.
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Chris in Bishop Stortford remembered it was so hot that the paint work on the bonnet of his car started to melt. Sarah recalled water standpipes in local streets.
Isley Brothers – Harvest for the world
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Peter Frampton – Show me the way – loved by Rene
Queen – Your my best friend – a number of listeners, including Chris in Harlow, told us they had been to the Queen with Adam Lambert concert last weekend at the O2 and that they were fabulous.
Rocky theme. The biggest film of the year.
Muppet show theme 1976 TV
Sweeney theme 1976 TV
Stevie Wonder – Village Ghetto land, Another star – form the album Songs in the key of life
Eagles – Taking it easy
Leo Sayer – You make me feel like dancing – Jonty’s favourite 1976 track. Chris in Harlow said all these tracks made her feel old as she could remember them!
Sophie Griffiths – A change is gonna come.
Join me next week when my studio guests will be Breaking 3, including vocalist Sophie Griffiths
Bill Hayley _ Rock around the clock. Shake , rattle and roll. Just good time music from birthday boy Bill. How can you not sing along?
Spandau Ballet – Gold. True. Birthday boy John Keeble on drums.
Shadows – Apache – Another birthday boy. Jet playing base guitar.
Kate Nash – Mouthwash – the final of our artists born on 6th of July.
Joanne and Simon recently returned from three months in Kenya. Part of the time was spent volunteering at the Salvation Army church in Kibera, which is a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi. They were particular struck by the way that the people in the slums had very little, yet always approached life with gratitude and many with a strong faith. They were also struck with Nairobi being large and very noisy, with some stark contrasts between shiny new executive apartment buildings and the hovels that are living areas in the slums, which residents have to rent. The charity had originally been set up following a small group of families from the Chelmsford Salvation Army travelling to see an officer who had previously been in Chelmsford. Since then they have been involved in a number of projects. That latest is to assist in marketing wire and bead animals made by a group of mothers, Very kindly they gave Jonty an elephant and I had an ostrich. They are looking for events where they could set up a stall and sell these to raise money to be sent back. Simon commented on how amazed the mothers had been to set up a bank account.
Bryan Adams – Everything I do, I do for you – requested by Patrick and one of the biggest selling singles ever, number one in numerous countries.
Ian Perryman joined us this evening and sang three original songs. He also sang a song by his inspiration, John Denver and two 1960s covers. He told us how he began singing publicly and writing his own material. Find our more about him on www.ianperrymanmusic.com. He can be heard regularly in The Rose and Crown in Wivenhoe and also around the Colchester and Clacton areas at open mike events. His music can be downloaded from soundcloud and iTunes. In the second hour we heard from Chris. She appeared on the show a few weeks back and talked about running the Brighton marathon last Sunday. This was her first marathon. She ran along with two teaching colleagues from her school. The children had decided they should run to raise money for the Red Cross. To date they have raised over two thousand pounds. Donations can be added by accessing the Red Cross page, then Brighton Marathon. She said that after the event her first reaction was “never again!” By Monday morning she was thinking about the next marathon. She felt that taking part may well be addictive.
Marina sang three songs live tonight Alfie Clark aged 10 sang live and talked about Easter at Ingatestone Junior School. Tim Lee told us about the celebrations for Good Friday held this morning in the town centre in Brentwood, with over four hundred people and a dramatized re-enactment of the first Good Friday. He also talked about the service he had taken at Mountnessing school about an empty Easter egg. Adrian, chaplain at Brentwood school, explained about the services for Easter that were held before the pupils had their Easter holidays, so this focussed on Palm Sunday. He also told us about last Friday being in Ypes in Belgium and how moving an experience that was for all concerned. Marina sang her three songs and talked about the importance of the resurrection in her own life. John spoke on the phone about an event happening at Emmanuel church Billericay on Easter Saturday afternoon, where they are having a Messy church for Easter. Apparently the tomb is a bread roll. Jesus is a jelly baby and the stone across the entrance to the tomb is a rich tea biscuit! Sue, who lives with husband Jim in Colorado Springs, but had worked for eight years in Cyprus, explained about the multicultural character of the church in Larnaca where she worshiped and about how they worked with refugees and others on the edge of the society. She also said the church back in Colorado Springs regularly has 7,000 attenders on a Sunday morning. We have never had such a packed show! Jonty was back as well. We had lots of e-mails saying that Alfie was a star.
Number 3 is Van Morrison with 55 million sales across a career of 46 years,
No 2 is Enya. Her career has been 27 years and she has sold over 80 million.
Way ahead at number one are U2. With a thirty seven year career they have sales of a staggering 170 million world wide. I asked listeners to guess how many were their sales. Rene came close with 200 million. Chris wrote, ‘no idea how many…zillions!’
Rev. Penny joined me to talk about her innovative role, unique in the C. of E. She works alongside parishes in mid-Essex to help then think about how to turn things around. She talked about coming from a household with atheist parents, yet always feeling she had faith. Her grandmother and schooling were significant influences. After having six children, she felt the call to ordained ministry, which was a surprise to no-one who knew her. She came to her post having been previously an incumbent in east London. She clearly loves all she does. Two of her music choices were songs she sang to her children when they were babies. The other was part of her only playlist when she was at university. You can decided which is which.
We also featured two tracks from the phenomenal album Rumours. Released in 1977, in the UK top 50 albums and USA BIllboard 200 albums this week. By March 78 there were world-wide sales of 10 million. By 1980 13 million. By 2013 40 million and still it sells. Now 722 weeks on the UK album chart. It is the 11th best selling album in the UK of all time and the 6th in USA, with no hint of stopping.
Fiona and Ian from the Brentwood School’s Christian Worker Trust joined me in the studio this evening. Ian said the roll of the organisations was to be of service to the schools on behalf of the churches in Brentwood. He told us they work in many schools across the sectors in Brentwood and also in Ongar and Margaretting. Assembles are taken, assistance given to religious education and clubs are run. This includes running workshops leading to Christmas and Easter. Providing prayer spaces was also important in the rush and pressure of contemporary life. The trust also provide chaplains for schools, who are able to listen to listen to young people and help them address problems. More information about the trust can be found on www.bscwt.org, office@bscwt.org. Ian told us how he will be running in the Brentwood Half-marathon on the 18th of March to raise money for the trust. He has never run a half marathon before!
