Paris Brussels Vienna and Oslo,Lyons Lahti Lisbon and Tromso,
Reykjavik Hilversum Prague and Athlone,
Luxembourg Kalundborg Strasbourg and Stockholm,
Motala Toulouse Marseilles Northern Ireland,
BBC Europe, Home London Home Midland
BBC Light and Home North and Home West,
The Third programme, Scottish and Welsh and the rest…
Lost in the hiss and crackle of fading static
consigned to the far corner of a cluttered attic
where invisible fingers run up and down the back lit dial
searching in vain the old stations from a forgotten Isle.
John H Davies
20th March 2011
This brings it back. As a child I always wondered where Athlone was. It was probably the best part of thirty years later before I came face-to-face with it...
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I was disappointed or happy to finally have the mystery solved but never expected it to be there. In Ireland?
Almost doesn't sound Irish does it? I must admit to having to look most of them up in the atlas - which makes Annie's picture all the more apt !!
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