Sun, 30 October 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. Direct download: This_Is_England_Podcast_11_Punch__Judy_Man.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:53 PM |
Sun, 9 October 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.Comments[21] |
Sun, 9 October 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.Direct download: This_Is_England_Podcast_9_The_Jeweller.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:49 PM |

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.
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.
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.