‘On the Land’ is a 5-minute radio play based on oral histories recorded for a project in Evesham called 'Women From the Vale'. The play was recorded by a community cast for WiNN Evesham. 

'On The Land' Radio Play

WW2 Spitfire pilot Brian Harris explains what happened when his engine caught fire at 20,000 feet. This extract is taken from an oral history interview recorded for the 'Our War' project in Droitwich Spa by Julia Letts. 

Brian Harris, Spitfire pilot WW2

This audio extract was created for an exhibition in the wagon shed at the Worcestershire County Museum in Hartlebury by students with traveller backgrounds from Stourport High School. In this track, the students have interviewed Tana Smith about living in the Romany Maid when she was growing up.  

The Romany Maid - Audio from Gypsy Wagon Project

Marjorie Walliker talks About WW2 Bombing Of Shirehampton And Filton

Alfred Till talks about living at Chapel Houses in the 1940s

Tales Of The Vale Volunteers' Experiences

Worcestershire Schools - The Great Blackberry Pick

A 7-minute radio programme produced, recorded and presented by 7 and 8 year old children at Tibberton and Hindlip First Schools in Worcestershire. The programme explores the importance of wild places and wildlife.

Tibberton And Hindlip Radio Club Wildlife Programme

Listen to Year 4 pupils at Tardebigge VA First School in Worcestershire who created a radio programme to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their school. The programme consists of extracts from oral history interviews undertaken by the pupils and rehearsals for a play written by playwright John Townsend and based on the oral histories and research from the school log books and registers from the school.

Tardebigge School's 200th Anniversary

Listen to Year 5 children from St Mary's Primary School in Kidderminster, interviewing former workers from the Kidderminster carpet factories. In this extract the children discover from Kath, Jed and Mark what it was like to work on the looms.

002 Working On Looms

Think the blizzards are bad? Listen to stories of the winter of '63 from the Tales of the Vale Oral History Project (A Forgotten Landscape, Gloucestershire)

Winter Of '63

Tibberton and Hindlip Radio Club programme about memory and dementia

Tibberton And Hindlip Radio Club Dementia Programme With Quiz

Tibberton And Hindlip Radio Club Dementia Programme (no Quiz)

Year 4 pupils from Tibberton and Hindlip First Schools in Worcesteshire find out how to cut down on unnecessary plastic and rubbish getting in our seas. First they interviewed Kate Stott from the Recycling Centre in Worcestershire, then they went to Fernhill House, a residential home in Fernhill Heath, to discover what people used before plastic was invented. Finally they come up with their own top tips for helping the environment.

TH Radio Recycling Programme2

This is a programme by Brandon, Louie, Cameron, Harry and Hayden about challenges and friendships.

Tibberton And Hindlip Friendships July 2018

Listen to the first of our podcasts about life in the Lower Severn Vale. This podcast was created by volunteers who have recorded oral histories with people living and working in the Lower Severn Vale between the 1930s and present day.

Podcast Episode 1: Tales Of The Vale

Here's a short taster from Sue's recording. As she started talking about her time in isolation, a robin joined in!

Sue's Isolation Story

Letts Talk is run by Julia Letts, an audio producer based in Worcestershire in the UK. Julia specialises in creating oral history recordings and working on oral history, inter-generational and school projects, using the power of memory to bring people together and improve people's lives.

Letts Talk

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