Urban Tiger Radio
by Bill Allerton
PRIVACY POLICY!As we do not hold any identifiable data from subscribers, we don't need one. Thank You!Meanwhile, The Urban Tiger will keep bringing you regular free podcasts of short stories, independent and original music and poems, plus occasional tracks from my friends. I look forward to your comments...Urban Tiger Radio is proud to support two life-affirming charities:The Pink Ribbon Foundation & The Outdoor Guide Foundation
Episodes
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Nearer My God
Many thanks to Steve Salfield & Matt Chandler for the superb music. Set anywhere in South America, Nearer My God explores a universal three-way relationship of love between friends. WARNING: At 1hr 15mins. this Novella is a Marathon, not a sprint. There are music breaks where you can pause and...
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Strangely Familiar
The best of Cameron Kemp and Gary Spencer Cameron is the one on the left at his scruffy best! I tried to find better pictures and ended up having to steal a clip from a video of 27 years ago! BTW, Cameron got married in a Kilt! He also did the address to the Haggis at a Burns night I organised....
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Vayu Manush (The WINDMAN)
This is a story about rain. Not the half-assed stuff we get here in Yorkshire, but REAL rain. Rain that changes lives. Rain that washes away the old and creates the new. Come on in and get wet...
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It's Not That I'm Not
As far as I am aware, this is the sole recorded output of a duo who were prevalent on the Folk/Poetry scene in Sheffield in the 90's. This album dates from '91 and I know I saw them prior to that. They are Stuart Arfield (Guitar) and Rob Smith (Spoken Word). Most of the sentiments expressed here...
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The Outdoor Guide Foundation
What better way to 'Walk Yourself Happy' than to take time out with the Julia Bradbury inspired two day adventure set amongst beautiful surroundings in sumptuous hotels with 4 acknowledged experts in the fields of well-being. Two days that will kickstart your motivation to living a better, longer...
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A Maleficent Alchemy
This is not a Diet! But I will tell you what I do and why, and why you should probably do it too. Eating to Live instead of the other way around resulted in a loss of 30% of fat body weight I did not need. All by following Doctors Advice from 1957! Good advice never dies, it just gets lost in the...
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CAKE by Penny Woods
This is the Prize-Winning story from the 'Parracombe Prize' competition. The author, Penny Woods, sister to Tim Woods of 'Rambling Man' fame penned this story guaranteed to make you think twice about your early Life Choices. Parracombe Prize details can be found here: prize.parracombe.org.uk BY…
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RAMBLING MAN... A short Story by Tim Woods
An excellent track from an up-and-coming writer, Tim Woods. This story relates to people who spend so much time in diversionary hobbies that their own life very rapidly becomes an unsatisfactory past. Tim says that this story was inspired by one of my own and for those few kind words, I am very...
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Bloom & Wild in your Letterbox!
Had good customer service and quality during the pandemic? I have. And here's another one to listen to. These people do not disappoint (in my experience!) Treat yourself and your loved ones.
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The Hedgehog and The Carpenter
I think you will like the light-hearted message behind this story from my friend 'Juke-Box Tom'.
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Almost Home
Here’s a reworking of my favourite track, Almost Home, from my favourite Sheffield musician, Andy Whitehouse, and fellow musician Matt Howden. This is a track I use frequently to front my podcasts and it has resonance with me on all sorts of levels. You might remember Andy from two of my previous...
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Kelham Island Discs No.12: Jack Whitham in conversation with The Urban Tiger
Jack Whitham: Football legend for Sheffield Wednesday, Liverpool, England under 23's and others. A lifetime of devotion to Football, to his family, his talent for writing a good song and for performing them too. His career was curtailed by tragedy but Jack has risen above that through a...
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Kaleidoscope
Okay so this isn't Radio One and I'm not really a DJ. But... here are a few original tracks from people I have interviewed over the last couple of years and one or two others thrown in. The mood is variable, as I say I'm no DJ, but I hope enjoyable. Get your stompin' boots on for some of them too!
