Vintage Nostalgia with Harry & Edna

Join Harry & Edna on the Wireless while they have a good natter about the current British vintage scene. 

Due to licencing our podcast has only speech content. For the full show including music tracks visit our Mixcloud streaming service. 

In this episode Harry & Edna attend the Vintage Nostalgia Festival.

Harry & Edna on the Wireless is available via Mixcloud internet streaming, downloadable Spreaker podcast, internet and FM radio stations.

For more information about Harry & Edna on the Wireless visit http://www.homefrontfriends.org.uk/wireless

Harry & Edna at Upton House - now on YOUTUBE

Join Harry & Edna on the Wireless while they have a good natter about the current British vintage scene. 

Due to licencing our podcast has only speech content. For the full show including music tracks visit our Mixcloud streaming service. 

In this YouTube episode Harry & Edna go to Upton House in Warwickshire to see the 'Banking at War' WW2 exhibition.

Click HERE


by Harry and Edna

The Victory Sisters on Harry & Edna on the Wireless - THIS WEDNESDAY 7pm

Harry & Edna on the Wireless.

Wednesday 30th March, 7pm

This week H&E are joined by singing 1940s trio the Victory Sisters. The Victory Sisters are giving The Andrew Sisters a run for their money, they are a breath of fresh air on the London theatre and music circuit. With stellar vocals and an authentic look, these girls are turning heads rapidly!

Tune in: www.secklowsounds.org

Harry & Edna Special!

This Wednesday at 7pm Secklow Sounds present a special Harry & Edna on the wireless.

The show was recorded at Hednas vintage nightclub and features live performances from The Towers Sisters, Thomas Wild Esq with Mini Harry providing the 78 dance tunes.

Hednas was created by Harry & Edna who for the past 5 years have been recreating a night club of the 1930s / 40s right here in their home town of Milton Keynes.

Edna explained “It is not just another music club, it is about fashion, dance and style. Our Grandparents showed us how to have fun, be glamorous and sexy in tough times. They showed us how to dress and dance”.


For more info about Hednas please go to http://www.homefrontfriends.org.uk/hednas

Harry and Edna's celebrate Spitfire's first flight!

Today is the 80th anniversary of the 1st flight of the iconic Spitfire aircraft

To celebrate why not hear the previous Harry & Edna on the wirless programme featuring WW2 Spitfire pilot Squadron Leader Ian Blair

https://www.mixcloud.com/harryandedna/sldr-john-ian-blair/

Want a sneaky peak behind the scenes of Harry & Edna on the Wireless?

Enjoy the video clip of Edna interviewing Tom Carradine backstage at the London East End Wiltons Music Hall.

https://youtu.be/zrtgvUJg6lw

The show is online for you to hear again, just click on the link  https://www.mixcloud.com/harryandedna/tom-carradine-cockney-knees-up/

Knees Up with Harry and Edna!

This Wednesday Harry & Edna on the Wireless was recorded at Wiltons Music Hall in London and we also have a chat with Paul Carradine, host of the cockney 'sing a long'.

So listeners ready for your knees up?

Harry & Edna on the Wireless, Wednesdays 7 - 8pm

Or catch them on SPREAKER

Play it Harry & Edna, play it again!

Valentines Night

Sunday 14th February 2016

“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,

she walks into mine.” ~ Rick Blaine

Let this Valentine’s Day be different with one of the most romantic movies of all time.

Enjoy a drink in the Harry & Edna Café Américain and watch the classic romantic film Casablanca.

The quintessential Hollywood film about romantic love with Humphrey Bogart plays Rick, a hard-drinking American running a bar in Casablanca, a city full of refugees fleeing the Nazis. Then one evening his lost love Ilsa, played by Ingrid Bergman, walks in...

Immerse yourself in this timeless 1942 classic on the big screen, as The Stables Theatre is transformed into Harry & Edna Café Américain

For more information and tickets visit www.homefrontfriends.org.uk/film or call the box office on 01908 280800

Youtube clip: https://youtu.be/n_01L1AATO8

Harry & Edna on the Wireless at ATOMIC in Northampton

ATOMIC is an amazing weekend…

Two incredible days, packed with 1950s rock’n’roll music,

dancing, late bars, superb vintage stalls and flea market,

great street food served from vintage vans,

and non-stop fun, action and mid-century style.

