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This Podcast explores growing up in a northern working town, where the expectations of what local people would achieve in life was based on local industry and business. Geoff stories provides the insight in starting life in local industry moving onto civil engineering, even light house painting!! Then Geoff became aware of performing arts. After which Geoff decided to follow the opportunities that came his way from the arts world 'always willing to have a go', this has led him into a wonderf ...
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6: Episode 6 - Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum
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Geoff has made significant contributions to the international music scene. Through this he has made connections with world renowned musicians and he has arranged for some of them to visit Calderdale to perform. In this episode he talks in detail about this. Geoff has been involved in promoting music for many years, in this time he has also had invo…
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5: Episode 5 - Geoff Spreads his Wings
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Geoff toured with the Serious Production Company who were then employed by Philip Morris International to produce world tours on their behalf. In this episode you will hear about the range of internationally renowned musicians and bands Geoff worked with during this time. These stories include meeting some of the worlds finest musicians, Royalty an…
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Sowerby Bridge is a town that has made most of the spaces available to put on live music. Geoff brings his experience of this to life during this episode, sharing his stories of hosting live music in the area. Through this he has supported local people, including young people, to think about what is possible to achieve though leading a life focused…
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3: Episode 3 - Lord of misrule
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Geoff had the opportunity to go to Goldsmiths College in London - can you imagine a working lad from a working town up north ending up at Goldsmiths in 1978 - 1980! The topic of study was a Community and Youth Work diploma. After graduating, Geoff stayed on and worked as part of a team at the Albany Empire Theatre. Here he toured a community arts p…
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2: Episode 2 - The shape of things to come
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Geoff paints a vibrant picture of life in Sowerby Bridge during the 1950s and 1960s, including the wonderous range of shops available at the time; 3 tripe shops, a horse meat butcher and a shop of unlabelled tins of food - you had no idea what you were going to get! Geoff attended the first secondary school in the area, there had not been one like …
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1: Episode 1 - The Beginning
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During this first episode we hear about Geoff growing up in Sowerby Bridge in the 1940s & 50s and some of the work he did in his earlier years. Sowerby Bridge is a working town based in Calderdale, West Yorkshire which had many working mills and markets. It remains a bustling town centre with streets of terraced houses. Geoff talks about his time a…
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