When I was a child, I used to listen to a lot of books on cassette. But it took me a long time to understand the technology of cassette tapes and distinguish them from radio.
So I thought that whenever you put a tape in and pressed play, a light would flash at the desk of whoever was meant to read that tape, and they would read it to you over the radio.
I spent ages trying to catch them out. I was a bit of an arse towards Tony Robinson, making him stop and start, and rewind so often.
A childhood belief about radio
others believed things like this
- I used to think Timmy Mallet was Tony Robinson.— Tom
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- My parents used to have an old radio. I thought it could only play old songs, like from when they were young.— kathy
- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine
- I spent ages wondering what a bart ender was as a child without realising that it was actually bar tender.— Heather