Your Place And Mine Podcast BBC Radio Ulster

Seventy-seven years after his last visit, Raymond Compton returns to Irvinestown Railway Station where he started his first job. The old station house was converted into a family home when the railway closed but just a few weeks ago he met up with Helen Mark there to remember sights, the sounds, and the smells of the old station.

And Anne Marie McAleese hears from Orlagh Thompson from County Down, who is building a traditional Irish boat, a wooden-framed currach in San Sebastian in Spain at an international Boat Building School.

The Ulster History Circle recognises the artist, Gladys McCabe from Randalstown, who was the first president of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, in Belfast, and who loved to report on 'extreme fashion' for the Ulster Tatler. And Anne Marie McAleese takes to the air in a seaplane at St Angelo Airport in Fermanagh, in the company of pilot, Steve Powell.

Anne Marie McAleese with guest presenter, Helen Mark, presents a special Your Place and Mine podcast from the North West 200 in Portstewart. They hear from fans, soaking up the atmosphere of the biggest outdoor sporting event in Northern Ireland. They remember the great racers, Joey and Robert Dunlop, hear from the UK's fastest woman motorcycle racer, Maria Costello from Northampton in England, and speak to Claire Lomas, who has rebuilt her life following a horse-riding accident in 2007, as she prepared to lap the race course for charity in a specially adapted bike.

In a special podcast to mark the coronation of King Charles III, a new bugle fanfare is played for the first time. The Royal Hillsborough Flourish was composed and performed by Andrew Carlisle from Ballynahinch. And Helen Mark finds out about the dress worn by one of the six Maids of Honour on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Lady Moyra Campbell, who grew up at Baronscourt in County Tyrone, helped to carry the robe of state and later served as the Queen's lady-in-waiting. Her son, Rory, spoke to Helen Mark about her role in that historic day. Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.

Conservation dog, Rufus, is a trained red squirrel detector. Dr Caroline Finlay, from the group, Conservation Detection Dogs NI, says her dogs help red squirrels, bats, and wildlife, by detecting the sick and injured. And for Rufus it's a game he adores.

And there's a piano wagon in Bangor in County Down, which means that children don't go to piano lessons: the piano lessons come to them. Their slogan is 'the fastest way from A to G'. Helen Mark met Roisin McCrisken, the woman who invented the piano wagon.

A special 30th anniversary show, broadcast live from the "witch's hat", in Portstewart, presented by Anne Marie McAleese, Featuring some of the people who have contributed to the show over the years, Colum Sands, Ronan Lundy, Helen Mark, Dot Blakely, and John Toal, with a special tribute to Marie McStay. First broadcast in 2021.