Albert Ramsbottom

[Bob Parker]

G'day again.

Many years ago EA magazine published a poem which was a send-up of a
1930s Stanley Holloway monologue. It was about Albert Ramsbottom's
pirate radio station.

A couple of the lines I can remember were "the valve lit oop shiny and
red" and "'e strode up to mike like announcer" and "'e showed him 'is
badge marked 'RI'".

Does that ring any bells for anyone? An EA reader e-mailed me, asking if
I know where he could find a copy of it.

Thanks!

Bob

 

On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:33:18 PM UTC+11, Bob Parker wrote:

G'day again.

Many years ago EA magazine published a poem which was a send-up of a
1930s Stanley Holloway monologue. It was about Albert Ramsbottom's
pirate radio station.

A couple of the lines I can remember were "the valve lit oop shiny and
red" and "'e strode up to mike like announcer" and "'e showed him 'is
badge marked 'RI'".

Does that ring any bells for anyone? An EA reader e-mailed me, asking if
I know where he could find a copy of it.

Thanks!

Bob

Gday Bob . . . as far as I can recall, it wasn't all that long before I joined EA (December 1969) so I'd be looking at issues from about 1965-1969. If I get the time, I'll glance through the back issues we have here at SILICON CHIP. Cheers!

 

[Bob Parker]

On 29/03/2016 11:53, ross.p.tester@gmail.com wrote:

On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:33:18 PM UTC+11, Bob Parker wrote:
G'day again.

Many years ago EA magazine published a poem which was a send-up of a
1930s Stanley Holloway monologue. It was about Albert Ramsbottom's
pirate radio station.

A couple of the lines I can remember were "the valve lit oop shiny and
red" and "'e strode up to mike like announcer" and "'e showed him 'is
badge marked 'RI'".

Does that ring any bells for anyone? An EA reader e-mailed me, asking if
I know where he could find a copy of it.

Thanks!

Bob

Gday Bob . . . as far as I can recall, it wasn't all that long before I joined EA (December 1969) so I'd be looking at issues from about 1965-1969. If I get the time, I'll glance through the back issues we have here at SILICON CHIP. Cheers!

Hi there Ross,

I thought that someone here would recognise the poem. One of my
mates has a fair collection of EA magazines so I'll ask if he can help too.
Thanks for offering to help!

Cheers,
Bob

 

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On 29/03/2016 11:53, ross.p.tester@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:33:18 PM UTC+11, Bob Parker wrote:
G'day again.

Many years ago EA magazine published a poem which was a send-up of a
1930s Stanley Holloway monologue. It was about Albert Ramsbottom's
pirate radio station.

A couple of the lines I can remember were "the valve lit oop shiny and
red" and "'e strode up to mike like announcer" and "'e showed him 'is
badge marked 'RI'".

Does that ring any bells for anyone? An EA reader e-mailed me, asking if
I know where he could find a copy of it.

Thanks!

Bob

Gday Bob . . . as far as I can recall, it wasn't all that long before I
joined EA (December 1969) so I'd be looking at issues from about
1965-1969. If I get the time, I'll glance through the back issues we have
here at SILICON CHIP. Cheers!


Hi there Ross,

I thought that someone here would recognise the poem. One of my mates
has a fair collection of EA magazines so I'll ask if he can help too.
Thanks for offering to help!

Somewhere, I've got a cassette tape by an Australian artist doing various
lewd songs/poems.