This episode is part of a series of pilots for an updated Talking Food Radio.
Original Talking Food 2012 description – “Hackney food guru Lydia Bachelor leads a discussion about healthy eating, nutrition, shopping, markets, cooking, recipes – and any other food experience and knowledge that we would like to share”.
It was not a radio production. It was a live event, streaming what would have happened anyway – and considerably longer than this edited version.
Budget: zero.
Production values: everything must be done by older people (even if the result is below BBC standard), use only the most basic equipment (available to everyone), the background hubbub is just as important as the voices close to the microphone (the social context is vital).
Message: “If you are listening to this – STOP. Turn off your computer NOW. Please accept this invitation to join us in the real world – we have food for your body, mind and soul – and none of it is digital. Real World First!”
Identifiable voices: Ayo, Benediccta, Beverley, Bola, Chitra, Gabriella, Josh, Lydia, Myrtle, Paula, Pauline, Peter, Rick.
Recorded 10 May 2012 at ‘The Lawns’, Matthias Rd, Hackney. Remixed June 2019.
The Lawns was a lively (but acoustically-challenged) computer and social centre for older Hackney residents.
The League of Meals was a fun project that did not survive contact with reality.
How to manage your photo collection – in practice
A few days ago, two people I have known for years told me, with evident enthusiasm, how they had been in a café near Victoria Park — and noticed a sticker in the window identifying the café as friendly to oldies like them.
