Delve
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Delve is a deep, detailed look at the landscape and culture of specific locations. By shining a light on the history and oral traditions (folk song, oral history, folklore and tale) of a place it seeks to show the breadth of human experience there. Talking to writers, storytellers, musicians, researchers, historians and local interest groups it weaves across the ages and disciplines, pulling in poetry and literature to explore both the past and present. "The history of a nation is not in parliaments and battlefields but in what the people say to each other on fairdays and high days, and in how they farm, and quarrel and go on pilgrimage."W. B Yeats
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Episodes
Bowness on Windermere: Carvetii, Char and The Crier of Claife
December 03, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBOur final episode sees the series ending in Bowness on Windermere. Looking at local folktales, wedding customs and the importance of the lake in our story. We also take a breif moment to tie the series together. Additional Music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Bowness on Windermere: Carvetii, Char and The Crier of Claife
December 03, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBOur final episode sees the series ending in Bowness on Windermere. Looking at local folktales, wedding customs and the importance of the lake in our story. We also take a breif moment to tie the series together. Additional Music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Windermere: Birthwaite, Vikings and Railways
November 26, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBWe're in Windermere (Birthwaite) this week with Rob Daniels, Railway historian to give us an insight into the ways that the arrival of the railway impacted on the area and we see the return of Jean Scott - Smith of the Lakeland Dialect Society to tell us more about the dialect and its viking connections. This week the host is very nervous about performing a dialect song. All additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Windermere: Birthwaite, Vikings and Railways
November 26, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBWe're in Windermere (Birthwaite) this week with Rob Daniels, Railway historian to give us an insight into the ways that the arrival of the railway impacted on the area and we see the return of Jean Scott - Smith of the Lakeland Dialect Society to tell us more about the dialect and its viking connections. This week the host is very nervous about performing a dialect song. All additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Troutbeck Bridge: War, Spectres and Robert Anderson
November 19, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBTroutbeck Bridge is probably the least well know of the villages the series but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have many tales to tell. We will hear stories of conflict and battle from Jane Renouf of the Ambleside Oral History Group and Dr Sue Allan who will tell us about Robert Anderson. There are some stories in this that some listeners may find upsetting. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Troutbeck Bridge: War, Spectres and Robert Anderson
November 19, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBTroutbeck Bridge is probably the least well know of the villages the series but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have many tales to tell. We will hear stories of conflict and battle from Jane Renouf of the Ambleside Oral History Group and Dr Sue Allan who will tell us about Robert Anderson. There are some stories in this that some listeners may find upsetting. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Ambleside: Fells, Fairs and Oral History
November 12, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBThis episode is packed! We have interviews with Nicola Carter, a mountain leader, and Jane Renouf, a founding member of the Ambleside Oral History group as well some tales from their archive. We still have time for a folksong, a folktale and a look at folklore around cleaning. All interviews were recorded on the phone in lockdown. This week the host has a bad cold. Additional music by Marc Nellis @Nuancemarc
Ambleside: Fells, Fairs and Oral History
November 12, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBThis episode is packed! We have interviews with Nicola Carter, a mountain leader, and Jane Renouf, a founding member of the Ambleside Oral History group as well some tales from their archive. We still have time for a folksong, a folktale and a look at folklore around cleaning. All interviews were recorded on the phone in lockdown. This week the host has a bad cold. Additional music by Marc Nellis @Nuancemarc
Rydal: Rydal Hall, Death Customs and The Corpse Road
November 05, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBThis episode is based in the tiny village of Rydal, where we look at the history of the hall, the cattle trader turned MP before exploring Cumbrian death customs and talking to Alan Cleaver about Corpse Roads. Plus we throw in a murder ballad to cheer the whole thing up! All interviews were recorded on the phone during the coronavirus lockdown. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Grasmere: Part 2. Farmers, Writers and Dialect
October 29, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBIn the second part of our two part on Grasmere we are looking at the people who lived and worked in Grasmere. We have guests Jean Scott Smith of the Lakeland Dialect Society and Taffy Thomas - the Uk's first story telling laureate and we have a peek at folklore relating to farming. Additional Music: Marc Nellis @Nuancemarc
Grasmere: Part 2. Farmers, Writers and Dialect
October 29, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBIn the second part of our two part on Grasmere we are looking at the people who lived and worked in Grasmere. We have guests Jean Scott Smith of the Lakeland Dialect Society and Taffy Thomas - the Uk's first story telling laureate and we have a peek at folklore relating to farming. Additional Music: Marc Nellis @Nuancemarc
Grasmere Part 1: Prehistory, The Last King of Cumberland and The Rushbearing
October 22, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBThe first in a two part on Grasmere, we will be looking at some of the origins of the village, the legend of The Last King of Cumberland and the annual custom of the Rushbearing, talking to local historian and member of the organisation committee, Carrie Taylor. All interviews were recorded by phone in the 2020 lockdown. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Series Introduction: Cumbria - History, Tale and Song
October 15, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this, our series introduction, we look at some snap shots of Cumbrian history, talk to Taffy Thomas - the UKs first story telling laureate about Cumbrian folktales and Dr Sue Allan, an expert in Cumbrian music. We hear our first Cumbrian folktale 'The Last Wolf of England' and discuss perceptions of the North. Our interviews have been recorded over the phone as of lockdown rules. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc
Series Introduction: Cumbria - History, Tale and Song
October 15, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this, our series introduction, we look at some snap shots of Cumbrian history, talk to Taffy Thomas - the UKs first story telling laureate about Cumbrian folktales and Dr Sue Allan, an expert in Cumbrian music. We hear our first Cumbrian folktale 'The Last Wolf of England' and discuss perceptions of the North. Our interviews have been recorded over the phone as of lockdown rules. Additional music by Marc Nellis @nuancemarc