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Leading cultural researchers tell stories of places around the world. For the full spatial multimedia experience and more episodes visit placecloud.io.... more
FAQs about Viewpoints – Placecloud (English):How many episodes does Viewpoints – Placecloud (English) have?The podcast currently has 505 episodes available.
November 24, 2021The ‘amorous career’ of Lady Anne HattonEaling Broadway United Kingdom This viewpoint discusses the controversial marriage of James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn and his third wife, Lady Anne Hatton, which took place in 1800....more8minPlay
November 19, 2021Great Yarmouth’s mini Crystal PalaceBrundall United Kingdom The 1870s witnessed a fashion for Winter Gardens at the British seaside and Great Yarmouth's example is a unique survivor of that Victorian trend. As an iron and glass structure it took its cue from the 1851 Crystal Palace but failed to make a profit when it was first erected in the Devon resort of Torquay. This viewpoint uncovers the background to its creation and tells the story of its remarkable move to Norfolk in 1903....more12minPlay
November 19, 2021Margate’s railway station by the seaArchidiocese of Canterbury United Kingdom Margate's 1926 train station was one of architect Edwin Maxwell Fry's first jobs. Fry went on to become a leading figure in International Modernism so this viewpoint explores the background to the station's design, its importance for Margate and its place in the wider context of 1920s seaside architecture....more15minPlay
October 18, 2021The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – Fire at the Laundryformer Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom Recounts the story of Amelia Kennedy who, in 1871, died in a fire at her home in Edwards Lane, Stoke Newington, while trying to save other members of her family....more8minPlay
October 11, 2021A northern saint-king in GloucesterGloucester United Kingdom In 909 the bones of Oswald of Northumbria were brought to Gloucester from Bardney in Lincolnshire by Æthelred and Æthelflæd, rulers of Mercia. In time the minster they had founded in Gloucester came to be named after this northern king. Find out why a northern king was an attractive patron to Merican rulers and how the northern connection was later reactivated by the Archbishops of York....more10minPlay
October 11, 2021Maldon’s medieval leper hospitalTiptree United Kingdom The St Giles ruins are Maldon's only ancient scheduled monument. While in popular imagination medieval leper hospitals are thought of as places of exclusion, the truth is more complex and the community at St Giles was embedded in networks that stretched from the town centre out into the surrounding countryside....more8minPlay
October 11, 2021Peterborough’s Right-Hand ManPeterborough United Kingdom One of the most precious possessions of the monks of Peterborough was the incorrupt right arm of King Oswald. What was this relic? And how did it come to be installed in a chapel in Peterborough Abbey?...more10minPlay
October 09, 2021The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – A Heroic FreemasonDiocese of London United Kingdom Recounts the story of Dr Alexander Stewart Brown from Brockley who lost his life following a series of unfortunate events....more8minPlay
October 06, 2021The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – Death in a High Tension ChamberLondon United Kingdom Recounts the story of Constable Percy Edwin Cook, who died in 1927 trying to save some workmen from a High Tension Chamber in Kensington....more9minPlay
October 06, 2021The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park – A Controversial Tragedyformer Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom Recounts the controversy around the death of Fireman Joseph Ford who died in 1871 while helping to rescue people from a burning house on the Grays Inn Road....more15minPlay
FAQs about Viewpoints – Placecloud (English):How many episodes does Viewpoints – Placecloud (English) have?The podcast currently has 505 episodes available.