On the Mumbelievable Podcast, host Sonia Beldom welcomes actress, presenter, author and award-winning travel writer Julie Peasgood to talk about her mother, Pearl Margaret Peasgood. Julie shares how Pearl joined Bertram Mills Circus at 18, performed with Japanese artists, learned juggling and tightrope skills, and later raised four children while juggling three jobs—shop work, sewing as an expert seamstress, and laying out the deceased—during financially tight times. Julie recalls Pearl’s practical, resourceful “no such word as can’t” attitude, spontaneous overnight projects, love of gardening, and pride in Julie’s performing career, plus vivid family memories like “mum days,” custard tarts, and a favourite white-sauce fish dish. Sonia also contrasts her own mother’s unfiltered behaviour and later-life sectioning, while Julie reflects on the legacy of belief and ambition she’s passed to her daughter and grandchildren.

00:00 Welcome to Mumbelievable

00:36 Meet Julie Peasgood

01:23 Mum the Circus Star

02:38 Running Away to Perform

05:23 Pearl the Can Do Mum

07:16 Growing Up on a Budget

08:37 Food Memories and Laughs

12:28 Quirks and Big Dreams

14:26 Sonia on Her Mum

15:37 Sectioned at Eighty

17:34 Care Home Meds Drama

18:26 Wishing For Deeper Talks

19:01 Cruise Life And Pearl

21:32 Sex Tips Book Breakthrough

24:12 Unfiltered School Shock

25:40 Lessons Passed Down

26:45 Mini Mum Survey

27:25 Practical Surprises And Sight Loss

31:02 Lioness Mum And Big Energy

33:11 Legacy And Farewell

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