MARSHLAND HISTORIES is an oral history project in 2024/25 devised for Suffolk Wildlife Trust by Poetry People and led by writer Dean Parkin to create a series of oral history 'picture podcasts' about the Lower Waveney Valley — the people, the places and surrounding marshland from Carlton Colville to Worlingham.  The series is produced by Naomi Jaffa.

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The Marshland History picture podcasts were launched on Sunday 13th April at Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre with a new episode posted each week on Poetry People's Facebook and YouTube page. Episodes include stories of Plummer's grocery shop; working around the seasons with Gavin Durrant, Suffolk Wildlife Trust's Broads Reserves Warden; memories of PC Howes, the 1960s village bobby, a celebration of legendary local school teacher Geoffrey Dann; a wartime love story from Gisleham; a lowdown on the history of the marshes with historian Ivan Bunn; plus an all-new community poem created with Carlton Scouts.

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Marshland Histories is made possible by Heritage Fund