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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the house shaking tale that is 'Cunningham's Tomb'. Set in 1978, Lanky Shinton and Chipolata Mick devise a heinous Poe-like plan to entomb the autocratic Science teacher, Mr Cunningham. Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator lend a hand with the diabolical plot.

"In Science Block, no one can hear you scream or shout."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the red hot tale that is 'A Bite To Remember. Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator help out with the pungent plot that  Chutney Barton and Gusty Burton devise to knock that crowing rooster, Boaster Hawkins, off his perch.

"Ah, ah, I know what you're thinking, is this a hot spice or are they bluffing? But to tell you the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the house shaking tale that is 'Gordon Brings the House Down'. Set in 1971, Gordon 'Sputnik' Mahoney's obsession with all things Gerry Anderson, and lack of attention to little else causes a cataclysmic cascade. All witnessed by Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator.

 "Gordon, your friends are here. I hope you're not in that bathroom?"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the foaming story that is 'A Hose for All Seasons'. Set in 1974, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator get involved in a scheme with Slack Jack Arnold and Turps Maguire to gain some lucrative business using a revolutionary car and patio cleaning machine. They are unaware of the power and force they are about to unleash.

"I know those boys, they're trouble…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the raucous tale that is 'The Punk Duff Experience'.  Set in 1978, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator, in conjunction with Tonko, book a Luton punk band to play at their monthly punk and new wave night. Little do they realise the outrageous reputation and anarchic material of this outfit.

"Come and listen to subversive tunes, come and see them in their thigh length boots…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the splintering story that is 'Cracked Justice'.  Set in 1976, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator seek the help of left-wing mastermind Stephen Brookman against the corrupt new playground judge, Monstrous Melvyn Musgrove. Can they unseat this usurper from the Throne of Judgement?

"The system of justice has been broken, and so Monstrous Musgrove must too be broken and brought down…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the milk bottle rattling tale that is 'The Lea Valley Meteor'. Set in 1973, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Puffer Patterson join Phil the Ferret and other spectators to watch a race for the ages between the milk floats of Old Bob Cripps and Flash Danny McKenzie. What ensues goes down in history.

"There is nothing like the site of two milk floats racing side by side down a trafficless avenue…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the juddering story that is 'Macready Down And Up, Shaken And Stirred'.  Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson once again prod the wasps' nest that is the wild man of Liscombe Road, Old Man Macready. A bone-shaking and body-rattling journey of horror ensues.

"He's Old Man Macready, and with a pickaxe and a shovel he will go to work…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the howling gale of a tale that is 'Chutney Barton Gets His Euphonium Out'. Set in 1975, Chutney Barton's euphonium is a force of nature which wreaks havoc in Mr Wilcox's history class. All part of a devilish plot involving Turps Macguire, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator.

"Chutney Barton gave a blast, and a cacophonous wind blew through the class…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the rumbling tale of 'Brookman's Grokhot'. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator get involved in Stephen Brookman's and Big Mo's most radical and revolutionary plot to date against the teaching authorities of South Bedfordshire. Disorientation abounds.

"A very strange ice cream van trundled round the streets…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the ghastly tale of 'The 64 Legs of Creeping Gilbert'. Set in 1970, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator look on in horror as the sinister Gilbert Hay and Austin Blythe unleash hidden terrors on an unsuspecting classroom. Fear runs amok.

"He's peculiar, he's an oddball, he's Gilbert Hay…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the hurtling tale of 'The Great Freight Train Adventure'. Set in 1978, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Puffer Patterson take what they hope will be a leisurely and enjoyable journey on a Blue Circle Cement train. Spanners though are put in the works.

"There's a freight train heading down the tracks, and we like the look of it…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the nautical tale of 'HMS Puffer'. Set in 1976, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator join other gang members and are led by Admiral of the Fleet, Puffer Patterson into one of the greatest naval battles in history. The outcome is flabbergasting.

"Steamship sailing, sail away, steamship sailing, far away…."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the gripping tale of 'The Incredible Shrinking Stumpy'. Set in 1972, as Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator take what they think will be an easy ride on a customised Raleigh Super Chopperhawk, startling events unfold.

