That'll be the Day

That'll be the Day

By Tom WalkerSociety & Culture
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That'll be the Day episodes

  • Collective Encounters with Auntie

    To what extent have women's lives changed in the past 60

    years?

     

    This is the question I discuss in this podcast with the

    visually impaired writer and actor, Mandy Redvers-Rowe.

     

    Working with the Liverpool-based theatre group, Collective

    Encounters, Mandy has written Auntie, which draws on BBC archive material to
    shed light on how women's lives were portrayed in the 1960s.

     

    Collective Encounters have recently performed Auntie at

    Toxteth TV which is where I caught up with Mandy for a chat.

    18 min
  • From South Africa to Wallasey - Joining The Fight Against Apartheid

    In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Dave Evans who grew up

    in apartheid South Africa. On leaving school, Dave became increasingly aware of
    the injustices caused by the South African government's racist policies. Dave
    now lives in Wallasey, Merseyside,  with
    his partner jenny, where he continues to write and champion the cause of social
    justice.

    54 min
  • A Storyteller's Christmas

    In this podcast, I talk to a visually impaired storyteller, teacher and voice-coach about the challenges his disability presents him with during his working life.

    45 min
  • The Vow - Nothing in this World

    This is an interview with Graham Trust from the Liverpool band The Vow, which was originally broadcast on Mandy Woodman's All things Rock and Indie show on Ultimate Radio in February 2022.

    Very sadly, Graham passed away earlier this week so I'm issuing this as a podcast in tribute to him.

    Rest in peace old boy! You left us with loads of marvellous memories and a stash of great music to listen back to.


    10 min
  • Coping with Life's Googlies

    In this podcast, tom Walker talks to Geoff Cope who, after a successful

    career playing cricket for Yorkshire and England, was diagnosed at the age of
    37 with the eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa. Geoff shared dressing rooms
    with some giants of the game including Geoffrey Boycott and Freddie Trueman and
    has a wealth of stories to share.

     

    55 min
  • Playing Cat and Mouse in the Tunnel of Reality

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lose your eyesight? 

    The American author and writer, Jon Gingerich has retinitis pigmentosa. RP is a  progressive condition which means that a person’s sight will continue to get worse over the years. Often, after the vision has been stable for a while, it can get worse suddenly over a short period of time.

    This is Jon's story.

    29 min
  • In Touch from Northern Ireland

    From a victim of the Omagh bombing to a winner of The Voice, Tom Walker talked to some extraordinary visually impaired people while recording an edition of the In Touch Programme for BBC Radio 4 some years ago. 

    24 min
  • Penny's Christmas cake with baked-in resilience

    As you will hear in the Christmas edition of my That'll be the Day podcast, there's so much more to Penny Melville-Brown from Fareham, than losing her sight or being the first female naval barrister. 


    Throughout her life, Penny has known success and disaster in equal measure, but what becomes patently clear, is that resilience is conspicuous by its presence. By any standards, Penny is a remarkable person and recording the podcast with her  was a pleasure. 

    31 min
  • Lucky to be alive

    In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Deborah Fairclough, a visually impaired woman from Sheffield, whose recent experience of travelling by train was quite traumatic. When the assistance Deborah booked didn’t turn up to help her to get off the train, she had no option other than to try to do that independently. It very nearly didn’t end well. Thankfully, Deborah is still here and able to tell the tale.

    14 min
  • Cricket to Cricket

    In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Alan McCoomb from Liverpool who, at the age of 34, had a stroke which resulted in him losing his sight and in considerable cognitive deficit. The doctors said Alan was lucky to survive. Since then, Alan has taken advantage of the opportunities that have come his way, including studying for a degree in History and continuing with his love of cricket.

    29 min

About That'll be the Day

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Tom Walker is a freelance radio journalist, producer and presenter and in these podcasts, he speaks to visually impaired people about their lives and gives them the time to tell their story.