Brookman’s Grokhot
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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The 64 Legs of Creeping Gilbert
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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The Great Freight Train Adventure
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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HMS Puffer
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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The Incredible Shrinking Stumpy
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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Gordon, Immediate Launch
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the superhuman tale of ‘Gordon, Immediate Launch’. Set in 1971, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator bear witness to the most death-defying stunt ever attempted by that great daredevil, Gordon ‘Sputnik’ Mahoney. Fortune favours the brave. “Fly so high in your Interceptor, fly so high they’ll never get ya ….”
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Bendy and the Snowball of Terror
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the abominable tale of ‘Bendy and the Snowball of Terror’. Set in 1973, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson set off on an expedition to destroy a huge and sinister snowman. Events then take a terrifying turn. “And like the Wickerman, it stood silently and watched ….”
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Dribbling Peter
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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The Fall of the House of King and Hyde
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
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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Bendy’s Big Catch
Stumpy Sanderson's 1970s Stories
In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the eye-opening tale of ‘Bendy’s Big Catch’. Set in 1978, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson decide to fish in Mr and Mrs Butterfield’s garden pond – with shocking and unexpected results. “When we were punk, we had such good times….”
info_outlineIn 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…”