Podcasts about eastcote

Welcome to episode 71 of The Premier League Cricket Show, the ultimate cricket destination for dynamic discussions, exclusive guests, and unmatched insights from around the peak of the club cricket pyramid where we follow, report on and talk about all of the 33 ECB Premier Leagues action. In this episode, Livo & Hugh chat with Tom Scollay of Cricket Mentoring about his journey from Alice Springs to Middlesex CCC, Crouch End, Eastcote & East Molesey cricket clubs before settling back in Western Australia and becoming the legend behind the Cricket Mentoring community. Thanks for listening and if you enjoy the show, why not show us some love and leave us a 5-star review on your favourite podcast platform as it helps other potential listeners to find us when they are searching for cricketing podcasts.  And don't forget to follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram on both to join the conversation, share your thoughts, and connect with us & fellow premier league cricket fans. Website: PremierLeagueCricket.co.uk Twitter: @TPLCricketClub Instagram: @TPLCricketClub Email: TPLCricketShow@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shay Book take over at the top of the Prem as the division slips towards two mini-leagues. Hampstead gain some breathing space in Div 1, Harrow win the shoot out at the top of Div 2. London Tigers have another excellent day at the top of Div 3. Plus, Wembley's Junayd Azar comes to the party big style against Eastcote. As the Luniz song goes, 'he got five on it'..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All clubs have good years, bad years and muddling years. Harpal Sagoo, with over 25 years' playing experience for Eastcote, has seen it all ... and more. The guys also talk through Eastcote's dramatic last day win against Highgate, and the famous 10 questions are back. Do tune in to find out more.

The battle at the top of the Prem's been concluded but the fight to stay up builds up to a crescendo in Week 17. Plus, Div 1 remains as tight as ever, Southgate and Eastcote battling hard in Div 2 and Wycombe House and Kenton still in the box seats in Div 3. Finally, heard the one about the game that couldn't start because of a music concert taking place on the ground…:? Tune in to hear more.

March 2021  In our last Oral History Special we brought you the first part of a 2017 interview with former WREN, Mary Sherrard. From 1942 until the end of the war, Mary served at Bletchley Park and then at the Eastcote Bombe Outstation. This helped shaped the rest of her life because it was at Eastcote where she met her future husband John.  After originally servicing Spitfires in 1940, an interview at the Foreign Office sent John to Eastcote and Stanmore to maintain Mary’s Bombe machines. By the time of his demob from the RAF in 1946, he had risen to the rank of Warrant Officer and married his “Scot’s girl”.  In this second part, Mary talks to Oral History Volunteer Mike Chapman about not only her time at GC&CS but also shares John’s story. We hear about the rest of the war and also their fascinatingly varied post-war lives. These two episodes are tributes to both Mary (1923-2020) and John (1921-1999). Image ©Bletchley Park Trust 2021 #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #OralHistory,

You’re probably already aware of the famous Bletchley Park, Alan Turing and their remarkable task in decoding the secret Nazi messages during the Second World War.What you may not know is that much of that work – and more – was carried out much closer to home, in Eastcote. Brian Rose interviews local author Ronald Koorm whose book, Backing Bletchley takes us on a fascinating trip of espionage, secrets and the true story of the Code Breakers.

Along with so many industries in Ireland and the world, the leisure/hospitality/music industry have been hit very hard by the Coronavirus. And as well as people might say, "ah sure haven't those bands a wedge of cash" that may be true for HUGE International acts but not for so many in Ireland that rely on live gigs, album sales etc. for their livelihood. One of those bands that have been affected massively are The Coronas. An essential planned tour of the USA in April has been postponed and a new album release date to be rescheduled. The Coronas new album, 'True Love Waits' will literally have to wait as it's release date has been pushed back The new album was largely recorded at London’s prestigious Eastcote studios with George Murphy, acclaimed engineer and producer (Ellie Goulding, The Specials, Mumford & Sons), who engineered The Coronas’ previous two albums, undertaking the main production duties along with Rob Kirwan (Hozier, PJ Harvey) and Cormac Butler (Academic, All Tvvins). I tell other bands. Lads, it could be worse you could have the same name as the virus! Fergal D'Arcy spoke with The Coronas frontman, Danny O'Reilly to talk about how this crisis has effected them as a band, cancelling tours and holding back their new album release date (it's called True Love Waits...and now it will have to!), having the same name as the virus (someone suggested they tour with The Vaccines!)  He is also keeping himself sane in isolation in Dingle by playing a gig from his living room every night for fans online. The Coronas and Danny are great friends with the show and we hope to recreate some of these pics when Covid-19 passes!  

