A classic and evocative depiction of spring's abundant yellow blooms.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ('Daffodils') by William Wordsworth

The background and overview of the disaster.
Documentary telling the incredible story of that night here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/bbc-essex-the-great-tide-2003?in=anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/1953floods
More 1953 floods documentaries, archive and interviews here: soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/1953floods

53 Floods Intro & Outline

Music for 'Fish out of Water' radio documentary in the A SENSE OF PLACE series.
Broadcast on BBC Essex in 2002. Music written and performed by Chris Jones.
Series produced by Anton Jarvis.
Documentary episode here: https://on.soundcloud.com/n9knjtwi81ACn6hJup

Fish out of Water (instrumental) by Chris Jones

One World (BBC Essex) Chelmsford Ray Clark Outside Broadcast 30.04.2005

James Agee's poem is the third movement of 'Nocturnes', a choral composition by Morten Lauridsen.
My voice recording here is dedicated to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir.

Sure on this Shining Night by James Agee

The Schoolboy by William Blake (GCSE)

AJ BMX Racing in Braintree (BBC Essex) 1995

AJ Bell Ringing in Maldon (BBC Essex) 1995

Essex people talk about positive and negative aspects of old age. They describe the experience of alzheimer's disease and express views on euthanasia. Contributors share their energy and enjoyment of retirement and the twilight years, and also speak about grandparents.

Original title: Getting Older

More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 8 Old Age (social history)

Essex people talk about their childhood and teenage experiences, from carefree days of roaming free outside, playing sports and games to helping with household chores and the work on a farm. They also describe the pressures of being a teenager, sexual awakening and first relationships.

Original title: Growing Up.

More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 7 Childhood/Teenagers (social history)

Essex people talk about the effect of changes in technology on their home and working lives.
There are examples from the shop floor at Marconi, the Ford car assembly line and the printing and publishing industries. Contributors describe their offices from the strict regime of the 1950s typing pool to the first huge computers.
People also speak about the introduction of home computing, video recorders and automated telephone answering.
More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 9 Technology/Industry (social history)

Ex-BBC Broadcaster readings of poetry & stories + archive radio/audio features. PLEASE SHARE LINKS with others. 
I’m a self-confessed sound, speech and language nerd.

53 Floods Intro & Outline

Anton Jarvis

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