Radio Walks & Sound Stories

We all love a story, and here at Chiltern Open Air Museum, we have plenty to tell! On Sunday 13th October 2024, around the campfire in our beautiful surroundings, we heard from members of our community whose heritage comes from further afield. Storytellers Tetiana Pantielieieva and Vitalina Darnopykh, both from Ukraine, were joined by Sadat, a refugee academic from Afghanistan. All three have found safety and support in Buckinghamshire.

Event curated by Jacqui Gellman
Location recording by Glenn Keiles
Editing and post-production by Jonathan Kempster
(A stereo recording)

www.coam.org.uk/heritagestories?r…eritage%20stories

Campfire Heritage Stories oral history programme at COAM is supported by The Rothschild Foundation
rothschildfoundation.org.uk/

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Bernard Morgan was the youngest RAF sergeant to land on Gold

Meet eyewitnesses to conflict, at the Imperial War Museum, www.iwm.org.uk/events/we-were-there

Ron Yardley served on HMS Belfast during the Korean War. Following a recent audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the 92-year old veteran feels that the conflict is no longer 'the forgotten war', but he still has work to do in educating the younger generation about events on the Korean Peninsula in the early 1950s.
Interview by Jonathan Kempster, Imperial War Museum Documents & Sound Archive, London, (5/4/2024).
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/sound
Part of 'We Were There', www.iwm.org.uk/events/we-were-there

Eighty years ago, on the 5th of April 1944, the Yellow Star Order was imposed on the Jewish population of Hungary - one of hundreds of anti-Jewish laws which led to the deportation and murder of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews.
John Hajdu MBE, was 7-years old when he was imprisoned in the Budapest Ghetto, and his mother was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp.
In this Radio Walk, John tells his story to Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive as they walk through the Holocaust Galleries at IWM London.

Visit the Holocaust Galleries at IWM London:
www.iwm.org.uk/events/the-holocaust-galleries

Learn about the Holocaust:
www.hmd.org.uk/

Oral History and Audio Production by Jonathan Kempster (MIPS).

Visitors and storytellers react to the latest Campfire Heritage Stories event at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

Everything we do at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is about bringing history to life and stimulating the senses of our visitors. In our exhibits you can see, smell, and touch history, and storytelling is integral to our mission.

Listen to the latest edition of Campfire Heritage Stories – an annual event when we gather to hear about the heritage and life journeys of people who have made the Chilterns their home.
This year’s Storytellers include Karen Bonner (Chief Nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, a descendent of the Windrush generation), Elizabeth Dench (Jamaica), Sejal Sechdav (Uganda) and B J Taylor (Keyna).
[A stereo recording, best heard on headphones].

Curated and organised by Jacqui Gellman, Outreach Officer.
Audio production and Oral History by Jonathan Kempster (MIPS).
Photograph by Cat Humphries (cathumphries.wordpress.com/).
Helen Light, Marketing and General Manager.
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Funded by The Rothschild Foundation (rothschildfoundation.org.uk/).

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A stereo recording best heard on headphones.

See Paul's street photography from the walk here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/CmhbgkSTChuDFYZXOvW4cLknM0CaVYc1t82jkA1CYjA

Image © The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, 2023

https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/blavatnik-art-film-and-photography-galleries

If you know someone who can walk and talk at the same time, or if you'd like to tell your story, please get in touch: [email protected]

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To what extent does the history of Israel-Palestine inform the response to human suffering in present day Gaza?
This discussion took place in Bristol on Saturday the 4th of November 2023 during a march and rally co-ordinated by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive spoke to Linzy Na Nakorn, a human rights and cycling campaigner, (co-director of The Big Ride for Palestine (www.thebigride4palestine.com/), and with Kathe Jacob, a local resident and activist who is of Jewish heritage.

Explore: www.iwm.org.uk/projects-partners…nflicts-programme

Listen on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_kempster/gaza-does-history-matter?si=068c4a86f8da430d9054e262f3be82e6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Image © Bristol PSC
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Organist Sergei Lukashuk interviewed in the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, by Jonathan Kempster.
Recorded during the IASA Conference at Istanbul University, September 2023.
www.achurchnearyou.com/church/33329/
2023.iasa-web.org/

Dr Geeta Ludhra lives in the Chilterns, she is the daughter of first-generation South Asian parents who emigrated from India in the early 1960s. She is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, where she is also engaged in academic research.

Geeta walked and talked with Jonathan Kempster at Chiltern Open Air Museum, telling the story of her life journey so far, and her ambition to ‘decolonise’ the countryside and promote intercultural dialogue, developing safe and inclusive green spaces for all.

Part of Heritage Stories oral history collection at Chiltern Open Air Museum: 

Oral History and audio production by Jonathan Kempster.

Outreach Organiser at COAM: Jacqui Gellman.

Press & Marketing Officer at COAM: Helen Light.

Find out about Dadima’s walks and talks here: https://www.chilternsaonb.org/news/dadimas-countryside-walks-and-talks-2022-programme/

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If you know someone who can walk and talk at the same time, or if you'd like to tell your story, get in touch: [email protected]

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