Grateful for old friends Are you grateful for your friends? I'm especially grateful for my friends Akin & Lolu.  Our birthdays fall within a week or so of each other. Over the years we've regularly had a birthday meal together.  This year Akin invited me and Lolu to a delightful Turkish restaurant in Eastcote. Time flew by as we reminisced over the 30+ years of our friendships and caught up on family, work, life and all things spiritual. I left energised and, frankly, unable to sleep for a while that night. Even though it was late. The lack of sleep was for a good reason. I was reflecting on how lucky I am and how grateful I am to God for giving me good friends - friends that last. My favourite verse about friendship is in Proverbs: “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24 NIV11) This week I pose a simple question: "In which friendships are you investing such that, in a year or a decade's time, you would be grateful that you did so?" I hope that this week's podcasts, videos and other materials help you to build deeper friendships with people around you and God himself. Prayer requests Please pray for me as I prepare the materials for the Watford teaching day which takes place on 29 February.  I am attending the "Conversations" teachers conference in San Antonio in early March. Please pray that I learn what God wants me to learn, and build spiritual friendships which will support and refine me for the work God has called me to. I will post daily updates while I'm there (Wi-Fi permitting) and a full report on the conference when I'm back. Thank you for reading this far, and encouraging me in my endeavours to support our times of quiet with God, our corporate worship experiences, and the effectiveness of our preaching and teaching. I hope my uploads will help you to build stronger friendships with other people and with God. If you know anyone who might enjoy these materials, please send them a link to my website (http://www.malcolmcox.org) and encourage them to sign up for this newsletter. God bless, Malcolm

Sam Johnson takes to the Café with one unreleased song from his new upcoming EP and one of the best 'Lost In The Mail' this is not one you will want to miss!

November 2018 In this month’s ‘It Happened Here’ we are marking 75 years since the establishment of the Eastcote Outstation, the site at which Bombe machines were operated from the autumn of 1943. By 1945 over 100 machines were at Eastcote along with over 800 Wrens and RAF technicians, and a small group of American GIs. How did it start and what was life there really like? Bletchley Park’s research historian Dr David Kenyon tells us the complete story with help from our Archivist Guy Revell and Veterans’ Audrey Wind, Colette Cook and Betty Flavell. Image: Eastcote Joint RAF-WRNS Hockey Team ©Bletchley Park Trust 2018 #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Veteran, #OralHistory

April 2017 Bletchley Park’s brand new exhibition, Off Duty, High Spirits in Low Times, is now open. It explores what happened outside of the gruelling shifts the thousands of workers did, day and night. Wartime work at the Government Code and Cypher School was stressful and tiring - but the authorities understood it was important to keep staff happy - and healthy. We’ll hear from Veterans who gave an intimate Q&A session, which launched the exhibition. Also this month, we hear memories from one of the hundreds of Veterans who’ve taken part in Bletchley Park’s Oral History project, about how she spent her precious free time. Barbara Allan, nee Grigg, remembers being in Trafalgar Square, watching Doodlebugs falling, and being told off by a passing officer for not taking cover. This was during one of many trips to London on her days off operating Bombe machines at Eastcote, where she and her friends used to enjoy cheap theatre tickets and dinners for a shilling in the crypt at St Martins in the Field. Museums at Night makes a welcome return next month, this time exploring the Night Shift. As darkness falls, visitors will get a chance to experience the hush of the huts, just as wartime workers would have done. The last Museums at Night event fell close to Halloween, and podcast producer Mark Cotton went along to see just how spooky the park could be. Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2017 #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #Enigma, #WW2,#Veteran, #History

March 2015 This month join us on a very special tour of Bletchley Park, when more than twenty members of Alan Turing’s family gathered to pay tribute to his contribution to the war-winning intelligence that emerged from this unassuming country estate. It was a poignant visit for members of his family, some of whom had never been before and most who’d never met the man. Sir John Dermot Turing, a Trustee of Bletchley Park and Alan Turing’s nephew, took the opportunity to talk about exciting plans to tell the story of his uncle’s co-invention, in the newly restored Hut 11A. Find out what year six pupils from Greenleys Junior School in Milton Keynes thought of their free school trip to Bletchley Park, when they became the first school to take advantage of a pilot bursary scheme, funded by Winton Global Investment Management. Graham Moore has become a member of Hollywood’s most exclusive club, an Oscar winner. Graham won the little gold statue for his script for The Imitation Game, adapted from Andrew Hodges’ biography of Alan Turing. Dermot Turing gives us his reaction to the news and we have edited our previous interviews with Graham for this episode. We send him our congratulations and thanks. Finally this month we bring you a very poignant interview with another of our wonderful Veterans. Bombe Wren Joan Martin was one of a number of women who joined the Navy only to find they were on dry land and operating state-of-the-art machines that helped speed up the codebreaking process. Joan talks about her days working at the outstation, Eastcote, where she worked with her life-long friend Joyce Rogers. Picture: ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #AlanTuring, #ImitationGameUK, #Enigma, #WW2Veteran, #History

January 2015 This month we are celebrating a cast of thousands who all made Crucial Contributions. Back in November, the families of the three Polish codebreaking geniuses, whose work proved invaluable in the breaking of Enigma, visited Bletchley Park. We take a look ahead at what’s new in 2015 with Bletchley Park’s Director of Learning and Collections, Victoria Worpole. A memorial plaque has been unveiled at the site of Bletchley Park’s largest outstation at Eastcote, where Bombe machines were housed & operated by over 800 Wrens during WW2. There representing Bletchley Park were Oral History Officer Jonathan Byrne and Podcast producer Mark Cotton. After the ceremony, they chatted about what’s been a bumper year for the oral history project. Finally this month, listen in to when we took Bletchley Park Veteran Rozanne Colchester into the newly renovated Hut 6 for the very first time. Picture: ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #AlanTuring, #ImitationGameUK, #PolishCodebreakers

