Hometown Boring? Podcast
Unearthing hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK, Anouska鈥檚 on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring and sprinkles some history-hun-facts along the way!! x
Episodes to download
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Introducing Hometown Boring?
Fri 9 Feb 2024
Unearthing hidden histories around the UK in places misjudged as being 鈥渂oring鈥�
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1. ORMSKIRK: From Gingerbread to a Global Empire
Thu 15 Feb 2024
How does one local recipe connect to the dark history of the British Empire?
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2. CUMBERNAULD: Demolishing a New Town
Thu 15 Feb 2024
The story of a pioneering shopping centre that is soon to be demolished
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3. CHEPSTOW: Wales鈥檚 First Black Footballer
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Exploring the life of Eddie Parris, the first Black footballer to represent Wales
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5. PLYMOUTH: Life of 鈥淭he Devonshire Wonder鈥�
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Highlighting the I in LGBTQIA+ History, through the life of Mark Weston
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4. SLOUGH: South Asian Women on Strike
Thu 15 Feb 2024
How one strike in 1979 connects to South Asian women鈥檚 resistance across the UK
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6. MILTON KEYNES: Worth Raving About
Thu 15 Feb 2024
A huge warehouse club at the centre of 1990s rave culture. In Milton Keynes?
