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An airstrip in Buckna, a postcard from “the Port”, poetry from Charlie Reynolds and mental health help for marching bands.

Meeting the man behind the Buckna airstrip, a chat with Charlie Reynolds about “A Heirskip Loast”, and “Light of Foot”, a support network for marching bands .

Helen Mark and Rab Lennox are in the driving seat for this week’s Ulster-Scots magazine – Kintra. Willie Hill meets Ernie Graham who has an airstrip in the shadow of Slemish. Jonnie Crawford chats with Charlie Reynolds about “A Heirskip Loast” his new book of “Ulster-Scots rhymes frae North Antrim”.
There’s a postcard from Portrush courtesy of listener Nigel Edgar, and Rab hears from Alicia Dickson-Hamilton and Valerie Quinn about “Light of Foot”, a mental health support network reaching out to members of marching bands.
The Kintra team love to hear from listeners – you can contact them at kintra@bbc.co.uk

27 minutes

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  • Sun 1 Aug 2021 18:03