East Marshian Chronicles

This episode is in support of our Ragged Reading Group’s imminent exploration of J.B. Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls , which was first performed in 1945 at a time of great change - both World Wars were fresh in the minds of the people, women had become more prominent in the workplace and believe it or not people of the 21st Century, it was possible to be class mobile. The play is set in 1912...

Community Organiser Bryn Phillips talks to Jack and Billy from the East Marshian Chronicles Podcast. Bryn talks about bringing organisations together to build civic power - including here in Grimsby. He speaks of the important issue of where the money comes from in terms of a self-determining group of citizens. In particular, Bryn discusses crucial issues around power in community organising - &qu...

Today's podcast from the edge of things is a fascinating chat with Lord Maurice Glasman. Maurice talks about his strong family background, finding himself in an unchallenging role as an academic and about breaking free of all that and discovering a joyous new skill-set as a Community Organiser allied with the Industrial Areas Foundation - and unexpectedly finding himself in the house of lords...

This episode is our second Ragged Reading group and our Ragged Readers are Al Burley, Carolyn Doyley, Josie Moon, Jill Harrison and facilitator Billy Dasein. We first of all explore the famous Great Money Trick where the character Frank Owen organises a mock-up of capitalism with his workmates, using slices of bread as raw materials and knives as machinery and manages to explain Marx’s theory of s...

Today we have something different, we're starting a few podcasts exploring different approaches to local democracy and community development and engagement. We start with some brilliant young people who have been travelling around the country asking the question 'What's Next'? Thanks to the intrepid Freedom Tourers: Greg, Paul, George, Lara, Liv. Intro and Outro music: 'Je...

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Magic Garden . In the final episode, we find out what Cosmo has been making with his mum. Will Barry the Beetle and his babies find a new home? What is the giant with the green legs doing? Will Notwhat have good news?  We hope you enjoyed listening to the story and we look forward to bringing you more later this year.  The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon is a brand new stor...

Episode Three:   Who is the giant with the green legs? Why isn’t Carrie afraid of him? In Episode Three, we find out more about the animals and their fears over their homes.  The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and Cosmo, Sandi the snail, Susan the hedgehog and many more garden creatures.  The story was created as part of a programme of work fund...

Episode Two: Notwhat the Owl flies down to the garden to deliver troubling news.  Poor Susan must face terrible peril in the compost heap and Barry the Beetle has to find a new home urgently.  How will the animals face up to the challenge that Notwhat brings?  The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and Cosmo, Sandi the snail, Susan the hedgehog and...

What is going on in the garden? Why are the animals attending a meeting under the big tree? What are Carrie and Cosmo doing to help? And who is this mysterious giant with the green legs?  The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon, is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and Cosmo, Sandi the Snail, Susan the Hedgehog and many more garden creatures.  The story was created as part of a programm...

This episode is our very first reading group discussion of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.  Our ragged reading group are Carolyn Doyley, Lee Coulbeck, Josie Moon and Al Burley.  Billy is your host for  a really fascinating discussion enlivened by (unexpected and completely unprepared!) live action readings of the amazing graphic novel.  We hope you enjoy it! To take part in our next Ragged R...

In this episode a writer and an artist talk to a writer and an artist...  Scarlett and Sophie Rickard are graphic novelists. Collaborating on every stage of a project, Sophie makes up the stories and Scarlett draws the pictures. This has been going on since they were children, when Scarlett’s constant refrain was “Tell me what to draw!” The sisters grew up in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, and t...

Today we’ll be looking at Robert Tressell (or Noonan or Croker)’s book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists , likely the first novel by a working class writer and who has been called the man who made a million socialists. Our guests are Scarlett and Sophie Rickard and they have a particular intimacy with the novel, as they have transformed it to suit our own times as a graphic novel. Scarlett is a...

On May 22nd 2021, East Marsh United hosted what we call a 'Conversation Day' at our communal home at Freeman Street Market. This was a fantastic chance for us to reintroduce ourselves to the community as well as an opportunity for you, the community, to see us too! We really enjoyed and appreciated being back in the real world with everyone who came along - human interaction is great! Du...

Episode 3 of our East Marshian Chronicles podcast is also our very first Study Circle. What happens is that a small group of engaged people sit together and discuss issues relevant to our lives and times. Circles are conducted in an atmosphere of genuineness, empathy and trust and the intention is to have a positive impact on society, which satisfies Marx’s dictum about not just interpreting but a...

In this episode we talk to history tutor Dr Pushpa Kumbhat, who researches the history of British adult education in relation to the labour movement, citizenship, political representation and democracy.  Pushpa helps us find out more about what working class adult education is and why it matters - in particular the evolution of working class adult education from late C19th to 1939 to include Unive...

In our very first podcast from the Edge of Things, Educationist Jol Miskin interviews Jill and Billy about the Worker's Educational Association (WEA), about activist community group East Marsh United (EMU) and about our joint upcoming fortnightly podcast, the East Marshian Chronicles. Intro and Outro music: JERUSALEM by Paul Robeson (1939); Lyrics, William Blake (1804); Composed, Hubert Parry...