October 2014 This month we come to you from the red carpet at The Odeon Leicester Square for the premiere of THE IMITATION GAME. The movie based on the life and work of Codebreaker Alan Turing was picked to open the prestigious 2014 BFI London Film Festival. To celebrate the film’s release in UK cinemas on the 14th of November, Bletchley Park will open a major new exhibition, taking visitors behind the scenes of this highly anticipated movie. We’ll bring you more on that next month, now, though, we can bring you exclusive behind the scenes interviews recorded during filming in the Mansion at Bletchley Park in late 2013. We first spoke to two members of the Turing family. Dermot Turing is a Bletchley Park Trustee as well as being Alan Turing’s nephew. His son, James, signed up as a supporting actor - once known as extras, for the film .We chatted to them both about what it was like to be involved in a film about the famous relative they’re both too young to have ever met. Then, screen writer Graham Moore and executive producer Teddy Schwarzmann somehow managed to find time in the busy schedule of filming to sit down with us to talk about how they first discovered Alan’s story and wanted to bring it to the world. Finally this month, as always, we bring you an interview with a real Bletchley Park Veteran. Dot Tuffin was a Bombe Wren based first at Eastcote and later posted to Colombo. When she visited the newly restored buildings at the Veterans’ preview in May, the memories came flooding back. For more information about The Turing Trust www.turingtrust.co.uk Trailer, Music & Picture: © Black Bear Pictures/Studio Canal #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #AlanTuring, #theimitationgame

March 2014 Children’s TV presenters Dick & Dom came to Bletchley Park to film a programme about Alan Turing. Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom will be on CBBC on the 12th March. We caught a quick word with them between takes. Battlefield History TV is making a fascinating documentary about the Bletchley Park story which will soon be available on DVD. We bring you a taste of what will be in the finished programme with Iain Standen interviewing Veteran Bombe Wren Sue Winn & Bletchley Park Historian Joel Greenberg talking about his new biography of Gordon Welchman, Bletchley Park’s Architect of Ultra Intelligence. The official histories of Huts 3 & 6 were written shortly after the war was won by the actual people who worked in them during WW2. Historian & founding member of the Bletchley Park Trust, Peter Wescombe, gives an insight into the minds of ordinary men & women doing extraordinary jobs. We take you back to February 1941 as actors brought the mansion to life with The Living History Project. The actress playing the Wren had a personal connection to the Bletchley Park story as her grandfather was a Bombe maintainer at Eastcote & Stanmore. Eric Hume came all the way from Devon to see her in action & we interview a proud grandfather. Picture: ©mcfontaine #BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma, #dickanddom, #livinghistory, #audiowrangler, #mcfontaine

January 2014 In this episode we bring you the entire interview we recorded with Veteran Wren Bombe Operator, Audrey Wind, who recalls how she was plucked from filthy cleaning jobs in basic training & recruited to do a very, very secret job. Audrey was posted to Eastcote, an outstation of Bletchley Park, where she operated Bombe machines. She says “The pressure was enormous. It took me a long time after the war to get over it and I’m sure it did for everyone. It was terribly stressful.” Audrey’s story will be featured as a DVD extra, when the second series of the hit ITV drama, The Bletchley Circle is released. Image ®ITV #BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma, #ITV, #TheBletchleyCircle, #ladynerds, #audiowrangler, #mcfontaine

June 2013 Bletchley Park as you know was the home of code breaking during WW2, its official title being the Government Code and Cypher School. After the war this became, as it’s still known now, GCHQ. First based in Eastcote, but in 1951 moving to its current home of Cheltenham. BBC Radio Gloucestershire recently ran a series of short programs in Anna Kings daily show about both establishments and have kindly said we can share them here with our Podcast Listeners. Many thanks to BBC Radio Gloucestershire, Anna King & Manpreet Mellhi. #BPark, #BBCGlos, #GCHQ, #BletchleyPark

Following last week’s very extended broadcast Bob Edwards tells us that he is going to the USA next week for an indeterminate period and Tony Lloyd will be taking over DJ duties at Thameside Radio. We also discover that Bjorn Borg has just won Wimbledon! Listener Steve is on the phone and wins the competition  – he tells us that he records all the programmes: you wouldn’t still happen to have them would you Steve?There are lots of songs from 1970 on this week's Thameside show.Listeners mentioned include: David Lewis of Pinner, Andrew of Southall, Colin of Bromley and his brother Ross, Len from 60 Burleigh Rd, Lawrence and Bruce from Barnet, Ross Patterson or Bromley,  Carol, Michael, Betty and Lesley of Chalfont St Peter, Chris Curtain of W8,   David Lewis of Eastcote, Richard in Tulse Hill, Gavin Cryable of Collingham Gardens W5  who is writing a book about flat hunting in inner London, Pat Sandrey of Kings Langley and his brother Michael; and  Kings Langley School.