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Philip Eden writes:

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Philip Eden writes:
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Martin, were you at LWC when I started on LBC in Jan 1983?

I could have sworn that I heard you on LBC in early December 1981,
correctly forecasting that anywhere in the region where it was still
raining would have snow before long.
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Nope. '83 it was. I do remember a forecast similar to that
around Feb 9 that year ... maybe that was what you remember?
The weather of those first few weeks is deeply etched in my
memory !!

No, I'm sure of the date. Could you have been on another London local
station? If not, it must have been another weather presenter that I
heard, but I could have sworn that it was you.

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John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

I agree that there are a number of people on this newsgroup, whether
Met Office, ex-Met Office, freelance or amateur who could make something of a
decent radio slot, given appropriate training. Part of the problem would be
convincing the BBC, who, like most media organisations, are scared stiff of
science. Perhaps we ought to engage the attention of Melvyn Bragg, one of the
very few members of the liberal-arts mob who is interested in, and knows
something about, science and for which I admire him, quite apart from his
interesting contributions in history, language and sociology. I'm sure he
could pull a few strings. We must not submit to the dismal bean-counters.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.