Guy Roberts
@bakeliteguy.bsky.social
Classic cars, vintage technology, music, amateur radio.
Tipping my hat to those who created technology in the past
Tipping my hat to those who created technology in the past
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Guy Roberts
@bakeliteguy.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Well I am here. The white one is Penelope and the blue one is Livie.
And bananas are marsupials and elephants live in trees and eat pencils
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister | Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister
The leader of the Conservative Party has rediscovered a clarity and verve that will have Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves – and Nigel Farage – worried, says Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And bananas are marsupials and elephants live in trees and eat pencils
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Off to Cyprus and this cracking collection from long-time listener Colin Davies of Tala on Tuesday's Top Fifteen Show.
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Off to Cyprus and this cracking collection from long-time listener Colin Davies of Tala on Tuesday's Top Fifteen Show.
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
Had to wash and polish Livie to keep the pecking order....
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Had to wash and polish Livie to keep the pecking order....
A Triumph Mayflower has parked opposite my house.
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Triumph Mayflower has parked opposite my house.
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
The Radio in Livie the Triumph 1300 was under the glove box which was a nusance. She also had no clock, hazard lights or 12v outlet. So how to fix without losing the period feel. Yesterday was spent making and installing this. The clock was a fiver at a stall at Rustival. The other two bits new.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Radio in Livie the Triumph 1300 was under the glove box which was a nusance. She also had no clock, hazard lights or 12v outlet. So how to fix without losing the period feel. Yesterday was spent making and installing this. The clock was a fiver at a stall at Rustival. The other two bits new.
Darlings, it is a letter from the fashion police. Mummy has to go away for a little while.....
The Ladybird look, 1976.
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Darlings, it is a letter from the fashion police. Mummy has to go away for a little while.....
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Triumph Herald 13/60
Jaguar XJ6 series 2
Volvo 122S
Triumph 1300
And I still own 2 of them and miss the other 3.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Triumph Herald 13/60
Jaguar XJ6 series 2
Volvo 122S
Triumph 1300
And I still own 2 of them and miss the other 3.
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned:
1982 Ford Fiesta
1988 Austin Metro
1992 Citroën ZX
2002 Fiat Punto
2012 Fiat Panda
(and a sneaky extra currently-SORN'd 1970 Triumph 1300... 😉)
1982 Ford Fiesta
1988 Austin Metro
1992 Citroën ZX
2002 Fiat Punto
2012 Fiat Panda
(and a sneaky extra currently-SORN'd 1970 Triumph 1300... 😉)
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
1992 Toyota Carina E saloon in blue, factory silver and red go faster stripes, grey cloth interior, odometer stuck on 73k from purchase, ignored requests to start at unbelievably random moments 🤌
1987 E30 318i
1988 E30 325i
2003 E59 530i
2001 Ford Puma
1992 Toyota Carina E saloon in blue, factory silver and red go faster stripes, grey cloth interior, odometer stuck on 73k from purchase, ignored requests to start at unbelievably random moments 🤌
1987 E30 318i
1988 E30 325i
2003 E59 530i
2001 Ford Puma
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Triumph Herald 13/60
Jaguar XJ6 series 2
Volvo 122S
Triumph 1300
And I still own 2 of them and miss the other 3.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Triumph Herald 13/60
Jaguar XJ6 series 2
Volvo 122S
Triumph 1300
And I still own 2 of them and miss the other 3.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:
David Bowie
Mott the Hoople
Focus
Fairport Convention
Gary Numan
David Bowie
Mott the Hoople
Focus
Fairport Convention
Gary Numan
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
David Bowie
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Stevie Winwood
Freddie Mercury Tribute Gig, Wembley 1992
David Bowie
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Stevie Winwood
Freddie Mercury Tribute Gig, Wembley 1992
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to.
Thin Lizzy
Suzanne Vega
David Bowie
Prince
Paolo Nutini
Thin Lizzy
Suzanne Vega
David Bowie
Prince
Paolo Nutini
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:
David Bowie
Mott the Hoople
Focus
Fairport Convention
Gary Numan
David Bowie
Mott the Hoople
Focus
Fairport Convention
Gary Numan
Took a picture of my son and his girlfriend on his birthday the other weekend.
I think it is album cover material....
I think it is album cover material....
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Took a picture of my son and his girlfriend on his birthday the other weekend.
I think it is album cover material....
I think it is album cover material....
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It's100% true, that nothing has been right since this hero left us to go to the Blackstar.
David Bowie - Heroes (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's100% true, that nothing has been right since this hero left us to go to the Blackstar.
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Remembering Dutch Master Bert Ruiter from Focus, whose birthday it would have been today, and who died in 2022. Never forgotten.
🇳🇱 💔 🎸
🇳🇱 💔 🎸
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Remembering Dutch Master Bert Ruiter from Focus, whose birthday it would have been today, and who died in 2022. Never forgotten.
