Episode 1 - Voices of the Fairground - Building Up
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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. But it’s not just a pretty face of flashes and noise and thrills. There’s so much more. There’s history, heritage, and hard work… 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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