{"id":664,"date":"2017-05-31T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/?p=664"},"modified":"2017-05-30T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:46:31","slug":"histcompod-episode-11-pit-stop-tour-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/histcompod-episode-11-pit-stop-tour-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Histcompod Episode 11 &#8211; &#8216;Pit Stop Tour 1985&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 11 of \u2018A History of Comedy in Several Objects\u2019 is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/a-history-of-comedy-in-several-objects\/id1210414720\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/ahistoryofcomedypodcast\" target=\"_blank\">acast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this special guest episode we talk to Warren Lakin about Linda Smith\u2019s life and her work, feminism in comedy and the Miners\u2019 Strike of the 1980s, focusing on a flyer for the Cable Street Community Centre show as part of the 1985 &#8216;Pit Stop Tour&#8217; run by Sheffield Popular Theatre, plus an\u00a0exclusive interview clip with Mark Thomas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_665\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-LS-003-001-001-003-A.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-LS-003-001-001-003-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-LS-003-001-001-003-A.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-LS-003-001-001-003-A-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/files\/2017\/05\/BSUCA-LS-003-001-001-003-A-624x436.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster advertising the 1985 &#8216;Pit Stop Tour&#8217; in support of the National Union of Mineworkers featuring Token Women and other acts (BSUCA\/LS\/3\/1\/1\/3) (c) Stephen Houfe, Warren Lakin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to get involved! You can contact us via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:standup@kent.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">standup@kent.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or tweet us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistComPod\" target=\"_blank\">@histcompod<\/a>. You can search the online catalogue for more information about the holdings of \u00a0the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Images of some objects featured on the podcast can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/britishstandupcomedyarchive\/albums\" target=\"_blank\">flickr site<\/a> in the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/britishstandupcomedyarchive\/albums\/72157680653167655\/with\/33166952770\/\" target=\"_blank\">History of Comedy in Several Objects<\/a>\u2018 album.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 11 of \u2018A History of Comedy in Several Objects\u2019 is now available on iTunes and acast. 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