A warm welcome to the very first edition of the Voices from the Road podcast. It’s an exciting new project in which we will seek to create and build a fascinating audio archive capturing the widest possible range of motoring memories – starting with the years 1935, 1970 and 1982.
1935 - James Luckhurst went recently to meet Eddie – who’s now in his late 90s. Eddie recalls those learner journeys of long ago, as well as a few close calls and a disagreement over a speeding ticket…
1970 - Brian Runnett had just given an organ recital in Westminster Abbey in August 1970, when he was tragically killed in a collision on the A6 in Staffordshire. James Luckhurst tracked down the then Norwich organ scholar, who had turned pages for Brian at that Westminster concert, to find out more about Brian Runnett’s brilliance, the shock of his death and the strength of his legacy…
1982 - In west London, Dawn Franklin is getting ready for her driving test – there’s a thunderstorm and she has only had one proper lesson. Is she ready for it? And what will she do with the freedom a test pass would bring…. ?
Valerie Singleton presents Voices from the Road, an exciting project in which we will seek to create and build a fascinating audio archive capturing the widest possible range of motoring memories – starting way back in 1932. These stories could be individual accounts of road journeys… exciting adventures… and achievements from specific years… as well as more noteworthy developments in road safety, vehicle technology and motoring law. The key thing is the people telling the stories... it’s all about real life on the road.
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