IWM oral histories
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IWM oral histories
During the football drought I needed something to replace the podcasts that I listened to everyday, and came across these personal histories. They does not seem to be a list that I can find, you pretty much seem to have to think of a name and see if there is a recording.
In my experience they are all fascinating stories but are often (almost) ruined by the interviewer. The best seem to be where the subject is just allowed to ramble on ( e.g. Jeremy Larken, captain of Fearless during Falklands). There are others who have a very interesting tale to tell but are held back by inane questions ( .....".tell me what you felt about the Jet Provost?").
My favourite has been AM Sir Peter Harding. He is a natural raconteur ( and sounds identical to General Melchett in Blackadder Goes Forth). The 30 hours of tape ( that's right 30 hours) whizzes by.There are many others worthy of discussion.
Anyway,just interested to find others who have found gems to be unearthed.
In my experience they are all fascinating stories but are often (almost) ruined by the interviewer. The best seem to be where the subject is just allowed to ramble on ( e.g. Jeremy Larken, captain of Fearless during Falklands). There are others who have a very interesting tale to tell but are held back by inane questions ( .....".tell me what you felt about the Jet Provost?").
My favourite has been AM Sir Peter Harding. He is a natural raconteur ( and sounds identical to General Melchett in Blackadder Goes Forth). The 30 hours of tape ( that's right 30 hours) whizzes by.There are many others worthy of discussion.
Anyway,just interested to find others who have found gems to be unearthed.
Thanks OP and Georg1na. Couldn't find Sir Peter but did listen to Johnny Rowlands, Skipper on 48 Sqn Hastings when I was a Co-Pilot. Seems he did the full PC stint. This recording was in 1994 at Lyneham when he would have been 55. Great guy!
