Explore "leith" with insightful episodes like "The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 8. Ruth's tales of dancing at the Palais, air raid shelters and a glass eye.", "The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 7- All about shopping, going for the messages & make do & mend.", "The Seagrove Sessions- Episode 6- Olivia's tales from Leith in 1940s and 1950s.", "The Seagrove Sessions. Episode 2- Doris's childhood." and "Ep. 144 The Murder of Lieth Von Stein" from podcasts like ""The Seagrove Sessions", "The Seagrove Sessions", "The Seagrove Sessions", "The Seagrove Sessions" and "Crack House Chronicles"" and more!
A fun wee episode with Ruth. Dancing at the Palais De Danse at Fountainbridge, at 14. Under the annoyingly watchful eye of her brothers. Being paraded about in her kilt by her aunt, when on holiday in Somerset. Nights spent in a crowded air raid shelters and how big brother watched over her at home....a glass eye was involved!
In this episode we listen in on a conversation between Judith, Doris, Joan and Vi. We hear all about their local shops, going for the messages and making the two ounces of sweet ration last for a week. How the dividend worked at the Cooperative store. How to make the best tablet. Memories of wearing your sister's hand-me-downs, the excitement of getting a radiogram and the joys of cleaning tripe for cooking. Stories from Leith to Grimsby, from the 1940s to the 1960s.
For more information about the work of North Edinburgh Dementia Care's Seagrove Centre go to www.nedc.org.uk
Evocative memories from Olivia of Leith in the 1940s and 50s. We hear about the return of her father, after being away at war for five years. Tales of cadging jam pieces from neighbours, taking a gang of young boys to the saturday morning matinee at the Capitol picture house, stealing apples, getting the messages at the wee shops, the butchers and the cooperative. Dancing a conga round Rabbie Burn's statue at hogmanay. Spying on horses in a nearby stable and being an apprentice at a hairdressers. Step back in time to a Leith long gone.
These podcasts are memories, stories and tales from members of North Edinburgh Dementia Care's Seagrove Centre. For more information go to www.nedc.org.uk
Episode two of The Seagrove Session is dedicated to childhood once again. This time though its all stories and tales from Doris. We hear about tenement life in Leith, childhood screenings on Saturday mornings at the Capitol cinema. Looking after wee brothers, visiting grannies and dad's job as a train driver. Of chicks being hatched out in the oven of the kitchen range. Starring in the 1951 Edinburgh film- 'The singing street.' Vivid memories of post war Leith and Edinburgh.
The Seagrove Sessions are short podcasts from North Edinburgh Dementia Care's Seagrove Centre. a purpose built daycare centre that provides services for people living with dementia. To find out more about our work go to www.nedc.org.uk.
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the life and death of Lieth Von Stein (sometimes spelled Leith Von Stein) (March 16, 1946 - July 25, 1988) who was an American man whose murder launched a well-known trial in North Carolina. An executive at National Spinning, a textile factory in Washington, North Carolina, Von Stein was stabbed and bludgeoned to death by James Bartlett Upchurch III as the result of a plot masterminded by his stepson Chris Pritchard, with whom Von Stein reputedly had had an antagonistic relationship.
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https://loriajohnston.medium.com/murder-in-little-washington-9e8db610a8f9
Rose Minto was born Rose McIntyre on March 13th 1920. She spent her first 14 years in Bridge Street in Leith. Bridge street is now known as Sandport Place. None of the buidings exist that Rose would have known. Aside from The Rose Leaf pub, known as The Black Swan in Rose's day. (see widescreen photo.) Rose had an amazing and detailed recall of her life. These are evocative memories of life in Leith in the 1920s and 30s. The streets, the backgreen, the crowded housing, the shops, the pawn brokers and offal butchers. The close community, poverty and complex family relationship. Rose paints a vivid, unsentimental picture of life 90 years.
Recorded in 2008 when Rose was 88.
Anrew Grant was born in 1937 and attended Leith Nautical College in Commercial street from August 1953 to July 1954. He gives us a brief history of the college and then talks about the training he received. Also about being on board the training ship 'The Dolphin.' We hear about rowing across the Forth, the huge cost of buying a sextant and the evening ration of two biscuits and a lump of cheese.
Archie Minto tells us what it was like growing up with right side hemiplegia a form of cerebral palsy in 1950s Leith. At a time when disabled children were often taken from their families and placed in special homes Archie's Mother and Father fought to keep him at home and have him educated at main stream school where he was fortunate to have dedicated teachers including Sister Columba. His Father worked hard to buy a home for his family and his Mother fought for everything she could to get the right help for her son. It is due to their strong characters and the support of his maternal family that he is the man he is today.
Simone Roche MBE chats to Rina Sowler, Asia Investment Manager at The Leith Planning Group, Mandarin Tutor and Cricket Coach, about the importance of support and sponsorship, as well as the PoWEr of sport.
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I am joined for my final episode of Life and Soul by the culinary queen, Prue Leith. She’s a cookery writer, restaurateur, novelist, Bake Off judge and advisor to the government’s review on hospital food.
