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"I can only imagine they shrank in the wash."

Stretch wonders why his trousers no longer fit. He blames the washing machine.

"Does anyone these days still have a box of buttons?" asks Stretch. "You know, for mending shirts and trousers? We still have one and I was glad of one when my trouser button popped off. I can only imagine they shrank in the wash!"

"Of course they shrank!" Sean says. "When I was younger we had all those things in a drawer, and we always had a spare zip fastener. And there were various lengths. Maybe your mother would have knitted a cardigan. Knitting needles used to be numbered. You never see them. Do you remember the red bit of wax like a crayon? If you were sending a parcel to England, you would put this red wax on it! You never see that nowadays. I think we should bring back zip fasteners."

With music from David Essex, Dion, The Mavericks, and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Feb 202215:04
BBC Radio Foyle

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Music Played

  • David Essex

    Gonna Make You A Star

  • Dion

    The Wanderer

  • The Mavericks

    Don't Be Cruel

  • Manfred Mann

    Pretty Flamingo

  • Daniel O’Donnell

    There's A Blue Moon Over My World Without You

  • Frank Sinatra

    The Way You Look Tonight

  • The Herd

    From The Underworld

  • Tom Jones

    I'm Coming Home

  • Demis Roussos

    Happy To Be On An Island

  • Sam Cooke

    Cupid

  • Neil Diamond

    Play Me

  • John Denver

    Thank God I'm A Country Boy

  • Buddy Holly

    Rave On

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Feb 202215:04
    BBC Radio Foyle