Special Radio Moments
Diamond Lil RIP 31st September 2024
I am sad to be writing yet another tribute to a friend who has died.
On my OCI radio programme I had asked a lovely friend of ours to be my radio chef. This lovely lady
was called Lil Smith and we had met Lil with her Scottish husband, Jim, in Alfaz del Pi. We became
friends and even stayed with them as we were beginning our new life in Spain. Jim and Lil found
Spain too hot several years ago and returned to the UK to live in Scotland. Jim died a few years ago
and we had kept in touch with Diamond Lil often speaking on birthdays. It was Lil's birthday 30th
September and we had called to wish her a happy 95th birthday. Sadly, her daughter Christine told us
she had died on her birthday. RIP Lil and Jim. Thanks for the memories. Links to Lil's Recipes
https://www.vincetracy.com/recipes.html
Living in the Sun-a programme on ITV which featured Jimbo Gaffney and a short part of the film when Jimbo came down to OCI radio to an interview with me.
Meeting Lola Gamboa - Teacher of Legal English in Spain 16 January 2023
I met Lola Gamboa via the LinkedIn platform and we had a very interesting chat about her work providing English Legal classes amongst other things. I learned about a very professional English Teacher and her interesting life in Spain.
Lola mentors language teachers helping them develop their digital teaching. She prepares lawyers for the TOLES Legal English exam plus she trains lawyers in Client Care in English. Lola works with translators teaching them to understand the necessary translations and she has 20 online courses for lawyers, legal translators and language teachers.
Tom Brown is a well-respected artist and former art teacher who lives on the Costa Blanca and came to the OCI radio studios each week to present a series of great profiles of selected painters.
DOWSING especially for Healthy Eating 1st September 2022
Great radio discussion on the subject of Dowsing from my Onda Cero days.
Most people are aware that you dowse for water BUT.....did you know that you can dowse for HEALTHY EATING and many other things. Join Joyce Kirkby, Wally, Paul Melba and Vince Tracy with Angie and Anne...... 7th March 2007
Colin Harkness Wine Connoisseur July 2012
Great memory of meeting a Costa Blanca wine legend and the connoisseur who discovered England and Liverpool football legend Michael Owen.
