ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Telling stories that explore and celebrate the social, cultural and natural history of the River Ribble and its tributaries.
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biweekly
Average audio length:
22 minutes
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~100.00% of listeners are from United Kingdom.
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GB
100.00%
Others
0.00%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this podcast, historian Dr Fiona Edmonds explores on the history of the Ribble and its inhabitants. Born and brought up near the Ribble, Fiona's interest and passion for the's Ribble's historical importance is clear. Focussing on Roman, Viking and early Medieval history, we see how the Ribble is…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
'Burnley Pendle born and bred' is how Designer and Environmental Artist Philippe Handford describes himself. With a varied career that combines the influence of high fashion and cutting edge design with the Lancashire brooks where he grew up, Philippe strives to find and highlight the beauty of the…
With a background in farming, Pete Wilson has earth and water in his soul. After an early stint on farms, Pete spent approximately 10 years with the RSPB monitoring wildlife in the Forest of Bowland before moving to United Utilities approximately 10 years ago. His focus is now managing the vast Uni…
The passions that drive Pete Leeson, Woodland Creation Advisor with the Woodland Trust, are his love of nature, the great outdoors, and music. Having experienced a varied career Pete is now settled in a job that he loves and which is helping protect and improve the habitats and health of our countr…
The Bolton family have farmed at Bank Top Farm, Sawley since 1952. In this episode three generations of the family - Jean, Linda and Sarah - reminisce about bygone days and the changes they have seen over seven decades. They discuss how Jean and John came to buy the farm in their early 20's after w…
Paul Sumner has fished the Ribble Estuary since his childhood in the 1970s. What started as a hobby became a way of life and he has braved the Northwest coastline year round in all weathers for almost 40 years. Paul provides a rare look at this unique way of life, describing the three types of fish…
A keen angler from an early age, Philip Lord has spent a lifetime working to improve rivers. He has been Chairman of Ribble Rivers Trust since its creation and, as a resident of the Hodder Valley for 42 years, is passionate about the Ribble Catchment and all of its rivers. Philip's experience runni…
John Lamb is a well known local ecologist and naturalist, having worked for Lancashire Wildlife Trust for over 20 years. In this podcast he shares thoughts about rivers, including memories such as fishing as young boy, his transition to ecology and his love of plants and their ability to survive an…
Todays Talking Rivers podcast features John Eccles sharing some of his memories about working as a Pilot Boat Skipper on the Ribble between 1959 and when Preston Docks close in 1982. John refers to Andrew Newsham, who joined him on the Pilot boats and who continues to look after the docks, as well …
The Ribble at Clitheroe has a special place in Catherine 'Katie' Lancaster's heart. In this Podcast, Catherine shares a few of her happy memories including swimming, skating, skimming stones, her husband fishing and family picnics. Even the lady who was to make her wedding dress was a familiar figu…
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