Interviews – Audio Extracts
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John Beckham with Carol Kenna listening to noisy parakeets, blue tits and other birds
Grace Hills remembers attendant at the Lido
Grace Hills remembers the simplicity of playing during the War
Connie Raper remembers the swing park
Connie Raper remembers the Bandstand
Paul Martin talks about living in Maryon Park Lodge
Paul Martin talks about relatively recent changes to use of Maryon Park
Bob Harris remembers the setting up of the Friends of Horn Park
Bob Harris remembers the debate about Gilbert's Pit
Bob Harris remembers the Ashen Silk Wall
Rose Savinson remembers the swing park
Ron Allison talks about training runners in Charlton Park
Ian and Joyce Snipp remember the changing rooms
Paul Mepham and Peter Haswell talk about cyclocross
Joe Woodcock talks about tree management
Jean Humphreys remembers playing in Charlton House grounds
Baljinder Singh Sidhu talks about the Sikh sports day
Rita Yardley remembers taking the children paddling
Edna Anderson and Claire Mullord talk about the start of the campaign to save the animals
Peter Haswell talks about the start of Cyclocross in Maryon Wilson Park
John Beckham with Carol Kenna in Maryon Wilson Park
Mal Gallaghy in Charlton Park
Mal Gallaghy on the cult of Blow Up
Ann Bedwell on the deer park and safety
Ann Bedwell remembers the swing park
Paul Stephens disrupts the filming
Mal Gallaghy in Charlton Cemetery
Mal Gallaghy on the hockey festival
Working with the animals
Paul Tiffen on the small animals
Paul Tiffen on the ponies
Phyllis Flynn on the animals
Phyllis Flynn on the Horn Fair
George Burton on a magnificent deer
Open Air School, George Burton on hot days
Jim Free on model airplanes and class
The swing parks in Maryon Wilson Park
Jim Free on how Charlton Park has changed
Some birds in Maryon Wilson Park
Jim Free on model rockets in the park
Ken Timbers reads an extract from The Shop, Part 1
Ken Timbers reads an extract from The Shop, Part 2
Ron Roffey on Coxs Mount in the 30s
Ron Roffey on Maryon Park during the war
Ron Roffey on Maryon Wilson Park in the war
Ron Roffey on the play area in Maryon Park
George Burton on open air school
May Wellard, 1920s memories
George Burton on the park's barrage balloon
Frances Ward on Gilberts Pit
Phyllis Flynn on playing bowls
Dave Sneeth on Blow Up
Elsie, Betty and Magiie at Minnie Bennet, on the breadpudding jumper
Joan Harbottle on the Library
Linda Walker has her lunch interrupted
Bernard Ashley remembers a special school match
Jim Free on the cafe in Charlton Park
Paul Tiffen on the deer
Joan Harbottle remembers the Lido
Paul Tiffen on starting work
Paul Tiffen on being on call
George Burton on the cold at the Open Air School
George Burton on physical work at the Open Air School
