Dock Pod: Recent Episodes
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Welcome to the podcast that goes behind the scenes of The Historic Dockyard Chatham to uncover the stories of 400 years of maritime history.
In this months edition of Dock Pod we hop behind the scenes of the our new exhibition Monsters of the Deep, where we speak to Dr Tammy Horton from the National Oceanography Centre, Palaeontologist Nigel Larkin & Collections Manager Nick Ball, discussing in detail what it is like to put together an exhibition like this.
We also speak with our Learning Team about the fun Easter activities currently taking place and we hear from Bradfield's Academy who do volunteering work every Tuesday at the Dockyard, what have they been working on this week?
On 11 February we reopen to visitors, we have missed you! In this episode we go behind the scenes of some of the exciting things coming up at the Dockyard this year including Salute to the '40s, the Medway Gaming Festival & our family friendly Half Term Activities.
2023 is here and whilst we may be closed to visitors, there is still so much going on at the Dockyard from the Fitted Rigging House South Project, to a new exhibition Monsters of the Deep and new research and conversation projects. You can find it all and more in this month's edition of Dock Pod. We even take some time to reflect on members of the team's New Years Resolutions, what are yours?
In the December Edition of the official Podcast for The Historic Dockyard Chatham, we take a look at our all new for this year Mission Christmas experience, reflect on the last year of fantastic Dockyard events, we talk about Wreath Making, Research work taking place in 2023 and regular On This Day accounts throughout the month of December in Dockyard History.
Is it too early still to get talking about Christmas? This month we get in the festive mood and tell you all about our exciting plans for Christmas. Our temporary exhibition Diving Deep HMS Invincible 1744, will be closing in just 17 days, so we give you insights into all the reasons you should visit and discover the story of the INVINCIBLE.
In this month's edition of the Podcast we share stories of Black History in Chatham, give you all you need to know about our upcoming family friendly Halloween activities, and share a brand new On This Day in History at the Dockyard feature.
In this month's episode we dive into one of the biggest events in the Dockyard calendar - Salute to the '40s. We also share news of a uniform collection that will be released online in conjunction with Salute to the '40s. We also dive behind the scenes of our Collections Team with free Heritage Open Days.
Happy August! In this episode we share with you our Supersized Summer which includes a live open air performance of the Railway Children, Science of the Sea Activities, the Octonauts Octo-Cadet Training Academy and more.
Suchi Chatterjee shares stories of black history within the Dockyard.
Vikkie Mulford expands on our accessibility offers across the month of August.
In this video episode we dive deeper into our expansive summer program, share the work our ship keepers are doing on HMS Gannet, and uncover the people stories behind historic warships with our research volunteers.
In this episode, Volunteers George Hornby, Andy Boorman and John Robinson dive into their unique research projects they are currently working on at The Historic Dockyard Chatham such as organising and cataloguing the listed buildings on our site. With this week being volunteers week we uncover the stories of our volunteers and how they got involved with the 'yard. We feature a small Dockyard themed quiz, the origins of the group and how family heritage closely connects people within The Dockyard.