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Bizarre stories from a peculiar place. On the edge of the West Cliff in Bournemouth UK, balanced between sea and land and sky, the twisting paths and dark pine trees inspire strange stories of the strange folk who have inhabited that weird place. A new story every week from the pen of master story-teller Peter John Cooper. Funny, sad, murders, spirits and the down right ordinary. Commuting to work, drifting off to sleep, making breakfast, there’s a story for you here. Tales from the Cliff Edge has been selected as one of the top 15 UK story telling sites by Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_storytelling_podcasts/ I live on the cliff top. I’m looking out across Poole Bay to the English Channel and the world beyond. This is a mysterious in-between sort of place, not only the meeting of sea and land and the sky but also a shifting, joyful, melancholy realm where nothing is permanent and reality and fantasy collide. I’m Peter John Cooper and I’ve made my living for the past fifty years telling stories. In this podcast I’m going to share some of them with you. They’re not all about this clifftop place, of course, but they all come from that strange in between world of the imagination. Let’s go inside, make a cup of tea and I’ll tell you today’s tale.
Episodes
Mar 13, 2021
Mar 13, 2021
15 min
A story which does more r less as it says in the title. Featuring some bewilderment, an unexpected encounter with a mermaid and the use of a Bedford four wheel drive army surplus truck.
Mar 6, 2021
Mar 6, 2021
15 min
A diatribe from seventeenth century critic Leonard Smallpiece about the reopening of the playhouses. Smallpiece tries to persuade us to stay away from these dens of depravity. Perhaps there are parallels for us here today. Music by The City Waites.
Feb 27, 2021
Feb 27, 2021
12 min
Thinking of booking a holiday? Here are some suggestions that might make you think about some out of this world destinations you may not have considered already.
Feb 20, 2021
Feb 20, 2021
12 min
Nature? What's that about. It's about time we took a stand and got rid of all those flying reptiles on the cliffs. They're only taking up valuable real estate. So Glen Appleby says.
Feb 13, 2021
Feb 13, 2021
15 min
One Friday morning the Robots came over the hill and started digging a hole in Old Thompson's top field. Old Thompson was understandably cross but what happened next caused some puzzlement in the village.
Feb 6, 2021
Feb 6, 2021
16 min
Space is not only very big, it is also very empty. Six months out from earth and supplies running out, what are the chances that the crew of the space freighter could find anything to grab their attention in the void?
Jan 30, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
11 min
However hard we try, boys and girls get given different toys to play with. Historians and other antiquarians say that, in fact, this has not always been the case and, indeed, there was a time when the reverse was true; unlikely as that seems to us now. The story of the young lad who may have changed everything.
Music: Lucky Rubber Ducky by Quincas Moreira
Argentinian Tango Bandonian by Doug Maxwell
Jan 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021
18 min
An elderly gentleman on a day out to the seaside decides to try a panini in a cafe. It only reminds him of last year.
A one person play from a series I wrote about The Cafe Sorrento. There may be more later
Jan 9, 2021
Jan 9, 2021
9 min
One of those life defining moments when you decide whether to get a tattoo. Or not. But it does involve a trip to Portsmouth by motorbike.