We are currently working on an exciting project, producing seven audio guides for market towns in the Waveney Valley area. This will be launched in April 2012 and is funded by Awards for All and the Rural Development Programme for England.
Earlier this year, we made a CD for the Blaxhall Archive Group that showcases their own extensive sound archive. It was a real privilege for us to be able to include a few of George Ewart Evan's original recordings.
We will be talking to Leslie Dolphin about the CD on Radio Suffolk on Tuesday December 20th, along with the Blaxhall Archive group in the shape of Rodney West and Daphne Gant.
The CD costs just 6.99 including postage and packing and can be bought directly from us.
Check here for more news of Blaxhall Voices in the New Year.
2012 promises to be a very busy year, with the launch of the audio guide projects. But we also hope to finally launch our first "Norfolk Voice", the amazing Keith Skipper.
Keith is a superb broadcaster and a founder of Friends of Norfolk Dialect. He is also a prolific writer and this Christmas has produced a fascinating collection of dialect writing, "Come Yew on Tergether!"
We also hope to produce "Essex Girls", which will be our second collaboration with the Essex Record Office. This CD explores the lives of Essex women in the 20th century and hopes to dispel a few unfortunate myths along the way.
Our 2010 foray into regional comedy has been a tremendous success, breaking all sales records. C
harlie Haylock's "Confessions of a Hysterical Historian" is unlike anything you've ever heard, with Charlie's Suffolk yarns alternating with humorous but serious looks at the English language, as well as a unique whirlwind tour of the UK's dialects which demonstrates what a brilliant mimic he is. A recent brief appearance on Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show produced a storm of interest and so in 2012, we may be heping Charlie go international- The CD inspired this piece form the East Anglian's Steve Russell. It costs just £6.99 including
p.&p and you can buy your copy here! According to Ben Keenan of the EADT Suffolk Magazine, "with Charlie's trademark wit and uncanny skill of mimicry, this wonderful addition to the range will have you laughing out loud seconds after you have pressed play!"
The third of the Suffolk Voices series was released late last summer. And it is another cracker! The featured voice belongs to David Woodward, who is much loved because of his radio performances, his dialect readings and his book "Larn Yarself Silly Suffolk." David speaks the dialect of the Waveney Valley, which has a distinctively different sound from that of mid-Suffolk, as typified by Peggy Cole. On "Larn Yarself Waveney" David takes a nostalgic walk around his home town of Beccles, talks about his life in farming, and what it was like working with Keith Skipper and Lesley Dolphin, both of whom add their own generous tributes. But one of the great pleasures of David is his ability to look out of his window and, well, just talk!
But mixed in with his effortless and charming conversation are some of David's favourite stories and humorous poems, recited with rare brilliance.
Order your own copy here now. Or else check out Waterstones branches in Suffolk.
The EADT also found space for this feature on David!