Radio Walks & Sound Stories
Jonathan Kempster - oral history
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S3E1 Radio Walks - Ivinghoe Beacon with Dennis Furnell
Join indefatigable octogenarian walker and talker, landscape historian and naturalist Dennis Furnell as he guides Jonathan Kempster to the summit of Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire, the site of an…
Refugee Sound Stories
We all love a story, and here at Chiltern Open Air Museum, we have plenty to tell! On Sunday 13th October 2024, around the campfire in our beautiful surroundings, we heard from members of our…
The Road to D-Day, Bernard Morgan's Story
Bernard Morgan was the youngest RAF sergeant to land on Gold Beach during D-Day, 6th June 1944. He enlisted on his 18th birthday in 1942. In this interview with Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War…
No Longer The Forgotten War...
Ron Yardley served on HMS Belfast during the Korean War. Following a recent audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the 92-year old veteran feels that the conflict is no longer 'the…
The Jewish Hungarian Experience of The Holocaust - A Radio Walk with John Hajdu
Eighty years ago, on the 5th of April 1944, the Yellow Star Order was imposed on the Jewish population of Hungary - one of hundreds of anti-Jewish laws which led to the deportation and murder of over…
The Power of a Good Story...
Visitors and storytellers react to the latest Campfire Heritage Stories event at Chiltern Open Air Museum.
Heritage Stories 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum
Everything we do at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is about bringing history to life and stimulating the senses of our visitors. In our exhibits you can see, smell, and touch history, and…
Radio Walks - Interview with Paul Haley
"If you can't find a photograph within ten yards of where you are, you're not looking hard enough". Paul Haley has been a professional photographer all his working life. As the youngest ever Senior…
Gaza - does history matter?
To what extent does the history of Israel-Palestine inform the response to human suffering in present day Gaza?This discussion took place in Bristol on Saturday the 4th of November 2023 during a…
The Russian Organ Scholar of Istanbul
Organist Sergei Lukashuk interviewed in the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, by Jonathan Kempster.Recorded during the IASA Conference at Istanbul University, September…
Decolonising Green Spaces - A Radio Walk in the Chilterns, with Dr Geeta Ludhra.
Dr Geeta Ludhra lives in the Chilterns, she is the daughter of first-generation South Asian parents who emigrated from India in the early 1960s. She is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University,…
A Century of Steam - P&O Heritage Archive Audio
A Century of Steam – from the sound collection of P&O Heritage Archive, a recently conserved copy of a BBC radio programme broadcast on the National Programme on the 6th of October 1937 to…
'We Were There' - eyewitnesses to conflict, Imperial War Museum
As the BBC launches its initiative to document the lives of Second World War veterans, experience an award-winning outreach programme of the same name: 'We Were There' is a unique experience for…
Campfire Heritage Stories 2022 at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM)
At Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) our mission is to document and conserve the story of the Chilterns. Whether it’s the buildings and objects we save, or the people who lived and worked in and around…
S1E7 The Reluctant Pilgrim (Radio Walks) ... a funny thing happened on the way to the priory.
The site of Ivinghoe Benedictine Priory, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, lies in the hamlet of St Margaret's, between the villages of Great and Little Gaddesden, in the North Chiltern Hills. On…
Food and Fuel Crisis - the Medieval Cooking Solution - The Sewing Rooms social enterprise (Sound Story).
Paula Gamester is the Founder and CEO of The Sewing Rooms, a social enterprise based in Skelmersdale in the north of England. Aware of the cost-of-living crisis that has hit many families in the…
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee at Chiltern Open Air Museum (Sound Story)
Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) marked the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by inviting some very special guests from local care homes to a celebratory tea dance. With hundreds of other visitors touring the…
Falklands War - the reporter's story (Sound Story)
In April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. BBC radio reporter Laurie Margolis gained the first confirmation from the Islands, via a fragile shortwave radio link, that the invasion…
Alternative Armed Forces Day (Sound Story)
As the nation celebrated 'Armed Forces Day' a group of Quakers audited their garden ecology and drank tea for peace. http://www.llquakers.org.uk/hemel/web/ Produced by Oral History Sound Recording,…
S1E6 The Life of Birds - interview with George Moreton (Radio Walks)
George Moreton is a passionate ornithologist living in the Chiltern Hills. He travels the world to watch birds. In this episode of Radio Walks, George guides novice 'twitcher' Jonathan Kempster on a…
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Radio Walks & Sound Stories has published 25 episodes since July 2021, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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