X-Fem. Ellis James and John Robbins on X-FM podcast. Good morning, listeners. If you are wondering who the heck this guy is and confused by the fact I'm not speaking in a sort of zippy fashion, as your usual Saturday morning host is, is because it's all change here at XFM. And this, for the first time on a

Saturday, is the John Robbins and Ellis James show. We're very excited to be here with you this

morning. And even though it's all changed daywise, some things, thank the Lord, are still the same.

I'm John Robbins, and to my left is part stakeholder in Blyneaven's

last branch of Rumbullos. It's Mr Ellis James. How is Rumbullos, Ellis? It's fine, but the AGM is always

a very hot-headed affair. What are people still asking for from Rumbolones? VHS players, fax machines, and also the people of Blind Alvin Ramblors think that it should

be moving further into Blaine-Iguent.

Tandies, Curries, they're our main competitors.

You can't rent from Curries.

No, my grandmother rented her television for about 35 years.

Yeah.

And it's such a false economy. Well, no, it wasn't, because back then televisions were a huge proportion of your wage. But I still think that the television over, you know, from the 60s to the 90s still cost her about 18,000 pounds. Why didn't they just watch it on eyeer? Because it wasn't the future then.

That's true. It's true.

Different times. Different times. Different times.

So what have you been up to this week?

Just the usual stuff. I'm reading a book, Mertha Politics, The Making of a Working Class tradition.

So I'm thinking about sort of sliding scale pay differentials in the 1890s a lot and just generally enjoying the summer vibes.

Who were the key players in that?

Oh, Harry Richards, the Crochets, obviously, who were important mine.

Henry Richards, not Harry Richards, the crochets who were important mine owners in the 1800s, and some would say evil, but you still see the evidence all over Murtha's landscape. It's really, really interesting stuff. You often accuse me of being a weird man. Yeah. You will say things like, John, you're very weird man and have been for some time. But that's odd.

No, it's not. I think it's... To read a book about late Victorian, regional Welsh politics.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. And if I had been good enough, I would have done a PhD.

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