One recording away from the big 100 and the TDGs are still in different timezones. Not sure what the lead balloons are in this week's episode…the definition of a lead balloon is -”something that you say or show to people that they do not like…something which fails miserably and is utterly unsuccessful” So it most definitely isn’t anything to do with Lisa McGee and her continued award winning successes. This week accepting the Christopher Ewart Biggs award for promoting peace and reconciliation in Ireland. Pauline hosts a Factory Girls event, when she isn’t hunting Brad Pitt, Marie-Louise talks Holywood glamour and how it became connected to one of Derry’s impoverished communities and Jeanie has her underwear swabbed for explosives…Bombshells aplenty…poteen anyone? NOTES: Friends of the Factories - https://www.friendsofthefactories.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheFactories Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council learning to swim https://www.derrystrabane.com/news/mayor-takes-the-plunge-in-aid-of-local-charities Maeve McLaughlin - Manager Bloody Sunday Trust https://museumoffreederry.org/bloody-sunday-trust/ Madeline McCully Storyteller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWY83rDJDy0 William Deery - http://springtowncamp.com/willie-deery/280.html William Deery’s play Factory Girls and Rock and Roll https://www.millenniumforum.co.uk/shows/factory-girls-and-rock-n-roll-2/ Springtown Camp http://www.springtowncamp.com/ Springtown Camp march - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-49197625 MEMORIAL 2019 WILLIE CAMPAIGNED FOR IT FOR 60 YEARS. Marie-Louise’s Radio Documentary - Jane Russell and the Springtown Mother. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05n1hwn Jane Russell Obituary by Mark Cousins - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/01/jane-russell-obituary Jane Russell in conversation with Mark Cousins (May 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gx4k6qR6_M Osceola Island Trail - https://tndaytrips.com/osceola-island-your-next-hidden-gem-adventure-in-tennessee/ Brad Pitt and fly fishing in East Tennessee (Pauline wasn’t making it up) https://tnhomeandfarm.com/travel/east-tennessee-lakes-rivers-perfect-fly-fishing/ Lisa’s latest award - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ewart-Biggs_Memorial_Prize Some past winners: Robert Kee - Ireland a television History (1980) https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/december/ireland-television-history Lost Lives - The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/mckittrick.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Lives Brian Friel for his play Translations - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translations_(play) Frank McGuinness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observe_the_Sons_of_Ulster_Marching_Towards_the_Somme Julieann Campbell - book; On Bloody Sunday https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/30/on-bloody-sunday-by-julieann-campbell-review-the-most-powerful-account-of-a-brutal-day Poteen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn Talking Derry Girls episodes referred to: Ep 52 and Ep55 - chat with Madam Mayor Sandra Duffy Ep 31 - Derry Ghost Stories (stories and chat with Madeline McCully) Ep 89 - ‘Stolen’ with Margo Harkin Ep61 - Pick me up - International Womens Day (2023) Ep 62 - Shirt Tales part 1 Ep 81 - Shirt Tales part 2 Ep 82 - Shirt Tales part 3 Ep 42 - Season 3 finale - The Good Friday Agreement (Lisa won her latest award for this episode of Derry Girls)
