Happy Talk

A journey through positivity with Morecambe based poet and author Bryan Griffin as he chats to people he meets along the way.

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Episodes

• HT 97 The Little Match Girl read by Peter Wade

  Monday, 8 December 2025

  12 minutes

  Another part of the Christmas tradition, Peter Wade reads a classic story

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• Ht 96 Peter wade reads the Mezzotint by M.R.James

  Monday, 8 December 2025

  18 minutes

  A Ghost Story for Christmas

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• HT 95 Christmas Traditions - The Ghost Story

  Monday, 8 December 2025

  23 minutes

  Bryan and P{eter chat about Christmas Ghost Stories

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• HT 94 The Life and Times of Albert Modley

  Monday, 17 November 2025

  41 minutes

  Bryan chats with Peter Wade about Morecambe's other comedic son.

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• HT 93 Things That Go Bump In The Night

  Friday, 17 October 2025

  52 minutes

  The annual Fright Night Podcast for Halloween 2025

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• HT 92 The Life and Times of Eric Morecambe

  Wednesday, 10 September 2025

  25 minutes

  Peter Wade chats with Bryan about Morecambe's most famous son.

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• HT 91 The Life and Times of Thora Hird

  Monday, 1 September 2025

  18 minutes

  Bryan chats with local histoirian Peter Wade about Thora Hird

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• HT 90, Brian Holmes' Sunderland Point

  Friday, 25 July 2025

  26 minutes

  Bryan chats with another Brian about Sunderland Point

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• HT 89, Beyond The Fringe

  Tuesday, 24 June 2025

  29 minutes

  Bryan chats with Matt Panesh, founder of The Morecambe Fringe Festival

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• HT 88, Lizzi Collinge MP

  Friday, 6 June 2025

  36 minutes

  In this episode Bryan catches up with local MP, Lizzi Collinge

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• HT 87, The Life and Times of Billy Fury

  Friday, 28 March 2025

  41 minutes

  Bryan chats with Colin Penny about the famous UK rock 'n' roller

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• HT 86, Demons, Witches and a King

  Tuesday, 11 March 2025

  40 minutes

  Bryan chats with historian Colin Penny about James the First and his local influences

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• HT Podcast 85, Collette Greenwood, author

  Friday, 14 February 2025

  36 minutes

  In this episode Bryan chats with author Collette about her new book

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• HT 84, A New Day a New Year with Matt Panesh & Anne Holloway

  Thursday, 30 January 2025

  47 minutes

  Bryan catches up with Matt and Anne at the start of the new year.

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• HT 83, Christmas 24, Peter Wade's Christmas Traditions

  Monday, 23 December 2024

  1 hour 5 minutes

  Bryan chats with Peter about Christmas in Denmark and here in the UK

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• HT Podcast 82, Christmas 24, Peter Wade and the great Christmas pudding disaster

  Monday, 23 December 2024

  18 minutes

  Bryan chats to Peter Wade aboutthe great Christmas pudding disaster

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• HT Podcast 81, Christmas Memories from the Happy Talk Vaults

  Friday, 20 December 2024

  22 minutes

  Bryan revisits some previous Christmas memories

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• HT 80, Christmas 24, Christmas Memories Pt 3 from the Seagull and Rainbow Cafes

  Monday, 16 December 2024

  13 minutes

  Bryan once again visits two of his favourite places to gather more Christmas memories

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• HT 79, Christmas 24, Christmas Memories Pt 2 from the Seagull and Rainbow Cafes

  Friday, 13 December 2024

  30 minutes

  Bryan gathers more Christmas memories from two of his favourite places

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• HT 78, Christmas 24, Christmas Memories from the Seagull and Rainbow Cafes

  Tuesday, 10 December 2024

  14 minutes

  Bryan visits two of his favourite places in Morecambe to gather Christmas Memories

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• HT 77, Christmas 24, Shaun Phillips Christmas Recollection

  Sunday, 8 December 2024

  4 minutes

  In this episdode Bryan revists a conversation with Shaun about her Christmas memory

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• HT 76, Christmas 24, Christine Stebbing Christmas Recollection

  Sunday, 8 December 2024

  12 minutes

  Bryan returns to Morecambe Heritage Centre to meet Christine

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• HT 75, Christmas 24, Carly Gudgeon Christmas Recollections

  Sunday, 8 December 2024

  11 minutes

  Bryan meets house renovator Carly Gudgeon

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• HT 74, Christmas 24, Brian Holmes & Carol Roberts Sunderland Point

  Saturday, 7 December 2024

  14 minutes

  Bryan returns to Sunderland Point to gather more Christmas recollections

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• HT Podcast 73, Christmas 24, The Legend of Krampus

  Friday, 6 December 2024

  14 minutes

  Bryan recounts the chilling legend of Krampus

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• HT 72, Christmas 24 EP5, Jade Leahy Christmas Memory

  Monday, 2 December 2024

  4 minutes

  Equestrian and author Jade Leahy shares a Christmas memory

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• HT 71, Christmas 24 Ep4. Joe Kenyon, a Christmas memory

  Monday, 2 December 2024

  21 minutes

  Long time brass band member Joe Kenyon reveals a Christmas memory

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• HT 70, Christmas 24 Ep 3, Matt Panesh meets Santa

  Monday, 2 December 2024

  10 minutes

  Local poet and festival organiser Matt Panesh shares a Christmas memory

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• HT 69, Christmas 24 Ep 2. Peter Wade Christmas memory.

  Monday, 2 December 2024

  4 minutes

  In this episode Bryan asks Peter Wade to share a Christmas memory

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