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24/10/2019 'I never saw a saw saw as well as that saw sawed'

Johnny The Elvis Fan bought a new saw to cut a branch of a tree and he is very happy with it.
There was a shoe last in Sean's house when he was a child but he doesn't know why.

Johnny The Elvis Fan bought a new saw to cut a branch of a tree and says he is very happy with it. Houses in the past always had a collection of tools and there was usually a trowel.
There was a shoe last in Sean's house and The Undertone's house, but they were never used to fix a shoe. Who sold them? Raymond in Omagh says there were three sides to the last , one for adults, one for children and one for heels.
Geraldine in Ballyronan remembers buying wallpaper called 'Tile On A Roll' when she first got married in 1981.
Sean could not shake his head to music as a young man.
Eugene in Ballymena tweets a photo of an old trowel that was in their house.
There was always a tin of Evostick and the lid was never put back on properly and you couldn't use it again. Don says it was bought to stick Formica on a table.
Billy B's mother had a last but it was used as a door stop.
Great music from Status Quo, Foster and Allen, Andy Williams, Paul Simon and more.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

  • The Fortunes

    Caroline

  • McGuinness Flint

    Malt & Barley Blues

  • Bob & Marcia

    Pied Piper

  • Andy Williams

    Almost There

  • Paul Simon

    Late In The Evening

  • Houston Wells

    Only The Heartaches

  • Gene Watson

    Paper Rosie

  • Tony Christie

    I Did What I Did For Maria

  • Joe Dolan

    It's You It's You

  • Foster & Allen

    My Uncle Mike

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Oct 2019 15:04