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'I knew someone would ask me to leave my seat!'

Sean takes a chance on sitting in a reserved seat on the train.

"I'm sitting on the London Euston to Coventry train listening to you," says Ken McConomy. "Will you say hi to my ma?"

Sean does so.

"Ken, I had reason to get on a train in England a number of years ago," Sean adds. "And it was a terrible experience. I was going from London to Chester. I got the train, but I didn't know what carriage to get into. All the seats had little tickets on them, like they were reserved. Carriage after carriage! I had no idea where to sit! Eventually I took a chance and sat on a seat with a piece of paper on it. I didn't enjoy it. I knew that someone was going to come in and ask me to get out."

And sure enough, someone came in.

"This girl came in and sat opposite me. And she kept looking at me. It was a menacing look. Not one of those looks, I should be so lucky!

"Eventually the girl said, 'That's my seat. It's booked for me.'"

"About ten minutes later she got up and left the train, and I sat in her seat."

With music from The Hollies, OC Smith, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Mar 2023 15:04

Music Played

  • The Holies

    I'm Alive

  • O.C. Smith

    The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp

  • Neil Diamond

    Play Me

  • The Four Seasons

    Walk Like A Man

  • Frank Sinatra

    The Way You Look Tonight

  • Kylie Minogue

    I Should Be So Lucky

  • John Prine & Iris Dement

    Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out

  • The Beatles

    Here Comes The Sun

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Quando

  • Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare

    Dear John

  • Johnny McEvoy

    The Boston Burglar

  • Johnny Tillotson

    I Can't Stop Loving You

  • The Dave Clark Five

    Glad All Over

  • Smokie

    Living Next Door To Alice

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Mar 2023 15:04