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Poetry, prose, thoughts and music from Nic Treadwell from Birmingham in the UK
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I Never Did Have Herpes - Tolerating Torturous Therapies For A Childhood Disease
In this podcast, I reflect on my encounter with the childhood hip disorder, Perthes, and recount some of the barbaric treatments myslef and my fellow sufferers had to put up with back in the 1970s.
Ultimately, I learn that writing a funny silly peom about the whole sorry episode, in a northern accident, may not bring closure, but does help to place the illness in the context of a wider life of shite. -
Ode To A Libray - A Poem In Praise Of Public Libraries
As a result of funding cuts by Birmingham City Council, there is now a proposal to reduce the library services budget by up to 40%. This would mean that many beloved local libraries around Birmingham would need to close, staff levels would be reduced, transferring library services to other non-council owned locations and creating an unspecified number of “hub” libraries.
This plan would be an unprecedented disaster for everyone that uses the vitally important services provided by our public libraries, which lie at the heart of our communities.
A campaign called Birmingham Loves Libraries has been formed by members of the public in order to try and overturn this decision and get Birmingham City Council to realise just how important our local libraries are.
Link with the campagn here
https://www.birminghamloveslibraries.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/949227466905839/
https://twitter.com/BrumLibraries
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Poetry Without Pretence - A Personal Tribute To Big Bren
A personal reflection and tribute to Brendan Higgins who died in January 2024. Big Bren was a writer who was well known around Birmingham for his unforgetable poetical outbursts at events over many many years. He also fronted the avant garde free jazz banf Big Bren's Combo, was a novelist, playwright, actor, facilitator and event organiser.
In this podcast I reflect my friendship with Bren , his creative output and his legacy.
Including poetry, music and more from the man himself.
Further infomration about Brendan can be found @ Big Bren's Facebook Page:
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Angelsong - A story inspired from a song by Marc Cohn
In Oct 1973 the Midwest United States experienced a UFO flap that ignited the imagination of the country. Sightings of strange light, craft and beings flooded the TV and Radio.
One such strange incident happended one rainy night in Zanesville, Ohio. Seventy five year old Eric Gillan (suffering with the late the stages of Alzheimer's disease) woke up in the middle of the night and saw a strange light out of the window of his care home .
What happend next would have a profound effect on him and his son Will.
Written and narrated by Nic Treadwell (C) 2023.
Angelsong - written by Marc Cohn & released Atlantic Records 1991
Help and support for families affected by Alzheimer's
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
https://www.alz.org/ -
Sorry Luv - A one act play by Nic Treadwell
A one act, one scene play set in a living room of a quiet suburban home in the West Midlands. Jules has been waiting patiently for Baz to return from the pub, where he’s been most of the evening. Their son Ricky is in his room playing on his Xbox. It is around 10pm when Jules hears the front door slam signaling Baz’s return.
Credits:
Sorry Luv, was written, recorded and produced and performed by Nic Treadwell
Additional music sourced from freemusicarchive.org under creative commons license included:
Prelude No 21 by Chris Zabriskie - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/chris-zabriskie/ CC BY 4.0 DEED LICENCE - https://chriszabriskie.com/
Free Day By Denys Kyshchuk https://www.audiocoffee.net
httpsfreemusicarchive.org/music/daynigthmorning/business/free-day/ CC BY NC-ND 4.0 DEED
Additional Original Sound Recordings sourced from Freesound.org -
TerrorVision - A Confession - Part Two
In part Two of this two part podcsst, i explore some of the horror films that made a big impresssion on me during my teenage years - Jaws, The Fog, Poltergeist, The Burning, Alien, An American Werewolf In London and The Omen.
There will be a spcial spotify enhanced version of this podcast feauring soime of the music from the films.