Robert Elms

📸🕵️ Notes & Queries: A listener has found an old photo of Robert Elms, aged about 10, possibly taken in Burnt Oak around 1970. Robert doesn't recognise anyone else in the picture. Do you recognise yourself or someone in the photo? ☎️ 0800 731 2000 📻

🏛️🔎 Notes & Queries: Deirdre in Belsize Park has found a mysterious, heavily worn panel on Marlborough Road, N7. The only word she can make out is “prosecuted”. What was it, what did it originally say, and why is it there? ☎️ 0800 731 2000

🔢📻 Notes & Queries: Lawrence in West Green spotted a mysterious three-digit display attached to a lamp post on Dark House Walk near Old Billingsgate Market. No signage, no clues. What is it for, and does anyone know why it's there? ☎️ 0800 731 2000 📻

It's time now for Cover II Cover! Today it's The Shirelles vs Carole King with “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”... Both beautiful records but what takes your pick? Vote below or call us on 0800 731 2000📞

🎼 COVER II COVER! 🎼 Today it's Brian Protheroe vs Paul Weller with “Pinball” 🎶✨ The wistful 1974 original takes on Weller's recent reimagining of the cult classic. 🎤🎵 Who gets your vote? 🤔👇 Vote below or call us on 0800 731 2000 📞

📍 Notes & Queries: Is this central London’s last surviving bomb site? It’s on the corner of Leonard Street and Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch. Know the story? ☎️ 0800 731 2000

⚽📻 Notes & Queries: Paul in Beckenham remembers seeing two matches on one Good Friday in the 1970s, Fulham v Crystal Palace and QPR v Ipswich. Did it happen, what year was it, and what were the scores? ☎️ 0800 731 2000

🎬🍻 Notes & Queries: Ian in East Dulwich has heard the chauffeur of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton lived on the Denmark Hill Estate and sometimes dropped the stars at the Fox on the Hill pub. Is it true, and does anyone remember seeing them there? ☎️ 0800 731 2000 📻

🎼 COVER II COVER! 🎼 Today, it’s a soulful showdown! ❤️🎤 The Stylistics take on Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye with the classic 'Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)' 🎶 Who nailed it? 🤔 VOTE below or call us on 0800 731 2000 📞

🎷📻 Notes & Queries: Tony in Sydenham recalls a family jazz band - possibly Swedish - playing the Half Sovereign, Glasshouse St, in the late ’80s/early ’90s. Parents and young children were in the band. Who were they, and when did they play? ☎️ 0800 731 2000

🚴‍♂️🕰️ Notes & Queries: Andrew in Stepney wonders why London's public clocks often show different times. Cycling from Cornhill to Bank, some seem accurate, others are minutes out. Who maintains them, and are there any rules about keeping them correct? ☎️ 0800 731 2000

🎼 COVER II COVER! 🎼 Today, it’s a battle of the Mockingbirds! 🐦 Inez & Charlie Foxx take on Carly Simon & James Taylor with the classic 'Mockingbird' 🎶 Who nailed it? 🤔 VOTE below or call us on 0800 731 2000 📞

And finally, a third this week from Rene in Loughborough Junction. She wants to know if anyone else has stories of meeting any celebrities from the BBC Television Centre in the local pubs like her dad did? He met Tommy Cooper! If you do, give me a call on 08007312000 📞

Second query is from Dexter in Pimlico. He wants to know about the history of Buck Hill and why it's called that. Is it true that it was previously the site of some ancient neolithic earthworks? And does it get it's name from Buckingham Palace? Give me a call on 08007312000 📞

It's time for Notes & Queries. First up is Don in Rickmansworth who wants to know why there were pubs inside the ticket barriers at some train stations in London. When did they close? Why were they there? Give me a call if you know anything on 08007312000 📞

Time for Cover II Cover🎼 and today it's The Doobie Brothers V The Isley Brothers with 'Listen To The Music' 🎷 but who did it better? Vote below or call on 0800 731 2000 📞

We have a third query today. From Andrew in East Dulwich. He's seen this banner at Dulwich Hamlet FC, which reads 'TRANSPONTINE'. He wants to know what it means and why it's there ⚽️ call on 0800 731 2000

The second query is from Simon in Kingston. He wants to know about the origins of football songs. Did lots of clubs sing You'll Never Walk Alone? And when did it all change? Call on 0800 731 2000 if you know anything 🧐📞