podcast Archives - Brockley SE4

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Lieutenant Gilbert Price, a pivotal figure in the Anglo-Irish War of Independence Talbot Street gunfight, is remembered in the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Mar

2022

This bonus podcast by Mike Guilfoyle tells the forgotten story of Lieutenant Gilbert Price and his pivotal role in one of the most memorable and bloody events of the Anglo-Irish War of Independence - the dramatic Talbot Street gunfight and the killing of Republican leader Seán Treacy. You can stream this on the Tempest website https://www.tempestproductions.net/podcasts/episode/91435d12/london-epitaphs-12-lieutenant-gilbert-price or on Soundcloud ...

Laura Mordaunt-Chapman’s shocking murder is the subject of the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Feb

2022

The shocking murder of a wealthy widow in 1936 is investigated by the greatest crime-solving minds of the time. Yes it's the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle with Tempest ProductionsAn unremarkable gravestone in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries yields a gruesome murder. Local historian Mike Guilfoyle hosts this bonus true crime edition of London Epitaphs, recounting the ...

Victorian Comic performer John Baldwin Buckstone is the star of the final episode of the first series of podcasts by Mike Guilfoyle

Jan

2020

John Baldwin BuckstoneJohn Baldwin Buckstone enjoyed enormous fame at the height of his career - an adored comic performer, a great friend of Dickens, a prolific writer for the stage and a successful impresario - but his gravestone was paid for by donations from close friends who had seen his fortunes dwindle. Learn about the ...

Adeline Tanner’s moving story is the subject of the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Dec

2019

Adeline Tanner died young, broken by the horrific experience of being sold abroad into prostitution. Her moving story from Victorian times finds uncomfortable parallels with present day accounts of human trafficking.

Victims of major global disasters, including the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania and the Lewisham rail crash of 1957, remembered in the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Oct

2019

Local historian Mike Guilfoyle recounts the deeply tragic stories of some of the victims of major global disasters, including the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania and the Lewisham rail crash of 1957. London Epitaphs tells the forgotten stories behind the inscriptions at Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery in South London and is made by Tempest Productions.

British cinema pioneer Leslie Eveleigh is the subject of the 7th podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Oct

2019

Leslie Eveleigh was a pioneer of British cinema but is largely forgotten now. This new podcast episode of London Epitaphs brings to light for the first time a fascinating career that helped mould the early days of this country's film industry.London Epitaphs is made by Tempest Productions and is presented by FOBLC local historian Mike ...

Famous Jamaican tenor Louis Drysdale is the subject of the 6th podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Aug

2019

The famous Jamaican tenor Louis Drysdale is the subject of the 6th podcast by Mike Guilfoyle. Louis came to England from Jamaica with little more than a love of music and a great voice. After training at the Royal College of Music he went on to become an internationally admired singing tutor, sought out by ...

The Deptford Poisoner, Amelia Winters, is the subject of the 5th podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Jul

2019

Known as the Deptford Poisoner, Amelia Winters shocked late Victorian society with a string of brazen murders in order to claim their insurance.The fifth in a series of fascinating stories behind the epitaphs at Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery in South East London. Presented by FOBLC's very own historian Mike Guilfoyle and made by Tempest Productions.

Mary Ann Bevan: the Ugliest Woman in the World. The latest instalment of London Epitaphs, a collection of fascinating short podcasts based on the headstones of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery

Jun

2019

In the 1920s, Mary Ann Bevan was known as the Ugliest Woman in the World but the story of how she came by the title is a tragic one. The third in a new series of true stories based on the gravestones of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery in South East London. Read and researched by ...

Larry Donovan,champion bridge jumper: the second in a series of podcasts narrated and researched by Mike Guilfoyle

Jun

2019

Larry Donovan was the self-styled champion bridge jumper of the world, but his pursuit of fame through aerial stunts became a dangerous obsession.The second in a new series of true stories based on the gravestones of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery in South East London. Read and researched by Mike Guilfoyle and made by Tempest Productions.