That'll be the Day

Mar 10 2024 38 ep. 27 mins 11
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Tom Walker is a freelance radio journalist, producer and presenter and in these podcasts, he speaks to visually impaired people about their lives and gives them the time to tell their story.

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Collective Encounters with Auntie

Mar 10 2024 17 mins  
To what extent have women's lives changed in the past 60 years? This is the question I discuss in this podcast with the visually impaired writer and actor, Mandy Redvers-Rowe. Working with the Liverpool-based theatre group, Collective Encounters, Mandy has written Auntie, which draws on BBC archive material to shed light on how women's lives were portrayed in the 19

From South Africa to Wallasey - Joining The Fight Against Apartheid

Feb 01 2024 53 mins  
In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Dave Evans who grew up in apartheid South Africa. On leaving school, Dave became increasingly aware of the injustices caused by the South African government's racist policies. Dave now lives in Wallasey, Merseyside, with his partner jenny, where he continues to write and champion the cause of social justice.

A Storyteller's Christmas

Dec 10 2023 44 mins  
In this podcast, I talk to a visually impaired storyteller, teacher and voice-coach about the challenges his disability presents him with during his working life.

The Vow - Nothing in this World

Oct 05 2023 9 mins  
This is an interview with Graham Trust from the Liverpool band The Vow, which was originally broadcast on Mandy Woodman's All things Rock and Indie show on Ultimate Radio in February 2022. Very sadly, Graham passed away earlier this week so I'm issuing this as a podcast in tribute to him. Rest in peace old boy! You left us with loads of marvellous memories and a stash of gr

Coping with Life's Googlies

Apr 04 2023 54 mins  
In this podcast, tom Walker talks to Geoff Cope who, after a successful career playing cricket for Yorkshire and England, was diagnosed at the age of 37 with the eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa. Geoff shared dressing rooms with some giants of the game including Geoffrey Boycott and Freddie Trueman and has a wealth of stories to share.

Playing Cat and Mouse in the Tunnel of Reality

Jan 25 2023 28 mins  
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lose your eyesight?  The American author and writer, Jon Gingerich has retinitis pigmentosa. RP is a  progressive condition which means that a person’s sight will continue to get worse over the years. Often, after the vision has been stable for a while, it can get worse suddenly over a short period of time. This is Jon's s

In Touch from Northern Ireland

Jan 14 2023 23 mins  
From a victim of the Omagh bombing to a winner of The Voice, Tom Walker talked to some extraordinary visually impaired people while recording an edition of the In Touch Programme for BBC Radio 4 some years ago. 

Penny's Christmas cake with baked-in resilience

Dec 17 2022 30 mins  
As you will hear in the Christmas edition of my That'll be the Day podcast, there's so much more to Penny Melville-Brown from Fareham, than losing her sight or being the first female naval barrister.  Throughout her life, Penny has known success and disaster in equal measure, but what becomes patently clear, is that resilience is conspicuous by its presence. By any standards,

Lucky to be alive

Nov 10 2022 13 mins  
In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Deborah Fairclough, a visually impaired woman from Sheffield, whose recent experience of travelling by train was quite traumatic. When the assistance Deborah booked didn’t turn up to help her to get off the train, she had no option other than to try to do that independently. It very nearly didn’t end well. Thankfully, Deborah is still here a

Cricket to Cricket

Oct 14 2022 28 mins  
In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Alan McCoomb from Liverpool who, at the age of 34, had a stroke which resulted in him losing his sight and in considerable cognitive deficit. The doctors said Alan was lucky to survive. Since then, Alan has taken advantage of the opportunities that have come his way, including studying for a degree in History and continuing with his love of cric