When I was a lad, the regional BBC radio wavelength on Tyneside was the North Home Service. This was, however, shared with Northern Ireland, and the theme tune fir the sshared station was this lovely air.

One of the byproducts of this sharing was that north-eastern listeners were treated to some excellent Irish music. Maybe one reason the 'Lark' was so popular with Northern musicians like Billy Pigg and John Doonan.

One of the downsides was that Saturday results for our First Division football clubs had to wait until we'd heard about Ballymena
United and Cliftonville!

I wonder if Northern Irish listeners enjoyed listening to Jack Armstrong and his Barnnstormers or the Cheviot Ranters? It'd be good to know....