Megson on Teesside
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Our wettest episode ever features the wonderful duo Megson (Stu and Debs Hanna) walking, talking and playing along the River Tees between Stockton and Middlesborough. This is where Stu and Debs grew up, began making music and fell in love. Their powerful songs tell vivid stories about the industrial heritage of the area through the eyes of the people who live there. With instruments wrapped in bin bags and recording gear hidden under producer Natalie’s all-encompassing poncho, we head for the Tees Barrage - pausing under bridges and even on a bandstand for Stu and Debs to perform. Then Stu tells Matthew that if he claps his hands, a seal will arrive. He does - and, amazingly, up it pops!
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot. |
| 0:03.4 | Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message. |
| 0:07.0 | If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going. |
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| 0:19.9 | of hundreds of songs shot on location on our travels |
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| 0:30.6 | an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me each time we go on a walk. |
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| 1:02.5 | of folk on foot. So thank you and enjoy the walk. The |
| 1:13.6 | The The regular beat of the fountain signals that we're in Stockton High Street in Teesside |
| 1:41.5 | and we're here to meet Stu and Deb's Hannah of Megson and they're people |
| 1:47.5 | who were born and brought up here but have now moved away but they're going to introduce us to |
| 1:51.6 | the rich industrial history of this landscape and the banks of its famous river. |
| 1:57.0 | Music River. The river. Well, as you might be able to hear, the rain is really coming down heavily. |
| 2:26.8 | But down this little alleyway off the high street is a Georgian theatre, |
| 2:32.2 | which is where we're going to meet Stu and Debts. |
| 2:36.1 | I think they're going to let us in |
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