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This edition was broadcast near the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. Whilst Europe celebrated victory the Channel Islands had to wait two more days. We explain why \u2022 Lassie the Wonder Dog and film star is 80 years old. There was another famous Lassie closer to home – in Lyme Regis – and David Tucker tells the story \u2022 Our gardening expert Ruth Hayes talks at length about lawns and their care \u2022 Historian Jane Tapley tells us about the history of knives, forks and spoons \u2022 We begin a new series about the origin of musical instruments with the drums \u2022 From the archives Kate Adie talks about her book about women and war.<\/p>\n\n

This edition was broadcast near the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. Whilst Europe celebrated victory the Channel Islands had to wait two more days. We explain why \u2022 Lassie the Wonder Dog and film star is 80 years old. There was another famous Lassie closer to home – in Lyme Regis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,77,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRidgeway Magazine 06\/05 - Ridgeway Radio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ridgeway Magazine 06\/05 - Ridgeway Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This edition was broadcast near the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. 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