Brian tells us about his early life: growing up in Romford, his first job, National Service in Egypt, St Martin’s School of Art. The background crackling sounds are from the Pineapple House log fire. This is an outtake from a longer group discussion. Recorded 19 November 2018 in the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, London E8 3DF, UK. This is a field recording. We don’t use expensive professional equipment or a sound studio. Our resources are minimal, but we do it all ourselves — oldies own the process. Outro credit: excerpt from Horizontal Drift, Jared C Balogh - <a href="https://www.jamendo.com/track/1122560/horizontal-drift" rel="noopener">https://www.jamendo.com/track/1122560/horizontal-drift</a>

Shoes & schmutter

Hackney senior citizens meet every week to discuss problems of social isolation among older people, what we are doing to prevent it, how we can help other people repair the connections they have lost, and create new social relationships.Making podcasts and radio is just one of the many ways we try to do it. These are all field recordings. We don’t use expensive professional equipment or a sound studio. Our resources are minimal, but we do it all ourselves — oldies own the process — since 2010.By the way, Hackney is an inner-city borough of London, UK. Come and talk to us next time you are in our neighbourhood.