digital:works Podcast

digital:works Podcast

Digital:works Oral History Podcasts - Oral History interviews collected by trained volunteers are lovingly edited into radio documentary-style programmes and released in podcast format.

Episodes

February 13, 2023 28 mins

Episode 1

A look at why people became fans of the club and their early days as supporters.

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Episode 3

A look at the birth and rise of AFC Wimbledon – A Fans’ Club.

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Episode 2

A look at their incredible rise up the leagues, their move to Selhurst Park and the very real threat to their existence.

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August 5, 2022 25 mins

An Oral History of London's Cinema Projectionists

Episode three explores the types of people who become projectionists, the ups and downs of work and how changes in cinemas and film projection affected their work, all leading to the development of digital projectors which had a such huge impact on their industry.

www.reelstories.org.uk

www.digital-works.co.uk

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July 29, 2022 22 mins

An Oral History of London's Cinema Projectionists

Episode two explores the joys and pain of the job, the skills and the satisfaction, and touches on the deepest fears of the projectionist.

Watch the film and listen to the full interviews at:
www.reelstories.org.uk

www.digital-works.co.uk

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July 20, 2022 22 mins

Reel Stories - An Oral History of London's Cinema Projectionists
Episode one explores the reasons people chose to become projectionists, their training and early experiences, and the fumbles and stumbles along the way.

Film and full interviews here: www.reelstories.org.uk

Project funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by the British Film Institute.

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October 15, 2021 36 mins

To celebrate the 360th anniversary of the establishment of the General Post Office this intergenerational oral history project explores the history of postal workers in London going back to the 1940s. 

As a major employer in the capital, it records how work has been impacted by significant post-war changes in technology, public perception, finance and ownership. It looks at the changing nature of work at one of London&apos...

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October 15, 2021 31 mins

To celebrate the 360th anniversary of the establishment of the General Post Office this intergenerational oral history project explores the history of postal workers in London going back to the 1940s. 

As a major employer in the capital, it records how work has been impacted by significant post-war changes in technology, public perception, finance and ownership. It looks at the changing nature of work at one of London&apos...

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September 2, 2021 42 mins

Settlement Stories has been produced by volunteers from the African Women Group and uses oral history to explore the experience of people from Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia who have come to the UK and settled here. Here are their stories.

Episode 2 explores how the communities settled in the UK and looks at housing, work and education.

Produced in association with digital-works.

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September 2, 2021 32 mins

Settlement Stories has been produced by volunteers from the African Women Group and uses oral history to explore the experience of people from Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia who have come to the UK and settled here. Here are their stories.

Episode 1 covers their journeys to the UK.

Produced in association with digital-works.

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March 26, 2021 21 mins

An Oral History of Play and Games

An intergenerational project formed to explore how children's play has changed in Kensington & Chelsea over the years.

These podcasts use interviews undertaken by children from Servite and Colville Primary Schools to show how play and games have changed over the years both by those who grew up in the area and those who moved to it from other places both home and abroad. 

They explore aspects ...

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March 8, 2021 19 mins

An Oral History of Play and Games

An intergenerational project formed to explore how children's play has changed in Kensington & Chelsea over the years.

These podcasts use interviews undertaken by children from Servite and Colville Primary Schools to show how play and games have changed over the years both by those who grew up in the area and those who moved to it from other places both home and abroad. 

They explore aspects ...

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February 23, 2021 27 mins

An Oral History of Play and Games

An intergenerational project formed to explore how children's play has changed in Kensington & Chelsea over the years.

These podcasts use interviews undertaken by children from Servite and Colville Primary Schools to show how play and games have changed over the years both by those who grew up in the area and those who moved to it from other places both home and abroad. 

They explore aspects ...

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February 15, 2021 32 mins

This podcast was produced by the Furzedown Primary School and digital:works in 2016. It explores the history of Tooting’s two covered Markets through interviews with market shoppers, stall holders and historians. 

It was originally released as a film.

To find out more about the Stall Stories project and watch the films visit: www.stallstories.org.uk
www.tootingstallstories.org.uk

To find more oral his...

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February 8, 2021 17 mins

Stall Stories – Ep 5 – Portobello Road Market

This podcast was produced by the Colville Primary School and digital:works in 2011. It explores the history of the Portobello Road Market in North Kensington through interviews with market shoppers, stall holders and historians. 

It was originally released as a film.

To find out more about the Stall Stories project and watch the films visit: www.stallstories.org.uk

To find more oral history...

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February 2, 2021 17 mins

Stall Stories – Ep 4 – Leather Lane Market

This podcast was produced by the St George the Martyr Primary School and digital:works in 2012. It explores the history of the Leather Lane Market in Holborn through interviews with market shoppers, stall holders and historians. 

It was originally released as a film.

To find out more about the Stall Stories project and watch the films visit: www.stallstories.org.uk

To find more oral history pr...

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January 25, 2021 17 mins

Stall Stories – Ep 3 – Church Street Market

This podcast was produced by the Gateway Primary School and digital:works in 2012. It explores the history of the Church Street Market in Paddington through interviews with market shoppers, stall holders and historians. 

It was originally released as a film.

To find out more about the Stall Stories project and watch the films visit: www.stallstories.org.uk

To find more oral history projects, ...

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January 18, 2021 16 mins

Stall Stories – Ep 2 – Brixton Market

This podcast was produced by Stockwell Primary School and digital:works in 2011. It explores the history of Brixton Market through interviews with market shoppers, stall holders and historians. 

It was originally released as a film.

To find out more about the Stall Stories project and watch the films visit: www.stallstories.org.uk

To find more oral history projects, films and podcasts visit: www.di...

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January 11, 2021 15 mins

Stall Stories – Ep 1 – North End Road Market

This audio documentary was produced by the Hammersmith and Fulham Young Carers Project and digital:works in 2005. It includes interviews of market shoppers, supermarket shoppers, stall holders and young people as well as an in-depth interview with Olive Webb about her personal history as a stall holder at North End Road market and a resident of Fulham. 

To find out more about the Stall Sto...

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December 28, 2020 114 mins

Martin Allen, Brentford FC Manager 2004-06, talks in detail about his time at Brentford.

Recorded as part of the Push Up Brentford! Oral History Project in 2020.

www.pushupbrentford.org.uk

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