🇳🇱 💔 🎸
🇳🇱 💔 🎸
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Happy Birthday Steve Rothery!
Marillion - Assassing (Official Video)
YouTube video by Guillermo Soto
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Happy Birthday Steve Rothery!
Kids programmes 80's style.
Brilliant presentation style, special effects provided by a ball on a string and a swanee whistle.
Brilliant presentation style, special effects provided by a ball on a string and a swanee whistle.
Think of a Number (24th November 1984). Johnny Ball tackles the topic of space.
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kids programmes 80's style.
Brilliant presentation style, special effects provided by a ball on a string and a swanee whistle.
Brilliant presentation style, special effects provided by a ball on a string and a swanee whistle.
I am confused.
It is ilegal to take money from the Russians to say nice things about the cess pit that is the Putin regime.
Farage and others have said similar things of their own volition and presumably believe it without taking money and that is better?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is ilegal to take money from the Russians to say nice things about the cess pit that is the Putin regime.
Farage and others have said similar things of their own volition and presumably believe it without taking money and that is better?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I am confused.
It is ilegal to take money from the Russians to say nice things about the cess pit that is the Putin regime.
Farage and others have said similar things of their own volition and presumably believe it without taking money and that is better?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is ilegal to take money from the Russians to say nice things about the cess pit that is the Putin regime.
Farage and others have said similar things of their own volition and presumably believe it without taking money and that is better?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Daughter working from boat this week.
Gus decided that she was sitting still for too long and needed to give him hugs instead.
Gus decided that she was sitting still for too long and needed to give him hugs instead.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Daughter working from boat this week.
Gus decided that she was sitting still for too long and needed to give him hugs instead.
Gus decided that she was sitting still for too long and needed to give him hugs instead.
Reposted by Guy Roberts
The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
Christmas reindeer or Easter bunny? Or demon bunny with horns for a pagan winter festival
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Christmas reindeer or Easter bunny? Or demon bunny with horns for a pagan winter festival
At the Water Rats Kings Cross...listenimg to some wonderful music
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
At the Water Rats Kings Cross...listenimg to some wonderful music
Reposted by Guy Roberts
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... great news and an intriguing story about a Scots musical genius
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... great news and an intriguing story about a Scots musical genius
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Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Very sad.
Community radio stations are real local radio but are hamstrung by over restriction and cost.
Licences should be free and PPL and PRS fees are expensive the set up fees in terms of kit etc.
Up to now the limit on advertising revenue would not even cover the rent of studio space.
Community radio stations are real local radio but are hamstrung by over restriction and cost.
Licences should be free and PPL and PRS fees are expensive the set up fees in terms of kit etc.
Up to now the limit on advertising revenue would not even cover the rent of studio space.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Very sad.
Community radio stations are real local radio but are hamstrung by over restriction and cost.
Licences should be free and PPL and PRS fees are expensive the set up fees in terms of kit etc.
Up to now the limit on advertising revenue would not even cover the rent of studio space.
Community radio stations are real local radio but are hamstrung by over restriction and cost.
Licences should be free and PPL and PRS fees are expensive the set up fees in terms of kit etc.
Up to now the limit on advertising revenue would not even cover the rent of studio space.
This sits right behind me in my office and provides a good deal of extra warmth. Don't tell Mrs. R who decided we need to reduce the thermostats by a degree to save some money and the planet.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This sits right behind me in my office and provides a good deal of extra warmth. Don't tell Mrs. R who decided we need to reduce the thermostats by a degree to save some money and the planet.
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Happy Birthday to #AlecIssigonis today the 18th of November on what would have been his 119th. You might know him from his dabbling with cars and things. Good grief - miniphernalia.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy Birthday to #AlecIssigonis today the 18th of November on what would have been his 119th. You might know him from his dabbling with cars and things. Good grief - miniphernalia.co.uk
Mrs. R says 'is this a top15?,a bit loud for a Sunday morning'
I sort of tend to agree however I just turned Ace of Spades right up....🤘
I sort of tend to agree however I just turned Ace of Spades right up....🤘
Gig-goer Steve Hussey of Point Clear worked on a smashing mix for Sunday's Top Fifteen Show.
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
09:00-10:00 UK #music #RadioCaroline #TopFifteen @TheRadCaroline #PoweredByTheSun #playradiocaroline #radioshow
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Mrs. R says 'is this a top15?,a bit loud for a Sunday morning'
I sort of tend to agree however I just turned Ace of Spades right up....🤘
I sort of tend to agree however I just turned Ace of Spades right up....🤘
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If you're looking for some wonderfully designed gifts for Christmas or any occasion, I highly recommend Gail's site.
This is true.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If you're looking for some wonderfully designed gifts for Christmas or any occasion, I highly recommend Gail's site.