Derbyshire and Proud Podcast

Erasmus Darwin - DERBYSHIRE SUPERSTAR

Erasmus Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) Derbyshire Superstar - Derbyshire and Proud Podcast
Listen as Richard Felix tells of the exploits of one of the greatest philosophers in the world who happened to live in Derbyshire. 
Erasmus Darwin was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet. Who lived in Full Street Derby and also Breadsall Priory 
His poems included much natural history, including a statement of evolution and the relatedness of all forms of life.

John Flamsteed - DERBYSHIRE SUPERSTAR

John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, both published posthumously. He also made the first recorded observations of Uranus, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a star, and he laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

He was born in Denby, Derbyshire, England, the only son of Stephen Flamsteed and his first wife, Mary Spadman. He was educated at the free school of Derby and at Derby School, in St Peter's Churchyard, Derby, near where his father carried on a malting business.

Podcast by Richard Felix for Derbyshire and Proud

Derby Doodle Day - Whats that all about?

Derby Doodle Day - Joseph Paxton Derbyshire Superstar
Monday Jan 31, 2022

A short podcast about Derbyshire Superstar Joseph Paxton and Derby Doodle Day! from Derbyshire storyteller and historian Richard Felix.

A Local Derby and Shrovetide Football

Richard Felix explains where the term “Local Derby” came from and the history of the mass game of football in Derbyshire. For Derbyshire and Proud.

Derbyshire Stately Ghosts - Sutton Scarsdale Hall with Richard Felix

Derbyshire probably has more Stately Homes or Houses open to the public than any other county in Great Britain. All full of wonderful history from centuries past and Richard Felix tells in this mini podcast the history of Sutton Scarsdale Hall interleaved with the ghosts and legends of Derbyshire’s past.

Sherwood Forester Survives Zulu Onslaught - Derbyshire and Proud Podcast

Richard Felix tells the story of the most famous Sherwood Forester, General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.
Richard reads an account written by the man himself.

General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General. One of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer.

A mini podcast from Derbyshire and Proud

Jedidiah Strutt - DERBYSHIRE SUPERSTAR

Jedidiah Strutt Derbyshire Superstar

Richard Felix tells the story of Jedediah Strutt or Jedidiah Strutt has he spelt his name. 
Born in South Normanton in 1726, Jedidiah Strutt became a leading figure in the development of Derbyshire’s industry and the creation of communities in Belper and Milford.

 

Robert Bakewell - DERBYSHIRE SUPERSTAR

DERBYSHIRE SUPERSTARS - Robert Bakewell (1682 – 1752) was an English smith. He took an apprenticeship in London as an iron worker and became an extremely skilled ironsmith. Working from his Blacksmiths yard in Derby he created some of the best examples of ironwork the world has ever seen. Examples of his work can be seen at Derby Cathedral, where he made the wrought iron rood screen and the gates at the west door. There are also wrought iron gates by Bakewell at the Derby Industrial Museum, and ironwork by him in a number of churches in Derbyshire towns and villages: Alvaston, Ashbourne, Borrowash, Duffield, Etwall, Foremark, Radbourne. In Leicestershire at Staunton Harold church, a metal screen by Bakewell can be seen.

Murder in Derbyshire - Wigwell Grange

Richard Felix tells the true story of the murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Goodwin on 21 August 1863 at Wigwell Grange Nr. Wirksworth. How did the murderer get away without hanging? did he get his just deserts? This is the first in a series of podcasts about Murder in Derbyshire on Derbyshire and Proud podcast

Bonnie Prince Charlie in Derbyshire

December 2020 marks the 275th anniversary of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his troops of men invading Derbyshire. Here in Derby they decided to turn back to Scotland and this decision changed the whole history of the world as we know it.
Richard Felix who raised over £100,000 for the statue of Bonnie Prince tells the story of the time Charles spent in Derbyshire in this Podcast for Derbyshire and Proud.