Thousands of like-minded people, a top quality

international line-up of bands & DJs playing in

spectacular indoor venues, traditional flag-start drag racing,

air displays, jiving, bopping & strolling in an historic hangar

and an enormous big-top with a 6000 sq ft dance floor,

a pre-1963 car show and drive-in movie,

roller skating, funfair… and the best festival atmosphere ever!

The show contains interviews & music from Freddy Went Courting, Johnny 6 pack, Little Victor & the Broadway Twisters

Catch it on WEDNESDAY 7pm - 8pm!!

or on
SPREAKER

York's Festival of Vintage with Harry and Edna

York's Festival of Vintage are proud to sponsor Harry & Edna on the Wireless. Click here for more!

Harry & Edna on the Wireless is the perfect radio show to get you in the mood for the Festival of Vintage.

Festival of Vintage is held at York Racecourse & presents the finest in vintage and reproduction items. The Festival of Vintage also includes fashion shows, dance lessons, hair & make-up, sewing sessions, 'Make-do & Mend' corner and live performances from Britain's best 'vintage' singers .

So join Harry & Edna on the Wireless as they have a good natter about the current British vintage scene while playing ‘tip top’ gramophone tunes.

For more information about the Festival of Vintage please visit http://www.festivalofvintage.co.uk/

For more information about Harry & Edna on the Wireless please visit http://www.harryandedna.co.uk - and catch their show at 7pm tonight on Secklow Sounds.

 

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts

www.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub

www.hednas.co.uk

Harry and Edna's "Wartime Christmas"

On Wed 23rd Harry & Edna on the Wireless will be broadcasting a 'Wartime Christmas'.

As well as presenting Harry & Edna on the Wireless, Edna is also a regular speaker on the British home front during WW2. One of her talks is about the wartime Christmas. During the show she will be explaining how Christmas changed over the war years, plus the show will also feature period radio clips. 
http://www.homefrontfriends.org.uk/talks/index_files/Page316.htm

Harry and Edna on the Wireless - Wednesdays 7pm Harry & Edna Vintage Sweetheartswww.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclubwww.hednas.co.uk

 

Harry and Edna on Youtube

Poor Harry hasn't been feeling too well, but he's recorded his vlog from over his steamer CLICK HERE

Harry so wanted to feature Hednas the Vintage Nightclub and the amazing Three Belles who appeared at the nightclub in his vlog but was to ill to film. So instead he included some footage from the Three Belles previous visit to Hednas back in 2012.

Harry & Edna on the Wireless also recorded a show from Hednas the vintage nightclub, if you would like to listen to the show CLICK HERE

The weekend after Hednas, the Three Belles appeared on Harry & Edna on the Wireless and then on the BBC as part of the Remembrance TV programmes.

So as it is Remembrance Sunday, Harry goes back to 2002, with a video clip when he was part of the Brookwood Remembrance Sunday.

For more info about Harry & Edna please visit http://www.harryandedna.co.uk



Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes

We all scream for ice-cream!

Ever wondered why a Knickerbocker glory is so named?

On this week’s Harry & Edna on the Wireless, the vintage duo where joined by local ice cream manufacturers and retailers, Gallones (see their website HERE)

On the show, the dashing duo explore the 100 year history of Gallones and learn a few interesting facts about ice cream.

As for the Knickerbocker, the name comes from Dutch settlers in New York at the start of the twentieth century. The shape of the glass resembles the outfits worn by these settlers; knee length trousers which were worn tucked in – wide at the top and tapering down at the bottom.

The Knickerbocker glory was first described in the 1930’s, and at the time contained ice cream, gelatine, cream, fruit, meringue and sometimes liquor! The tall glass allows for layers of all sorts of ice cream and hidden treats.

