Tune into Yesterday Issue 81

[graemestevenson]

Hi. Issue 81 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday magazine is now available. The Autumn issue features current news from the radio archives, politics on the radio 1945 - 1958, monitoring the airwaves 1942 - 1955, and a look back at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. A sample copy is free in the UK from our membership sec John Wolstenholme:
ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18 8XA
Annual membership is £12 ( or $30 ) which brings you four issues plus access to our vast lending library of old programmes.
All cheques payable to 'ORCA'.

Graeme

[Greg H]

Do you accept PayPal?

[graemestevenson]

I don't deal with the financial side of the club so I'll drop John an email and see what he says. Are you UK based ?

[Greg H]

Yes indeed. Based in the UK. I don't deal with bank cheques etc, but I would certainly purchase a years subscription if I can pay via paypal. I have been meaning to check it out for ages!

[Simon B Kelly]

Likewise, I would be interested in subscribing if PayPal were an option - I haven't had a chequebook for over a decade now. Paym would be another good alternative as all the major UK banks support it...

[graemestevenson]

I've contacted John. He doesn't use Paypal but says a UK Postal Order for £12 will be fine for those who no longer use a cheque book.

[Greg H]

Hi Graeme,

I will look into getting a postal order. I don't think I have used one though since the late 80s or something You should get John to set up PayPal, it really is the height of convenience; very secure, very fast and people can pay you without leaving the house by just a couple of clicks and no private information. It really is very convenient. I will see about a postal order next time I am near a post office

[Ant Harvison - WIPED NEWS]

I completely agree with all above. Paypal would be far more convenient, and suited, to me. Like with many people, cheques and postal orders are methods of payment I no longer use.

[Robert Lia]

cheques have there purposes but the old days of taking a check book out of the house is long past for me . I am in the USA and I still use them for the odd bills that don't take on line payments (believe it or not my water company, sewage company and garbage company all do not take on line payments). The water company does not even accept debit or credit cards if you pay in person at the office. A box of cheques lasts me two to three years

But pay pal makes life so much easier, yesterday with out getting up from my terminal I in 10 minutes I bought something in the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom with Pay Pay, no hassle, no credit card frees and no waiting for the cheque to fly across the ocean and then wait for international bank clearance's.

I have not used any international or domestic money orders since the 1980's

[Simon B Kelly]

Oct 3, 2017 1:02:32 GMT Robert Lia said:

I have not used any international or domestic money orders since the 1980's

It sounds like ORCA are still living in the 1980's with their cassette lending library, cheques and postal orders. The Post Office charge a 12.5% fee on postal orders, so a £12 P.O. would cost £13.50, plus another 65p to post it to the payee.

The world has moved on to a digital age, and as nostalgic as Missing Episodes members may be, I'm sure the majority of us have embraced the twenty-first century - or else we wouldn't be using an internet forum...

[graemestevenson]

Hi Simon. The cassette library is still held in Leeds, but for a number of years now the ORCA lending library has been on CD, mp3 CD, and mp3 audio dvd.
Cheers ! Graeme

[Stephen Byers]

I too would like to Join - but still no Paypal???