The beginning....

The reason I've named my Blog "Blue Hills Rolls On" is that I'm stimulated by a segment on last week's ABC "Landline" about a young Qld ABC announcer who has become fascinated by the social history of "Blue Hills". She is too young to remember this daily wireless serial that was broadcast on the ABC Country Hour from the 1960's till 1976, but she is intrigued by how thousands of ardent followers of the serial still have passionate memories of the characters and times. She has even gone on a scholarship overseas to find out if similar radio programs have a similar effect on their listeners... and, should the ABC think about bringing back some sort of radio serial that would meet some need for today's listeners. I've adopted the name "Granny Bishop" as she was the matriarch of the serial, and the one who has the last word when the final episode went to air. More in my next post.....