In this episode, she tells me how she treated some lucky care home staff to her cooking during lockdown as she couldn’t bear to only make supper for two and she explains the reasons why she is so passionate about the campaign for better hospital food.
I ask her what it was like to join the Great British Bake Off (spoiler alert: her main concern was working with Paul Hollywood) and how she called Mary Berry for some advice. Prue also tells us about her new Channel 4 show with the gorgeous Dr Rupy Aujla where they attempt to transform the food and shopping habits of four families and tackle our issue with food waste. I couldn’t think of two better people to come to the rescue!
It was a real honour to talk to Prue - she’s an incredibly busy woman and she definitely won’t be slowing down anytime soon!
Gordon Munro ( Labour Councillor for Leith) has had a love of music from an early age His parents said he could play the record player before he could walk We'll hear some records from his collection and memories of gigs he attended in Edinburgh venues Dr Feelgood in Leith Town Hall to the first Punk gig at Clouds to name but a few and most important meeting his wife whilst at The Valves Gig at the West End Club
In this episode of Leith Lives Maureen Sweeney tells of starting work in the office of Bond 9 on Commercial Street at the age of 17 Maureen recounts the lively atmosphere in the Bond where all the workers were given 'an official' a tot of whisky two times a day and if the ladies wanted lemonade it was an extra 6d ! After working for 3 years in the Bond Maureen moved to work in the Eastern General Hospital where along with paying out wages and pensions she had to help transport body parts !Maureen then takes us on a trip around the fine assortment of shops that existed in Leith at that time from Andersons the butcher for lovely mince to Stella Blacks for delicious vanilla slices and pies
Composers Shabaka Hutchings, Alwynne Pritchard and Oliver Leith share their music and thoughts exploring the nature of the human relationships which shape the music they make.
We listen to compositions rooted in friendship, explore attempts to decolonialise music, and intimate performances recorded in a toilet during lockdown. Join our CEO Susanna Eastburn MBE and composer Des Oliver for a unique insight into composing.
This podcast was produced by Michael Umney (Resonance FM) and mixed by Chris Bartholomew, with the theme tune composed by Rob Bentall. Our recommendation at the end is for Alwynne Pritchard’s #RecordedDelivery project.
In this episode, you listen to the following music and sounds:
Shabaka Hutchings
- Circadian Clocks (2015), performed by Cara Stacey and Shabaka Hutchings from Things that Grow by Cara Stacey, released by Kit Records
- Beasts Too Spoke of Suffering (2020), by Shabaka and the Ancestors, from We Are Sent Here by History released by impulse! Records
Alwynne Pritchard
- Stamp Club Report 1980 (2018), commissioned by Kammerkoret GNEIS and performed by vocalists Signe Bjorvatn, Lisa Braathen, Alexander Fiske Fosse, Jung-Jae Kim, Jone Kuven, Bendik Savstad, Tanja Silvestrini, Joar Simarud Stabell, Ørjan Hammar Vollvik and Emilie Wright. Recorded at The Grieg Academy (Bergen) by Cem Arapkirlioglu, mixed by Alwynne Pritchard
- Recorded Delivery (2020), a lockdown project inviting people to send fragments, to which Alwynne responded with a video postcard. We heard extracts from Recorded Delivery No.3 (Peter de Moncey-Conegliano) and No.6 (Bernd Bleffert)
- Heart of Glass (2019), performed by Zubin Kanga at the London Contemporary Music Festival (2019), recorded and edited by Reuben Penny
Oliver Leith
- Honey Siren (2020), recorded by 12 Ensemble in the album Death and the Maiden, released by PIAS / Sancho Panza Recordings
- good day good day bad day bad day (2018), written for and recorded by GBSR duo, released by another timbre
Our heartfelt thanks to the record labels, performers, composers and organisations who allowed us to include excerpts of these recordings on the podcast.
In the 8th edition of 'Leith Lives' we are joined by author and Trainspotting Tour Guide Tim Bell. Tim takes us on a wonderful journey through his life from a Quaker boarding school and voluntary work in the Lebanon to hitch hiking home from Gaza, a short stint as a geography teacher and working for the U.N. in West Africa. From a filmic meeting on a bridge in Istanbul to social work in Northumberland, falling in love and ending up in his spiritual waterside home via a short stay in Niddrie. The show looks at Tim's 40 years in Leith through his path to divinity, becoming an alternative tour guide and releasing his first and last book based around his home and its relationship with Trainspotting in all its forms.
Andrew Grant talks about the twelve years he has spent researching those who served and died in World War One from Leith. It's been a work of dedication to say the least. Fascinating stories, history and background into the Great War and it's impact on Leith. Andrew's research is available to the public in hard copy at Leith Library. Six volumes of detailed information for you to use to research into your own family history. Interspersed with music from our 78rpm record collection.
Originally a radio broadcast from our radio station Thelma FM.
Frank Condie was born in 1938 and was brought up in Leith, around Bonnington Rd. He talks us through school days, doing a milk round, memories of war, going to the pictures, the dancing, The Gaiety Theatre and an apprenticeship in Henry Robb's ship yard. He also chooses some favourite music- Izzy Bonn, Billy Daniels, Bill Haley, Elvis and Frankie Laine.
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