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Digital:works Oral History Podcasts - Oral History interviews collected by trained volunteers are lovingly edited into radio documentary-style programmes and released in podcast format.
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Hello Campers - Ep 2
This series is called Hello Campers! And explores Londoner’s experiences of British holiday camps.
In episode two, we concentrate on all the activities there were on offer at British holiday camps.
MADE BY
Digital-works
[Sav Kyriacou and Matthew Rosenberg]
WITH
Dean Belcher
Alison Brennan
Richard Cohen
Simone Farr
Ingrid Holtz
Paul Irving
Daniel Kemp
Benedicte Larrere
Anna Lerner
Maggie Perrin
Anna Rustad
THANKS TO
The British Film Institute
Mark Reid
Dominika Widlak-Manka
Peter Daniel
Ian Jennings
INTERVIEWEES
Helen Aloof
Graham Aslett
Anita Carlton
Anna Churin
John Daniel
Peter Daniel
Kim Dicker
Astrid Englezou
Keith Etherington
Chris Foster
Alan Hollamby
Martin Holland
Linda Hufford
Debbie Levett
Chris Luesley
John Lynch
John Neville
Sheelagh Schokman
Margaret Thomas
George Warren
Maggie Watson
Patrick Watson
Cathy Welch
MUSIC
Written & Performed by
Vincent Burke
FUNDED BY
National Lottery Heritage Fund
© Digital-works 2023
Project website featuring the film documentary and full interviews: www.hellocampers.org.uk
www.digital-works.co.uk
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Hello Campers - Ep 1
This series is called Hello Campers! And explores Londoner’s experiences of British holiday camps.
In episode one, we look at holidays before camps, why people started going to holiday camps and the accommodation and food they would find there.
MADE BY
Digital-works
[Sav Kyriacou and Matthew Rosenberg]
WITH
Dean Belcher
Alison Brennan
Richard Cohen
Simone Farr
Ingrid Holtz
Paul Irving
Daniel Kemp
Benedicte Larrere
Anna Lerner
Maggie Perrin
Anna Rustad
THANKS TO
The British Film Institute
Mark Reid
Dominika Widlak-Manka
Peter Daniel
Ian Jennings
INTERVIEWEES
Helen Aloof
Graham Aslett
Anita Carlton
Anna Churin
John Daniel
Peter Daniel
Kim Dicker
Astrid Englezou
Keith Etherington
Chris Foster
Alan Hollamby
Martin Holland
Linda Hufford
Debbie Levett
Chris Luesley
John Lynch
John Neville
Sheelagh Schokman
Margaret Thomas
George Warren
Maggie Watson
Patrick Watson
Cathy Welch
MUSIC
Written & Performed by
Vincent Burke
FUNDED BY
National Lottery Heritage Fund
© Digital-works 2023
Project website featuring the film documentary and full interviews: www.hellocampers.org.uk
www.digital-works.co.uk
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The Train at Platform 5 - Ep3
This series is called “The Train at Platform Five” an oral history of Kings Cross rail workers.
A team of researchers interviewed 25 people who worked at this busy London railway terminal to document what life was like working at the station for drivers, guards, pantry boys, station staff and more.
In this third and final episode, we explore the joys and pain of the work; the pay and conditions; the role of the union and the impact of privatisation on the work.
We hope you enjoy the podcast.
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This podcast was funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund. The project was set up and run by arts, education and heritage specialists digital works who worked with Camden Local Studies Centre.
To find out more about our history projects, including documentary films, podcasts, and to listen to the full unedited interviews for this project please visit www.digital-works.co.uk. -
The Train at Platform 5 - Ep2
This series is called “The Train at Platform Five” an oral history of Kings Cross rail workers.
A team of researchers interviewed 25 people who worked at this busy London railway terminal to document what life was like working at the station for drivers, guards, pantry boys, station staff and more.
In episode two, we look at how workers started out and how they got the skills for their work; their stories from across the station, as well as on board the trains.
We hope you enjoy the podcast.
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This podcast was funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund. The project was set up and run by arts, education and heritage specialists digital works who worked with Camden Local Studies Centre.
To find out more about our history projects, including documentary films, podcasts, and to listen to the full unedited interviews for this project please visit www.digital-works.co.uk. -
The Train at Platform 5 - Ep1
This series is called “The Train at Platform Five” an oral history of Kings Cross rail workers.
A team of researchers interviewed 25 people who worked at this busy London railway terminal to document what life was like working at the station for drivers, guards, pantry boys, station staff and more.
In Episode One, we explore how and why people came to work at Kings Cross Railway Station with some going back to the age of steam. There are descriptions of the station and neighbourhood in those years. We also look at the ease of getting work at the station but also the difficulties some faced.
We hope you enjoy the podcast.
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This podcast was funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund. The project was set up and run by arts, education and heritage specialists digital works who worked with Camden Local Studies Centre.
To find out more about our history projects, including documentary films, podcasts, and to listen to the full unedited interviews for this project please visit www.digital-works.co.uk. -
Music Makers - Ep2
An Oral History of London's Session Musicians
In this episode we look at how the challenges and changes faced by session musicians throughout their working lives.
MADE BY
Digital-works
[Sav Kyriacou and Matthew Rosenberg]
WITH
Chris Conway
Tone Davies
Alan Fortune
Rozanne Gomes
Maya Gottlieb
Paul Irving
Caroline Lake
Rhona Levene
Neville McDermott
Maggie Perrin
Mimi Romilly
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mo Foster
THANKS TO
Camden Local Studies and Archives
City of Westminster Archives
Isobel Griffiths
RAK Studios
AIR Lyndhurst
INTERVIEWEES
Richard Bailey
Kuljit Bhamra
Greg Bone
Clem Cattini
Paul Clarvis
Mo Foster
Colin Green
Isobel Griffiths
Jim Hunt
Sonia Jones
Skaila Kanga
Jody Linscott
Sara Lowenthal
Henry Lowther
Everton Nelson
Anna Noakes
Mimi Romilly
Ray Russell
Bob Saker
Ralph Salmins
Jackie Shave
Andy Treacy
Gavyn Wright
Additional Camerawork
Arvo Bickerton Packer
ABBEY ROAD SESSION
FOOTAGE & PHOTOGRAPHY
Benjamin Ealovega
Music
Sir Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto op. 61
Musicians
Solo violin - Thomas Bowes
Conductor - Nic Fallowfield
Recording Producer - Stephen Frost
Recording Engineer - Arne Akselberg
Orchestra fixed (contracted) by
Isobel Griffiths Ltd (Susie Gillis)
Leader - Jackie Shave
RAK STUDIOS SESSION
Endure
written by Ray Russell / George Baldwin
Slow Day
written by Ray Russell
Performed by
Johnny Thirkell - Trumpet
Simon Willescroft - Tenor Saxophone
Ray Russell - Guitar
Jim Watson - Electric Piano
Mo Foster - Electric Bass
Ian Palmer - Drums
LIVE MUSIC
What You Waiting For
Performed by
KOKOMO
live at the Half Moon, Putney
FUNDED BY
National Lottery Heritage Fund
© Digital-works 2023
Project website: www.sessionstories.org.uk
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/826140827