"Our platform shoes, they made us look so tall…"

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"Fly so high in your Interceptor, fly so high they'll never get ya …."

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"And like the Wickerman, it stood silently and watched …."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the dazzling tale of 'Dribbling Peter'. Set in 1975, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator are party to Stephen Brookman's amazing plan to score a goal past the bragger, Boaster Hawkins. What ensues has gone down in Middle School folklore…

"There goes Dribbling Peter, running fast and free…."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the mutinous tale of 'The Fall of the House of King and Hyde'. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator play their part with left-wing mastermind, Stephen Brookman, in the unseating of a tyrant king and his evil henchman.

"The fall of the house of King and Hyde, was a sight for our eyes to behold…."

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"When we were punk, we had such good times…."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the intoxicating tale of 'Mrs Sanderson's Sledgehammer'. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson decide to imbibe an explosively potent home brew at the local fair. Mayhem ensues.

"Those Milton Sisters, they're not very nice…."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the lung-busting tale of 'The Ballad of Turner and Middleton'. Set in 1974, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator join a throng of other rapscallions to witness the race of the century. A contest never to be forgotten,

"And their memory lives on, immortalised in bronze…"

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"So bring 'em down boys, bring 'em down and watch them fall… " 

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"It's a monochrome rainbow, rainbow, rainbow…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the heroic tale of 'Forever Chambers'. Set in 1977, someone begins fighting back against The Buchanan Gang's reign of terror. Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator witness this epic and valiant struggle. Every generation needs a superhero – ours was The Sparrow.

"Did I ever tell you about The Sparrow?..."

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the astonishing story of 'The Immortal Chin'. Set in 1975, Mickey 'The Mighty Chin' Metcalfe reveals the subversive masterpiece for which he will achieve immortality within school folklore. Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, and Puffer Patterson witness the events that lead to this grotesque creation.

"Who's the one who's the best at art? The Mighty Chin…" 

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the explosive tale of 'Judkins' Bugle'. Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, Stephen Brookman and Bendy Henderson find themselves going into a firework battle with the Beckford Boys. Little Johnny Judkins' bugle plays a key role in its outcome.

"Ooh, ooh, bang bang fireworks…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the otherworldly tale of 'The Satanic Rites of Stumpy'. Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, Puffer Patterson, Bendy Henderson and Gusty Burton hold a séance using a ouija board made by Stumpy from his old 'On the Buses' board game. What they conjure up from beyond is terrifying to behold.

"We're gonna mess with the dark arts, sinister and grim…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the extraordinary story of 'Goodbye, Bendy Henderson'. Set in 1976, Bendy Henderson, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator encounter the fearsome figure of Old Man Macready – the wild man of Liscombe Road - while playing cricket up the local park. What happens next Is astonishing to behold.

"Well, it's the red Raleigh Chopper, and the yellow boneshaker and the bright orange Raleigh Tomahawk…" 

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the remarkable story of 'Puffer Suspended!'. Set in 1976, during the Second Spud Gun War, the original Whistling Five find themselves in a fearsome spud gun battle with the notorious Milton Sisters Gang and the Keenan Gang. Will the strange rumours of the existence of the infamous spud cannon, El Monstruo, prove to be true?

"Keep those wagons rolling, boys…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the incredible story of 'Breaking Old Reliable'. Set in 1975, Stephen Brookman – that left-wing mastermind – hatches a nefarious plan to strike back at the despotism of the headmaster and his cohorts. As Brookman puts his stunning operation into action, it is witnessed by Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator.

"Bringing down the bourgeoisie is what you want to do. Because you are a Communist genius…"

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories, listen to the bizarre story of 'The Strange Case of Smiler Morton'. Set in 1974, Smiler Morton – the boy with the never-ending smile – carries out his most daring and breathtaking dare yet, devised by Gawper Allsop and witnessed as ever by Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator.

"Smiler Morton, Smiler Morton, he's the one with the smile on, that beaming smile…"

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