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Kelham Island Discs No.11: Jorge Ramirez Pozo in Conversation with The Urban Tiger
Recorded entirely in Room 324 by kind permission of the Holiday Inn overlooking Brentford Lock in London, Jorge Ramirez displays vividly why his music and good humour helps to fill restaurants and pubs wherever he plays. Jorge is a long-time friend who I don't see enough of. He also attempted to...
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Pearl 9: Arthur Thickett. An extra-ordinary man
Arthur Thickett passed away some time in 2011. Perhaps he'd had enough of our capacity to make war not love. Arthur's is a moving life story of a remarkable man. Here, his loves, hopes and desires are wrestled with on a daily basis. Here also are the things he hated, mostly war and hypocrisy. A...
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Kelham Island Discs No.10: Stewart Lodge in Conversation with The Urban Tiger
This time the Urban Tiger is in conversation with Stewart Lodge, a comedy practitioner who defies convention and genre. There is a thin line between comedy weird and comedy genius and I think Stewart stands astride that line in a way that I respect and admire. Especially when he performs 'Little...
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A Stent In Time
A Stent In Time by Bill Allerton
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Burngreave Messenger
Hi, this is Bill doing his bit for the community. The community in question is Burngreave, an ethnically diverse area right in the Heart of our Fair City of Sheffield. Burngreave Messenger are the local community newsletter who seek to add podcasting to their repertoire. Never being one to refuse...
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New Jersey Turnpike: Side 2
Hi. Side two of 'Turn the Page' by New Jersey Turnpike, a real blast from 1976! Enjoy again...
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New Jersey Turnpike: SIDE 1
Hi. This is side one of the 'Turn the Page' album produced by New Jersey Turnpike in 1976. I bring you this as an echo from my past, along with that of many others, because we are all coming of an age now where these bands and songs are in danger of being forgotten. Never thought of myself as an...
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Watch & Wait: 3: Red Stripe Candy
Hi. Red Stripe Candy is my contribution to the Watch & Wait anthology. I have to say that of all the stories I have ever written, this one, certainly, if not the best, I consider to be in the top 3. It is a light fantasy along the theme perhaps that when you have just made yourself comfortable,...
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Watch & Wait: 4: Out Of Her Mind by Danuta Reah
Hi. Danuta Reah is a multi-award winning crime writer. Much of her work is set in South Yorkshire so just like the rest of us here, it stands for no nonsense!
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Cheval
This track is 'Cheval'. 'Cheval' is the old french word for 'Horse'. Used today it describes a tall, slender mirror that stands free on four feet. Sometimes those feet can be very ornately carved, like the proud horses in the story. The story is about how we begin as a child with an open mind to...
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Bill @ Sheffield Live!
Hi. This is an interview with myself! Actually, The Urban Tiger was interviewed on Sheffield Live!, a local radio station in my home town, by Jane Armstrong and Chad Bentley. Learn a bit more about me... I learnt a bit more about myself during the interrog... sorry, interview. And we had more…
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Watch & Wait: 5: Mariana & The Merchild by Caroline Pitcher
Hi, this is another track from the Watch & Wait anthology of short, gifted stories. This one is from Caroline Pitcher, children's author of great renown and author of 11 o'clock Chocolate Cake, also featured on Urban Tiger Radio. This story is about the sea, so immerse yourself...
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Bryony Doran and Isabel Palmer 'Home Front' Poems
The War Poetry of Bryony Doran and Isabel Palmer from their anthology, 'Home Front', as interpreted by Radio 3. Home Front (Buy it here> http://amzn.eu/d/0XMZ8dz ) is an anthology of four poets, two American, Jehanne Dubrow and Elyse Fenton, and two British poets, Bryony Doran and Isabel Palmer,...
