Between 2015 and 2019, we produced a series of podcasts focusing on particular aspects of Buxton’s history and to take oral histories from some of its senior residents. We thank Tarmac Tunstead for their sponsorship and support of the podcast.
See an overview of each podcast episode in the blog posts below.
See all podcast episodes on Soundcloud here >> or on our website archive here >>.
Find out more about our podcast episodes with the blog posts below.
We hear from Bill Weston, MBE, about growing up in Buxton, Buxton Fringe’s Keith Savage and John Wilson about the archive of the festival and we begin our long look at the history of music in Buxton.
We hear memories of the Buxton Lime Firms ICI Christmas parties and snow, snow, snow.
We introduce the joint ‘Present from the Past’ oral history project and hear from 95 year-old resident, Oliver Gomersal.
John Moore recalls his career at ICI and we talk to two of the town’s iconic businesses, Hargreaves and Potters of Buxton.
We talk heritage with local teachers, hear from John Philips about his time as editor of the Buxton Advertiser, hear from Viv Russell from Tarmac and introduce a new character guide.
We hear about early theatre and famous musicians in the town and hear memories of the Hoffman kiln in Harpur Hill.
27 and counting… Click here to see our podcast archive >>.