Episode 3: Armed Forces Day 2025

Voices of Morecambe Bay

Tuesday, 15 July 2025 - 24 minutes

The annual Armed Forces Day celebrations in Morecambe pulled thousands to the Promenade to watch two fly-pasts by the Red Arrows, parachute displays by the RAF Falcons and the Red Devils, and many more activities.

Beyond Radio's Gibson Freedman spoke to some of those who were there on the day, of Saturday June 21 2025.

Interviews are with:
Commander Mark Lister OBE, retired submarine commander
Alec Smith, 92, a local veteran who served on the HMS Vanguard battleship and HMS Morecambe Bay
LCpl Welsh from the Lancaster Army Cadets based at Alexandra Barracks
Matthew from the Royal Air Force Cadets based at Ripley St Thomas School in Lancaster
Sgt Rich Peregrine from the RAF Falcons
LCpl Jordan Brown from the Red Devils