Bexleyheath

I remember my mother going off to work every morning to stitch parachutes

This was Bexley Heath in South East London, was it? Yeah.

And I was with my grandmother looked after me.

I can remember crawling under the table with my grandmother when the bombs were going over.

I don't know.

It was Bexley Heath or something like that in the high street.

Yeah.

There's like a cafe place, and it's like three doors from the police station.

His father seems to have been somebody who was absent a great deal of the time.

He was brought up very much by his mother, who lived in Bexleyheath in South London with three other children.

Young Jimmy seems to have got up to a fair amount of mischief, to have been a not untypical young tearaway.

But as he moves into his early teenage years, he does descend into a greater criminality, somebody who is considered likely to become a career criminal unless action is taken.

Charmaine in South Africa, uh, we've got a Tony Bennett for you in the second half.

Uh, Jay in Lowestoft, Maggie in Brixham, Jimmy in Bexleyheath, just played your request.

Uh, Simon D in, uh, Cornwall, and Anita in Epsom, uh, sounds like you've had a whale of a day.

Thank you for that.

Uh, Simon D, uh, you're out on other things.

You're on, uh, Listen Again.

Uh, Jimmy in Bexleyheath, well done.

Good to have your company, Jimmy, and, uh, always fun to play your request.

And this countryside is local to you then?

Yes, Crayford, Bexley Heath, Dartford.

It's quite lovely.

It's the edge of London, but it's only within five, ten minutes from home.

Let's see, we've got Ron in Dulwich, we've got Charles in Wanstead.

uh we've got john in derbyshire and arthur in bexley heath and i've made a note of your request um arthur so that's uh that's great okay so that's what we've got so far uh perhaps we had to play the competition again don't you think tara yes we've only got three so far so do you know what this is

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OK, right.

Well, that was especially for Arthur over there in Bexley Heath.

Hold your head up.

damn me, you do have a problem.

Jimmy in Bexley Heath, thank you for your lovely message.

And yes, all over the world, Francois Hardy was your request, and we'll find Arthur's one later.

Bit of quality there, Jimmy.

Hold on.

It's so sad if that's the way it's over.

sweet talking woman there for you and a request for a lovely lovely young lady uh who lives down in Plymouth she's been tidying out the garage she's given a late note her name happens to be Sophie and of course you get some favoritism did you know Howard just asked for no no no it was Jimmy and Bexley Heath asked for a Francois Hardy track um but I have got a really special track for you and thank you for asking for anything by Francois Hardy here we go here's one that's all in French

Oh, oh, chérie, oui, j'aime tout ce que tu fais Oh, oh, même quand...

Where's the real, like good one?

Well, Bexleyheath unfortunately shut down a few years after I left because it c- just couldn't recover from-

Yeah

... having lost ...

[upbeat music] Oh.

Good evening and welcome, Jimmy in Bexleyheath, Jack Shepherd somewhere in Spain, Jane Leistorf, Marion Walker on Canvey Island, John in Derbyshire, Shamaine over in South Africa.

[upbeat music] La, la, la, la, la.

Jason in Moxted.

Uh, yes, uh, [laughs] uh, Charmaine in South Africa, we know where you are.

Uh, it's lovely to have your company.

Miriam Walker, thank you for your message, and, uh, Jimmy in Bexleyheath, we'll do the best we can to find that Earth, Wind & Fire for you.

Hearts gone astray, keeping hurt when they go.