Audio Collection

Some of these recordings are old, some taken from radio broadcasts using whatever equipment and methods were available at the time. Many had artefacts and background noise, some of which has been left in place so as to prevent undue distortion of the speech.

Leo Walmsley reads from his books. Recorded 3 April 1963.

1. From Three Fevers, 2017 Walmsley Society edition, partway through Chapter 12, on page 157, line 16 through to page 166.

2. From Phantom Lobster, 2017 Walmsley Society edition. partway through Chapter 4, on page 47, second sentence of the last paragraph, through to page 52. Followed by the opening pages of Foreigners.

3. Radio Interview prior to Symposeum 1965, includes Elliot Duke (Marney Lunn).

4. Radio Interview with Stephanie Walmsley about her book Autumn Gold (1992).

5. Michael Carney on BBC Radio 4 reading from Leo Walmsley's British Ports & Harbours in a presentation about the series of books Britain in Pictures.

6. Radio interview featuring Barrie Farnhill, then president of the Walmsley Society, discussing Leo Walmsley.

7. Radio broadcast about J Arthur Rank, featuring Andrew Youdell.

8. Radio broadcast for 1992 Walmsley Centenary, featuring Stephanie Walmsley and Jane Ellis.

9. 1993 Radio 4 interview with Marilyn Barraclough for Keeping the Faith, which she wrote about in the Autumn 1994 Journal.

10. Radio interview with Elliot Duke, Ruben Storm Bulmer and Mabel Wedgewood, Robin Hood's Bay.

11. BBC Radio 4 Keeping the Faith – 2001 radio interview with Jane Ellis about the forthcoming Leo biography Shells and Bright Stones.

12. 2001 Radio York interview with Jane Ellis about Shells and Bright Stones.

13. Radio presentation at Durham Literary Festival 2005. It has a number of references to Leo Walmsley. Read by Sean O'Brien.