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts
www.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub

www.hednas.co.uk

Harry & Edna on the Wireless, Wednesdays 7pm, replayed Fridays 4pm

Catch the show HERE

Harry & Edna on YouTube

See your radio sweethearts face to face...well, screen to screen - Harry & Edna's second vlog is up:

https://youtu.be/GIw67k776cg

The Goodwood Revival sponsors Harry & Edna on the Wireless and it's a lovely insight into this wonderful event!

Special Feature Picture Show - Vlog from Harry and Edna

This dapper duo have started a Vlog!

Just click HERE and it will take you to their YouTube channel, and you'll be able to find out, first hand, what Harry and Edna have been getting up to...including why there have been a couple of "Classic re-runs".

Harry thinks that he's "too old" to get followers - firstly, the word is indeed "Vintage"...and like fine wine, you just get better with age!  ...so let's prove him wrong and start subscribing now!!!

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts

www.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub

www.hednas.co.uk

 

"Harry and Edna on the Wireless" plays live 7pm - 8pm on Wednesdays and repeats on Fridays between 4pm and 5pm.

Catch their past shows here

Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes

Poster Boy on Harry & Edna on the Wireless

Harry & Edna on the Wireless recorded a special Battle of Britain show at the IWM Duxford Museum and were fortunate enough to interview WW2 Spitfire pilot Squadron Leader Ian Blair.

On the show they replayed 15 minutes of the interview but they have another 30 minutes with Squadron Leader Blair which will be featured in a future programme.

After the interview Squadron Leader Blair told Harry & Edna his picture was used in a wartime poster.

A little research found an image of a dashing young airman who became the poster boy of the RAF during World War II.  (For the original image, click HERE)

Squadron Leader Ian Blair, now 95, was 22 years old when the famous snap was taken in 1940 after his daring flying in north Africa earned him a medal.

But he didn’t realise his fame until two years later when, on a break in Bournemouth, he saw his face on a propaganda notice warning 'Careless Talk May Cost His Life'.

Pip pip!

HARRY & EDNA ON THE WIRELESS - Wednesdays at 6.30pm with a repeat on Friday at 4pm

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts
www.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub

www.hednas.co.uk

Brought to you by Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes

@secklowsounds

Vintage Vogue

Harry and Edna's "Fashion on the Ration" exhibition

Milton Keynes vintage doyens Harry & Edna temporarily swapped radio stations.

The Secklow Sounds presenters created a ‘pop up’ 1940’s fashion exhibition for English Heritage. The exhibition, called ‘Fashion on the Ration’ explains the history of utility, ‘make do & mend’ clothing and the changing fashions of the 1940’s.

The exhibition was on display at Audley End House and BBC Radio Essex popped over to have a word with Edna.

Click on this link for a YouTube clip of the interview

For more info on Harry & Edna’s Fashion on the Ration click HERE.

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts: website


Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub: website

Harry & Edna on the Wireless Wednesdays 7pm (repeated Friday 4pm) on Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes

It may be raining outside, but it's SKY BLUE on the wireless

Weds 7pm, repeated Friday 4pm

Harry & Edna on the Wireless were chuffed to be joined by 1940s vocalist, musician and serving member of our armed forces, Miss Sarah Birch.

When the Band of the RAF Regiment celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation the band ‘Sky Blue’ featuring Miss Sarah Jane was created.

On the show Sarah talked about ‘SkyBlue’ the newly formed small ensemble within The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment.

The group perform the music of the 1940’s and included in their repertoire are many hits by the Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller and even a few wartime sing alongs!

The groups members are SAC Sarah Birch (vocals and clarinet), Flight Sergeant Steve McGuiness (Piano) SAC Andy Taylor (Double Bass) and Chief Technician Ian Harding (Drums).

Harry & Edna were pleased for SAC Sarah Birch to broadcast some of the groups repertoire on Secklow Sounds and also spoke about RAF Music services.

Fly with Harry & Edna - and Sarah Jane here

Harry & Edna Vintage Sweethearts
www.harryandedna.co.uk

Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub

www.hednas.co.uk