Listen "IJSH70 - LEICESTER - 9th February 2025"
Episode Synopsis
This episode (no. 70) was recorded at Wygston's House in Leicester on 9th February 2025, as part of The Leicester Comedy Festival.
The panellists were Ben Ennis, Jo Mungovin and Kevin Hudson, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of Leicester's history (horse racing seemed to be a recurring theme):
- the first recorded horse race, Chester, 9th February 1539
- William Henry Harrison (US president), born 9th February 1773
- Write Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, born 9th February 1783
- X-rays 'developed' to see broken bones, 9th February 1896
- Charles Darrow sold the rights to Monopoly to Parker Bros, 9th February 1935
- Shergar kidnapped, 9th February 1983
The panellists were Ben Ennis, Jo Mungovin and Kevin Hudson, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of Leicester's history (horse racing seemed to be a recurring theme):
- the first recorded horse race, Chester, 9th February 1539
- William Henry Harrison (US president), born 9th February 1773
- Write Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, born 9th February 1783
- X-rays 'developed' to see broken bones, 9th February 1896
- Charles Darrow sold the rights to Monopoly to Parker Bros, 9th February 1935
- Shergar kidnapped, 9th February 1983
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