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Watch & Wait: 2: Berlie Doherty
This is the second track from the Watch & Wait anthology we published on behalf of raising funds for Lymphoma Action, as they now like to be called, and is a tale of people struggling to cope with their own human frailty in adverse situations, overcoming their fears and finding that in courage,...
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Pearl 7: Stephen Mellor in conversation with Urban Tiger Radio
Hi. I'd like to introduce you to a superb new writer, Stephen Mellor. Stephen's prose is strong, muscular and his narrative is compelling in the extreme. Stephen came third in the 2018 Novel Slam at Dinas in Sheffield organised by the Sheffield University and guess what? He won me as a prize!…
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Watch & Wait: 1: Angela Robson
Hi. This is the first track from a new album/playlist from an anthology of short works by twenty known/unknown authors. These stories were gifted by the authors in aid of The Lymphoma Association. https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/ We raised £1200 on the launch night alone. These stories are on here...
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Pearl 6: Eleonora Mignoli in conversation with Urban Tiger Radio
VISIT Eleonora here> https://www.eleonoramignoli.com/ Eleonora Mignoli is an Italian writer based in Sheffield. I came across her work at the 2018 Novel Slam supported by the University of Sheffield. The standard was very high again this year and Eleonora was a worthy participant, beating most of...
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11 O'Clock Chocolate Cake by Caroline Pitcher
A link to this book on Amazon here> http://amzn.eu/d/dtJSp5G A truly amazing 'pull-you-along-at breakneck-speed' book for early teens from a consummate, internationally published expert in the genre! Also includes easy-to-make recipes for Emma Peek's favourite midnight snacks, including the title...
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The Jewellers Skin by Ruth Valentine
Hi. The first book ever published by Cybermouse Multimedia.com is here! > http://amzn.eu/d/g8z9cDx The link takes you to The Jewellers Skin, an amazing exploration of the way we treated people with a mental disability between the first and second world wars, and the convenient ease with which…
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Requiem by Berlie Doherty
Hi. This wonderful novel by Berlie Doherty was re-published by Cybermouse Multimedia in 2014 and published again in 2018 by 'BillyWorks'. The book is available here on Amazon> https://amzn.to/2J7UDLv and I would urge you all to buy this for your most discerning friends. Superb book, and truth…
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The China Bird by Bryony Doran
Hi. This is an excellent Christmas or Thanksgiving present for the more discerning reader. Buy it from Amazon here> https://amzn.to/2P02Jey or visit Bryony's own site here> https://www.bryonydoran.com/ Meanwhile, let's hear what The Book Bag website has to say about it... "The China Bird is a...
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The Fox & The Fish by Bill Allerton
A link to The Fox & The Fish on Amazon> http://amzn.eu/d/hgGz49V "...only the truly intelligent can enjoy the sumptuous good humour of this book..." 'Titus A. Phorskin' (Tailor to The Emperor) "...prose as rare as a Yorkshire Banjax..." (Donegal Heritage Museum) "...if you don't laugh out loud at...
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Love in the Time of Britpop by Tim Woods
'Love in the Time of Britpop' (an ideal Xmas present!) Hi. Enjoy an excerpt from a novel by Tim Woods, whose cover I have recently created. This is a revealing book for students of all ages, and indeed students of human nature. Get it here on Amazon https://amzn.to/2OZbmpC and buy it as a…
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Blood Moon
HERE'S ONE FOR HALLOWEEN! Hi. Bill Allerton here from Urban Tiger Radio. The following story is VERY EXPLICIT so if you have tuned in any of your children to listen to the Wind in The Willows episodes, then now is the time to tune them back over to 'Childrens Hour' right here......
