No more Sunday Top 40 countdown on Radio 1.

I have exactly the same memory lol

Didn't everyone do that ?

Yes, and very stressful it was!

We used to tape top of the pops too. The whole programme, DJ waffle and all. We played them incessantly! It drove my parents mad.

Me too . I escaped to my room and played the top 20 as loud as I dare. It was exciting waiting to see what would be number one!

And me. I still have some of the top 40 shows that I recorded off the radio.

For a long time, I also had my recordings of Top of the Pops, half drowned out by the sound of the family budgie chattering away and of my dad's knife and fork scraping on his plate - he used to work quite late, and, although he hated TOTP, would eat off a tray in the lounge, fuming because he wanted to watch Tomorrow's World on the other channel.

Happy memories

I heard it this morning on the news and remember eagerly waiting for the programme and listening to hear who was No 1,