Radio X
Here is my new 'retro' radio, by the toaster and with the manky back door in frame. But this little gem of a radio blasts out SO much fun every day, it brightens my life. It is tuned to Radio X. I have listened to XFM since its conception in 1997. I remember many a Saturday afternoon driving to the seafood stall but having to pull over so many times in fits of giggles, tears streaming down my face, listening to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The crab and prawns always gave me indigestion as I would be doubled up on the way back home. Cramped with laughing with a belly full of fresh crab is quite painful. In 1996 I went to see Oasis at Maine Road. It was THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE, as anyone who knows me will testify. I still, to this day could bore for England about it but oh what a glorious night. I was on a high for two whole weeks after the gig and wore my sky-blue Oasis T shirt and trackie bottoms to meet my kids from school. proudly, much to their embarrassm...