Episode 3 - Voices of the Fairground - Moving On
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Come back to the park one last time as the rides are packed down and loaded onto trucks. As the fair rolls out, hear the stories of how the fair has changed. Prejudice, culture, identity, business. What do the showmen and show-women face, how do they carry on, and why is the fair so important to us? Summer. Late evening. A walk in the park, under the trees. Then, as if dropped from outer space - motors, flashes, screams. Mechanical limbs gyrate through the air to the sound of techno thumping bass. Welcome to Voices of the Fairground. Join writer-performer Rochi Rampal as she explores the travelling fairground with the people who live it everyday. Based on the lives of Black Country fairground communities. Writer & presenter Rochi Rampal. Music composition & sound design Duncan Grimley. Director Steve Johnstone. Research Alex Howell & Nicola Churchill. Supported by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s Museum & Arts Service. Funding National Lottery Heritage Fund & Sandwell Museum & Arts Service. Voices of the Fairground is a Black Country Stories podcast produced by Black Country Touring, an Arts Council England National Portfolio organisation and charity. From the producers of Fred Jeffs: The Sweetshop Murder. 
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