IWM oral histories
During the football drought I needed something to replace the podcasts that I listened to everyday, and came across these personal histories. They does not seem to be a list that I can find, you pretty much seem to have to think of a name and see if there is a recording.
In my experience they are all fascinating stories but are often (almost) ruined by the interviewer. The best seem to be where the subject is just allowed to ramble on ( e.g. Jeremy Larken, captain of Fearless during Falklands). There are others who have a very interesting tale to tell but are held back by inane questions ( .....".tell me what you felt about the Jet Provost?").
My favourite has been AM Sir Peter Harding. He is a natural raconteur ( and sounds identical to General Melchett in Blackadder Goes Forth). The 30 hours of tape ( that's right 30 hours) whizzes by.There are many others worthy of discussion.
Anyway,just interested to find others who have found gems to be unearthed.