Simon Kirke
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 19 Nov
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So I went out to the hedgerows and I bought, I cut a pair of sticks, which is about that big.
I had no idea how long sticks were.
16 inches, you probably know by now.
So I had these little things and I put a couple of books on my bed and I had a little transistor radio with an earpiece and I'd tune into, you know, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome.
And suddenly you'd hear.
You know, and I'd play along on my tins and books.
That was my education.
Well, the big stepping stone for me was I wanted to leave school early.
And being a parent now myself, I know that it was a tough decision for my parents to say no.
you're not going to leave at 16 you're going to leave at 18 because there are two grades of exams in high school there's um o levels it's called ordinary levels which are yeah not bad and there's advanced level a levels and if you get two or three of those you can get into a good college right so i wanted to leave when i got my o levels go down to london no no no no no
Because if it all fails and you come back with a bunch of O-levels, you'll get into technical schools.
So they made me stay the extra two years, which I did.
And at 18, I said, right, I want to go to London.
And they said, okay, you've got two years.
You can still go to college at 20 if it all fails.
Okay, so they supported the decision.
Well, my dad didn't, but my mum did because it was the musician in her that said, go on, give it a shot.
Because the two saddest words, two of the saddest words are, if only.
Yeah.
And I wanted to give it a shot.
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