This is England Podcast
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What interests people is people, "This is England" is an ongoing series of interviews with the real people of England that are part of the rich tapestry of life. Sit back and listen as Liz Fawden takes you to meet people in England who have unusual jobs or hobbies.
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This is England 14 The Sweetshop
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Sat, Jan 7, 2006
One from the archives, if you remember sweets like liquorice torpedoes, sherbet lemons and mint humbugs and thought they where a thing of the past. You'd be wrong, Goodies Sweetshop owned by Neil Perkins is perhaps the only shop where you can buy them.
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This is England 13 The Field Archers
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Sun, Nov 20, 2005
This is England Podcast 13 The Field Archers
Harry & Terri Boyce are both enthusiasts about Field Archery. Join them as they discuss their passion for a sport, which has led Terri to a world title and Harry to design courses for the upcoming European Field Archery Championships. Our host Liz Fawden then gets a lesson in how to shoot a bow and arrow.
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This Is England 12 The Falconer
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Sun, Nov 13, 2005
Neil Mumby - The Falconer
In one of the most hair raising moments of the series, Liz is narrowly missed by the outstretched talons of a hawk as it comes into land over her head. Hear these wonderful birds as Neil Mumby the falconer flies them for their daily exercise and they soar and swoop overhead. Then join Liz and Neil as they visit the breeding rooms where captive birds are able to provide new youngsters to keep the species alive.
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This is England 11 The Punch & Judy Man - Traditional English Seaside Puppet Shows
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Sun, Oct 30, 2005
Robert Rae
Punch & Judy Man (Traditional English Seaside Puppet Shows)
40 years a magician and member of the Magic Circle, Robert is has been a Punch and Judy Man based in Lincolnshire, England for the past 25 years.
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This Is England 10 The Baker
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Sun, Oct 9, 2005
Join Liz as she travels to Kirton Bakery and meets Mervin Austin who bakes his own bread in an oven that took two weeks to reach its operating temperature, and where every loaf is hand made from specialist flours ground in the adjoining windmill. Here its still possible to have bread made from Spelt - the grain the Romans ate and that dates back to prehistory.
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This Is England 9 The Bespoke Jeweller
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Sun, Oct 9, 2005
Liz meets Ian Keat a bespoke jeweller and one of the few remaining craftsmen who designs and makes original items. Liz visits Ian's his workshop on Steep Hill in Lincoln's old quarter and sees how the bench and tools of a Jeweller evolved over the centuries and have changed very little in modern times.
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This Is England 8 The Court Usher
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Sun, Aug 21, 2005
You could be forgiven for thinking that an English Court was run by a bewigged judge from his chambers, or maybe his office clerks but you would be wrong. Brian Hall OBE is a Court Usher - the man who shouts,"All Rise!" or "Be upstanding in Court!". He takes us behind the scenes to hear about the rest of his job and his responsibility for making sure the system works smoothly.
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This Is England 7 Fairground Organ Maker
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Sun, Aug 21, 2005
As a young boy Alan Pell was fascinated by the steam fairground organs that accompanied the travelling showmen and their fairgrounds everywhere. With no books but only other old organs from which to learn how to make them, he set about building an organ of his own, and another and another.... so that today the whole family is involved in making these superb musical instruments.
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This Is England 6 The Obituary Writer
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Bette Vickers - The Obituary Writer
Bette Vickers must be one of the few people to have written her own obituary. As the obit writer for the Lincolnshire Echo newspaper, she has turned a job considered by her fellow journalists as the pits into a calling. Join host Liz Fawden as Bette discusses a career, which has as many lighter moments as sad ones.
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This Is England 5 The Town Crier
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Sun, Jul 31, 2005
Dressed in a Lincoln green overcoat, with a yellow waistcoat, you couldn't miss Terry Stubbins in a crowd. This week Liz interviews Terry, Town Crier to the city of Lincoln.
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This Is England Podcast 4: Coracle Maker
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Thu, Jul 21, 2005
So you want to make a light portable boat you can carry on your shoulder and you haven't any money or a workshop or even tools to do it with. Its no problem, help is at hand. Join Liz as she sits with Rick Taylor by the riverbank on a glorious Summers day and he describes how you can make yourself a coracle. First cut 19 poles of well coppiced willow on a dry Winters day...
Rick builds coracles to commission and can be contacted thought his website at:-
www.coracle-craftsman.com
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This is England Podcast 3 The Rural Policeman
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Sun, Jul 3, 2005
Working alone, completely unarmed with only a radio to call back up are just some of the skills Constable Tony Bradley needs everyday to go about his job as a rural policeman for 32 villages near Grantham.
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This is England Podcast 2 The Castle Stonemason
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Mon, Jun 27, 2005
Michael Bunn has an occupation which dates back more than a thousand years. As a Stone Mason at Lincoln Castle, he is one of those people who spend months sculpting stone, knowing it could be standing at the dawn of the next millennium.
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This is England Podcast 1 Cesspool Sid
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Mon, Jun 27, 2005
Sid Tempest a.k.a. ÃïïCesspool SidÃïï Sid, Horncastle's number one cesspool emptier, has been doing his somewhat unglamorous job for over thirty years. Today he tells Liz Fawden about life emptying cesspools and the characters and the hilarious stories of some of the characters he has met. Roll with laughter as Sid recounts the time he recovered a set of dentures for a man so they could be re-used.
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Sun, Jun 26, 2005
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