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Hometown Boring?

Unearthing hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK, Anouska’s on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring and sprinkles some history-hun-facts along the way!! x

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Introducing Hometown Boring?
Unearthing hidden histories around the UK in places misjudged as being “boring”
2 mins09 Feb 2024
1. ORMSKIRK: From Gingerbread to a Global Empire
How does one local recipe connect to the dark history of the British Empire?
36 mins
2. CUMBERNAULD: Demolishing a New Town
The story of a pioneering shopping centre that is soon to be demolished
32 mins
3. CHEPSTOW: Wales’s First Black Footballer
Exploring the life of Eddie Parris, the first Black footballer to represent Wales
32 mins
4. SLOUGH: South Asian Women on Strike
How one strike in 1979 connects to South Asian women’s resistance across the UK
31 mins
5. PLYMOUTH: Life of “The Devonshire Wonder”
Highlighting the I in LGBTQIA+ History, through the life of Mark Weston
31 mins
6. MILTON KEYNES: Worth Raving About
A huge warehouse club at the centre of 1990s rave culture. In Milton Keynes?
30 mins

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