NeilLink http://radio.eric.tripod.com/radio_jackie.htm
Radio Caroline had been named after Caroline Kennedy. When the Jackie organisation were setting up their station, they chose the name Jackie after Caroline's mother.
The name Nelipyörä on the plate is a car dealership as you might expect operating in these locations.Finnish vehicle registration plates usually carry three letters and three numbers separated with a dash (e.g. ABC-123)
Since 1989 the code has no connection with the geographic location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibelius_HallThe Sibelius Hall (Finnish: Sibeliustalo) is a concert hall in Lahti, Finland, named after the composer Jean Sibelius. The concert hall was completed in 2000. Architects Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka designed the hall, which is made out of glulam. The acoustics were engineered by Artec Consultants, New York. Its acoustics are one of its strongest points, while the architecture follows the Scandinavian tradition of sophisticated design.
TOTH is right Mick, so most people know 2 towns in Finland without realising it.mickthemaverick wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 14:07 TOTH not certain about this but I believe there is a place called Nokia and we all know what probably came from there!!
And some say their phones were always a bit sh1t... Sorry, couldn't resist
NewcastleFalcon wrote: 07 Nov 2019, 11:15....I am told by wiki that a section of this was used for Kevin's slot on "a kick up the eighties"
Kevin Turvey Investigates
Not sure is Sibelius has debuted on the PE Jukebox, but I do think somewhere in the Pickled Egg Pages the theme for "This Week" made an apperance, which is also from the plume kynä of Jean Sibelius.
"This Week"
REgards Neil
In the lyrics to the song the reliable source of Smooth Radio has this to say...bobins wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 18:08 An easy one.
It's been name checked by Pet Shop Boys in their song West End Girls, and features in various other places..... but where is Finland Station..... and what's the story behind its 'ownership' ?
One of those "Finland Town" Car Dealer locations was described by Wiki as and important rail route to St Petersburg.The lyric 'From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station', refers to the train route taken by Vladimir Lenin while being smuggled by the Germans to Russia during World War I. It is assumed that the lyric was inspired by the book To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson.
Neilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Station
Finland Station was built by Finnish State Railways as the eastern terminus of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway. It was designed by Swedish architects and opened in 1870. The station formerly contained a special pavilion for Russian royalty.
The station was owned and operated by Finnish Railways until early 1918, when the last train, carrying station personnel and equipment, as well as some of the last Finns escaping revolutionary Russia, left for Finland. Later, ownership of the station was exchanged for Russian property in Finland, including the Alexander Theatre in Helsinki.
