Presented by Jules Procter.

It's been 18 months since the last Brolly podcast.
In show 212 I talk about why I've returned to podcasting, and why I've been away for so long.
Thanks go to all the doctors, nurses, professionals and volunteers, in the NHS
and at St Richard's and Katherine House Hospices who have helped us,
in what has been a very difficult time for the family.

Featuring music :
Megson with Rose On The Stem
Wee Alex with This Is My Bliss
Greg Cave with And We Couldn't Stop Smiling
Nick Lines with Heavy Horses
Also featuring stories
Chas and Dave
Size 14 Boots

Wiki added with Banburyshire Stories,
calendar details and other stuff.
Visit http://www.banburyshire.net

All (200 +) shows of the Banburyshire Brolly podstation
are now available at the Banburyshire.net website.
Visit http://www.banburyshire.net/ to have a listen.

Presented by Jules Procter.

This is a combined Brolly podcast and Radio Horton Show.
Most of this show is devoted the telling of a chilling Banburyshire Tale, The Cursed Warehouse.
I've had the opportunity to tell a shortened version of this at the Banbury Folk Club,
and this is as close as it gets to being the full length tale.
It's one of a number of Banburyshire stories which will be available on the
banburyshire.net web site, as part of my attempt to become a story-teller.

Featuring music :
McCrory Brothers with No Turning Back
Butterfly Catchers with Doin' Time
Megson with Flood Water

Presented by Jules Procter.

Since the last show there's been a general election, with a very interesting result,
the Banbury Beer Festival has taken place, with The Machine Breakers playing on the Thursday,
and I've sung a couple of my own songs in public for the first time on over 20 years.
Thankfully normality still occurs, as an audio piece recorded while walking Bob and Lucy over at Edge Hill, attests to.
Also David Stevenson recently supported Liz Simcock at a gig over at Cambridge
and Mark Pidgeon showed me how real song-writers work.
Featuring music :
David Stevenson with Compass Rose
The Machine Breakers with The Land Was Stolen
Mark Pidgeon with Demons
Liz Simcock with Beachcomber

The photo album for Banburyshire has been updated with pictures taken
out and about this year
Look out for Derek at the Song and Ale weekend, and for the blue sky due to
the volcanic activity in Iceland. Not forgetting the Ironstones railway.
How many of these places have you been to?

The Banburyshire Quiz
Over 1000 questions in this multi-choice, multi-media quiz.
About Banbury and the surrounding are. With questions supplied by many
Banburyshire folk.
Featuring music from The Boxhedge Clippers and Ravens Taunt

Presented by Jules Procter.

This is a combined Brolly podcast and Radio Horton Show.
One of the things about being a dog-owner, is that you have to get out in all weathers, and in all seasons.
The majority of the time this falls to my wife, but I always like to do my share where I can.
Thankfully the countryside around Banbury is full of great walks, and I sometimes record a piece, if I've remembered to bring along my MP3 recorder.
While I think we can say we've had some interesting weather in 2010, if you're wearing the right clothes and footwear it can still be great to get out in the elements.

Featuring music :
Carmina with Still Falls The Rain
Wilber with Red Haired Boy
Al Maslen with Warwick Road
annA rydeR with A Child Like Me

Presented by Jules Procter.

The sad news has been that of the death of Vicki Williams, following a determined battle against cancer.
Vicki and husband Trefor, have long been working hard to bring folk music to a wider audience across the UK,
and have been great supporters of both the folk club and the festival.
The bubbly enthusiasm of Vicki and the charm of Trefor came across when I first interviewed them
at the 2003 Banbury Canalside Folk Festival.
Vicki will be greatly missed, and my sympathy is with Trefor and his family.

The next Song and Ale weekend will be taking place at the Drayton Leisure Golf Centre
on the weekend of 9th to 11th April.

Featuring music :
The Odd Sods with Paddy Works on the Railway and The Mountain Road
Trefor and Vicki Williams with Changing Light
Jim McAdams with Roses and Almonds
The Duncan McFarlane Band with Lord Franklin

Presented by Jules Procter.

This show consists of "Under a Green Sky", a Banburyshire Tale, abridged into five parts.
Our largest challenge is to emphasise the important of timely action to prevent catastrophic
changes to our environment. Copenhagen was a signal that politicians still haven't got the message.
"after becoming a grandparent, these issues took up more of my considerations.
But as a lifelong ecologist and technologist, I have always been hopeful for the future,
while being mindful of the issues."
Listen to the story, and spend some time reflecting on how you would like to see the world.

Featuring music :
Jon Fletcher with A Sailors Life, recorded live at the Port Mahon in Oxford.
Tom Leary with The White Moon
The Machine Breakers with There Was A Time
Gren Bartley with Carry Her Safe
American band, The Puddle Jumpers with Thoughts
Little Johnny England with The Way Things Ought To Be
Cave with After The Rain
Vikki Clayton with Locks and Bolts
and Neil J Gow and Wee Alex with Does Anyone Mind

Presented by Jules Procter.

All the music on this show has a Scottish theme.
There have been many celebrations this year marking the 250 years since the birth of Rabbie Burns,
and it is a sign of just how influential his work has been in the number of places it turns up in,
both musically, poetically and geographically.
At this time of year it is traditional to think about family and friends,
regarding back over the year and looking forward to the coming year, a tradition I fully endorse,
and it's something I think we should do more often.
The contact of friends, some of whom I haven't seen in too many years, is also always a cheering event.
So best wishes to Lance in Exmouth, Owen, Ticker and all the Oxford crowd and Dave and Pip in Salibury.

Featuring music :
Corn Rigs by Hector Gilchrist
The Dashing White Sargeant by Coila
Ae Fond Kiss by Jim McAdams
Auld Lang Syne by Wee Alex

Presented by Jules Procter.

It's already been a number of weeks since the Banbury Canalside Folk Festival
and this weekend the post-festival party took place. There has been some very
postive feedback about the festival, and work is underway for the 2010 event,
which will be known as Banbury Folk Festival.
On Friday 13th November a festival fund-raiser will take place, with the Tindalls
as support, and headlined by Something Nasty In The Woodshed. Entrance of only 5 pounds,
and the event takes place at Kings Sutton Memorial Hall, starting at 20:00.
For more details and a location map, pop across to the Ride A Cock Horse Folk Club site.
Congratulation go to Nick and Lesley Turner, as Drayton Leisure Golf Centre
on the Warwick Road, Banbury has become the first Golf Range in the Berks, Bucks
and Oxon region to achieve the national accreditation of Range Mark.
This achievement also makes them only the fifth Golf Range in the country to achieve the accreditation.

Featuring music :
Old Maui by Scarecrow
Johnny England by Little Johnny England
Mary Standford Of Rye by Meet On The Ledge

Also features an interview (in French!) with Heretique.

Presented by Jules Procter.

Welcome to a combined Radio Horton show and Banburyshire Brolly podcast.
One of the beauties of producing a podcast, is that you get a global audience, eventually.
I've also been lucky in featuring music from across the world, sent either by e-mail, or on CD.
The other week, the new Machine Breakers CD was dropped off by a chap out walking his dog!
This show features him, Steve Matthews, talking about how he has progressed from just being a music fan,
to becoming a band member, via band photographer for The Machine Breakers.


Featuring music :
Galileo's Apology by Dave Pegg and PJ Wright
Slide Engine no 12 by Wilber
The Land Was Stolen by The Machine Breakers
The Fiddleship by Cloudstreet