The Clifftown Podcast with M G Boulter
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The Clifftown Podcast with M G Boulter
Singer and songwriter M G Boulter welcomes you to Clifftown.
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The Clifftown Podcast Series 3: Episode 3: Thames Barges (Part 1)
A common sight on the Thames coast in summer, I was intrigued about the history of the Thames barge. What started off as a simple chat with Brian Denn...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 3: Episode 2: Bradwell-on-Sea
Like a palimpsest, Bradwell on Sea is a land of layers, Roman Emperors and World War II dugouts, as well as the oldest Saxon church in England. Join m...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 3: Episode 1: Southchurch Hall
Welcome to the new series of the Clifftown Podcast. In this episode we delve into the history of the medieval Southchurch Hall and its telling history...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 2: Episode 5: Roman Roads
This episode started off as a look at the prehistoric sites of Southend but a chance meeting with a friend who found some suspected Roman pottery in a...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 2: Episode 4: The Palace Theatre
Places are as much defined by their buildings as their people. The Palace Theatre in Westcliff-on-Sea has a long and interesting history. Built in th...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 2: Episode 3: Southend’s Anti-Monuments
Join me and Assistant Curator of the Focal Point Gallery, James Ravinet, as we scour Southend for anti-monuments and discuss the changing interpretati...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 2: Episode 2: Alan Sorrell and Southend Municipal Art School
Alan Sorrell was synonymous with recreating paintings of the past, which led to him becoming the country’s foremost archaeological illustrator of the...
The Clifftown Podcast Series 2: Episode 1: HMS Beagle
In this first episode of the new series of the Clifftown Podcast I went in search of the last resting place of the world famous HMS Beagle, the ship t...
The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - Iron Samson & Buffalo Bill
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - Southend's Oldest Shoe
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - The Battles of Maldon and Ashingdon
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - The Witch Walks Scrap Faggot Green!
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - De-Camden - Southend's Atlantis
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episodes - Hamlet Court Road
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The Clifftown Podcast Bonus Episode - The Chapman Lighthouse
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The Clifftown Podcast Episode 10: Doomways and Broomways
In this episode I explore the pathways beyond the land out in the liminal space between the shoreline and the sea. I walk the most dangerous path in B...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 9: Marginalia
Throughout my work on The Clifftown Podcast I have been pulled down various rabbit holes and side stories which have not been featured in the main epi...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 8: The Battle of Benfleet
In episode 8 I explore the landscape of the nearby Essex town of Benfleet in search of the lost viking camp of Haesten. I join medievalist Steve Lawes...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 7: The History of Southend in 4 Objects
In 1926 workmen found scores of Bronze Age axe heads a road over from my house, nestled in the riverbank of the local brook. In this episode I try to...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 6: Essex Mysticism
In this episode I look into the history of witch trials in Southend and I get behind the truth of the Nineteenth Century legends of Hadleigh cunning m...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 5: Visitors
What do Laurel & Hardy, Harry Houdini and Neil Young have in common? They all left an indelible mark on Southend-on-Sea. This episode explores the tal...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 4: Robert Buchanan
Initially I set out to explore the limited literary history of Southend in this episode but instead I uncovered the deeply moving story of Victorian p...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 3: RNLI & Dunkirk
In this episode I turn to the Thames Estuary and explore what it takes to become a member of lifeboat crew for the RNLI and learn about the dangers of...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 2: Music
This was an important episode of the series for me, I mean this was what it was all about - music!
I wanted to focus on a theme that struck me w...
The Clifftown Podcast Episode 1: Hidden Histories
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Clifftown podcast. In this episode M G Boulter meets and speaks with Essex institution, Brian Denny. Denny recently releas...
The Clifftown Podcast with M G Boulter
Singer and songwriter M G Boulter welcomes you to Clifftown.