In this GBA Special we get better acquainted with The Osmaston Family.

This episode is in a more documentary style and explores the posh part of my family history as I travel to the Osmaston family reunion to capture their memories of a quarter of my genetic heritage. 

A personal journey into the unknown territories of family history featuring rediscovered wartime diaries, the legacy of the British Empire, childhoods in India filled with tigers and elephants, engineering the industrial revolution, walking on graves, landed gentry, confronting the judgement of my 15 year old self and more.

People I get better acquainted with in this episode include:
June Hoy
Stephen Nash
Bill Wright 
Mark Giles
Charles Wright
John Osmaston
Charles Nichols
Henry Osmaston
Jill Button

Plugs:

Doreen's Diary: http://www.doreensdiary.org.uk/

Three Posh Boys: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/three-posh-boys.html

Clive's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-11-clive

We mention:

People's Assembly: http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/
Time Team: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team
St Pancras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station
Victoria Falls Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge
Falkirk Wheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
Cromford High Peak  Railway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway
Vauxhall Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge
Kirdford Church (St John the Bapist) http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kirdford/



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GBA 135 The Osmaston Family

A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.

British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category)

GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times