[Rowlf]

I loved Al Read. He never told a joke as such but was hilarious. I listen to the Top Twenty every Sunday night from 11pm till midnight on Radio Luxenbourg.. I would have a piece of paper and a pen ready to write them all down. We could get Radio Luxenbourg on the 'big' radio not a transistor. Don't think they had been invented when I was listening to it. I remember shows like ' Double you money.' and 'Take you pick' being on there too. Both those came on tv years later. A favourite of my parents was Wilfred Pickles in 'Have a go.' with his wife Mabel and when someone won money he would say 'Give em the money Barney.' I believe Violet Carson who later was Enid Sharples in Corrie was the pianist for the show for many years.