Torgold's Tales

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my podcast channel. With friends over the past few months I've been able to publish a number of podcasts which are mostly about  historically interesting and humorous stories  linked with our recent history in the 20th century.  As King Charles III arrives in the USA I think it is important to see if democratic principles are still being upheld 250 years after the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 2 of Adventures with my Brother George in the Swinging Sixties .  In our very first episode, I shared the magical fascination of George’s bold new venture — a transformation that felt, to me, like watching an elegant old Georgian grand hotel come alive again, reborn into with dazzling events set against the backcloth of classic grandeur of another age colliding...

Send us Fan Mail I’m delighted you’re joining me for the very first episode of this podcast series, where I take a look back at some of the twists, turns, and unexpected adventures from a life spent in business. This episode is about my time as a project manager. In this series, I want to step away from the usual business talk — no endless discussions about methodology or business practice here! I...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first episode of my special series, Adventures with my Brother, George . Picture the very early 1960s in England—a time when rock and roll was just beginning to shake the airwaves, fashions were getting bolder, and the spirit of “anything goes” was just beginning to stir. Acker Bilk's 'Stranger On The Shore' was being played everywhere.  Cliff Ri...

Send us Fan Mail In the 1960s, hitchhiking was part of the spirit of the age — carefree, adventurous, and wide open. With a thumb raised and a rucksack slung over your shoulder, the road itself became an invitation. Cars pulled over with a wave or a smile, and soon you’d be sharing stories with a lorry driver, a family off on holiday, or fellow travellers chasing the same horizon. The air was aliv...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast takes a light-hearted look at my epic 1000-mile cycle journey through France from the Mediterranean coast to the English Channel at Dieppe. Well, it was great fun even though at times I felt I'd overstretched myself. In this podcast I am assisted by my very good friends Lorna and Robert. Many thanks to them.  On 20th May 2025 I began my attempt to cycle over 900...

Send us Fan Mail  An amazing 1960s adventure across Europe trip   This podcast is dedicated to my great friends Graham Brooks and Pete Jeffries who sadly now passed away. My adventures with them will always live in my memory, In 1967, three young friends—Pete, Graham, and me, (narrator of this podcast) — set off on an adventurous road trip from England to the Italian Riviera. Graham, mechanically...

Send us Fan Mail The ‘Swinging Sixties’ mixed with ‘apprentice antics’! ….Welcome to my first podcast! It’s about the beginning of my working career in the early 1960s, – recounting some, mostly amusing, experiences from my apprenticeship with the Post Office Telephones. It’s about the beginning of my working career in the early 1960s, – recounting some, mostly amusing, experiences from my apprent...