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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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Geoff has not just been involved in music, but also theatre and other performing arts. While as a student he worked at a local free newspaper, part of Halifax Free Press which was produced when the NUJ strike. In this episode Geoff also talks about owning and running a pub with his brother, the Three Pigeons in Halifax. Geoff has contributed a lot …
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Geoff toured with the Serious Production company who were 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. Stories include meeting some of the worlds finest musicians, Royalty and society p…
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Sowerby Bridge is a town that has made most of the spaces available to put on live music. Geoff brings this to life during this episode sharing his stories of putting on live music in the local area. He has been able to support local people, including young people, to think about what is possible to achieve in life, he shares stories of visiting th…
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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 in1978 - 1980!!! The topic of study was a Community and Youth Work diploma. After graduating, Geoff stayed on and worked as part of a team for the Albany Empire Theatre touring community arts play sche…
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Geoff paints a vibrant picture of life in Sowerby Bridge, 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 this before - Ryburn Second…
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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, markets, a bustling town centre and streets of terraced houses. Geoff talks about his time as a young boy a…
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