Milligan, Punch and Grandad

Letters to my Dead Dad · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 3m

Normal service is resumed, as Olly reads a letter he wrote on 25 April 1984 thanking Eddy for his birthday present – a book of limerick by Spike Milligan. Looking back through the book today, Olly finds some of the limericks amusing, others depressingly racist. Sticking with the theme of humour from days gone by, this episode’s dip into the Family History Box reveals a copy of Punch magazine from July 1969. Olly wonders what made Eddy keep his copy of this particular issue, and finds a number of the articles and features that are surprisingly relevant to his current life. We also introduce a…