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The Open Road
Okay, so this isn't an adult story... or is it? Over on Urban Tiger Radio 2, 'Childrens Hour' (@user-68415326) I have started to serialise the original Kenneth Grahame text of Wind in The Willows. This is Chapter Two, 'The Open Road'. This the last one I shall post on here because I think you…
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Wind in The Willows
Okay, so this isn't an adult story... or is it? Over on Urban Tiger Radio 2, 'Childrens Hour' (https://soundcloud.com/user-68415326) I have started to serialise the original Kenneth Grahame text of Wind in The Willows. This is Chapter one, 'The River Bank'. If you have any children between 3 and…
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The Good Years
If you've ever been the only person in the room who feels cold, listen on... Oh, and keep your hands off the thermostat... IT'S MINE! Get ready to pass the sun tan cream, these are The Good Years... Enjoy them while they last Cheers, Bill Allerton
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Within that darkness
I find it strange that we only ever got to hear our side of 'The War of The Worlds', and probably that of any other war too. 'To the Victor the Spoils' they say. And the Victor also gets to write the history. Have we ever discovered what really starts a war? I don't mean some overstuffed Grand…
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Bill & Martin @ The Harlequin
This is Side 1 of Bill & Martin Head to Head at The Harlequin, long thought lost (by me anyway) and now restored to it's full ad hoc glory due to an advance in noise reduction technology. This was a hilarious night and I would urge anyone who has listened to the earlier track of Head to Head to...
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A Settling Of Dust
This is a short story that centres around the way that a sudden loss can bring about obsession, mainly as a replacement therapy for what is now missing from your life. Obsessions creep up on us slowly until they become all too obvious to everyone. Some obsessions, like Honesty, or a desire for…
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Kelham Island Discs No. 9: Don Oliver & Bryan Ducker in Conversation with The Urban Tiger
This time around we have Don Oliver & Bryan Ducker. I have known these two singers for around 28 years, listening to them in various pubs and folk clubs around Sheffield and I thought it was time to dig a little deeper and find out who they are and from what background they came. What a surprise…
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King Dice : The Demos
Hi. This is a demo disc I found lurking in a forgotten corner where it has languished for twenty years. I met the singer/lead guitarist Paul Bellamy in 1998 at an art class. Well, we should all try something we're crap at. In my case I have an unlimited choice... These tracks are not for the...
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The Seaside Things
I have had the misfortune to be present at the point of death of people close to me, and those experiences left me with an unanswerable question. How to explain the moments of lucidity that can appear prior to the loss of all bodily function, sometimes taking the form of one-sided conversations...
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It's not what it says, It's what it implies
It's not what it says, It's what it implies, came into my possession in 1999. This is a compilation of 30 different poets, all basing their work around the ethic of the title. It came to me because I, like the other 29 poets, volunteered a track for the album. I know most of the other poets, but…
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Kelham Island Discs No. 8: Paul Middleton In conversation with The Urban Tiger
This is a conversation with Paul Middleton who fronts what must be my favourite live band of all time, the Angst Band. It must be, I'm a Yorkshireman, and even I pay for a night out in Harrogate several times a year to go and have my ears blasted in The Blues Bar, a unique venue on Montpellier...
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Chapter 8: Granny was a Buffer Girl
I hope you've all been enjoying Berlie's wonderful story of self-discovery. This is the last podcast from that novel and I'm sure that you will all now go to Berlie's incredible website: www.berliedoherty.com/ where you can contact Berlie herself and tell her how much you enjoyed her story. There...
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The Sand Eggs
Bryony Doran is at her best in this ethereal, exotic and ultimately convincing tale of a future that most people think will never happen. But if you look closely at the horizon, you may just see... This, the title story from Bryony's collection, 'The Sand Eggs', is a tale of dispossessed women…
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About this show
PRIVACY POLICY!As we do not hold any identifiable data from subscribers, we don't need one. Thank You!Meanwhile, The Urban Tiger will keep bringing you regular free podcasts of short stories, independent and original music and poems, plus occasional tracks from my friends. I look forward to your comments...Urban Tiger Radio is proud to support two life-affirming charities:The Pink Ribbon Foundation & The Outdoor Guide Foundation
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Bill Allerton