John Adams: Letters on the front for May 1916

John Adams was accidentally wounded in the left hand on the evening of 1st May 1916. This podcast looks at treatment of injured men, and follows John’s letters as he tells his mother what happened..Down load it HERE
Or find it on iTunes HERE
Follow John Adams through the 1st World War on twitter @JAdamsLetters 
Read transcripts of the letters HERE

John Adams: Letter from the front for April 1916

A new episode of 'John Adams: Letters from the front' for April 1916 is now available.

The Easter Rising took place 100 years ago at the end of April 1916. In this podcast, Mark talks with Susan Schreibman and Neale Rooney of the Letters 1916 project.

We also have a letter from John Adams’ sister Jeannie referencing the Rising from her home in Holywood, Co. Down.

Download from our webpage HERE
You can read the letters fro April 1916 HERE

You can follow the Letters of 1916 on their webpage HERE 

John Adams: Letters from the front for March 1916

Looking at life in World War 1 through the letters of my Grandfather, John Adams, who joined the 9th (service) Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. This month we have a letter from John's sister to their mother, Shamrock on St Patrick's day, a letter from John to his brother, Jimmy, with much more.
Find the podcast at HERE
Read the letters for March 1916 HERE
And follow us on iTunes HERE

John Adams: Letters from the front Podcast for February 1916

John Adams spent a large part of February 1916 on home leave back in Ireland. This shorter podcast covers that unusual event and we look at home leave from the western front in the First World War. 
Download the podcast from the website HERE
or off iTunes HERE
Read the transcripts of the letters HERE

John Adams: Letters from the front Podcast for January 1916

We conclude the conversation between John, Roger and Mark about following their grandfathers footsteps at the Western Front, focusing on the Somme. 
We also hear the letters from John Adams wrote in January 1916 from the Western Front. 

Download the podcast from the website HERE
or off iTunes HERE
Read the transcripts of the letters HERE

John Adams Letters from the front for December 1915

We continuing the conversation between John, Roger and Mark about following their grandfathers footsteps at the Western Front. We also look at the letters concerning John Adams first Christmas in the trenches, both from John and his sister, Jeanie.
Download the podcast from the website HERE
or off iTunes HERE
Read the transcripts of the letters HERE

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John Adams: Letters from the front November 1915

John Adams: Letters from the Front for November 1915. This month is the first part of the conversation I have with my brothers, John and Roger Adams, about the trip we made to the western front in 2014, using John Adams Letters to inform our journey.
We also have a lighter letter from Johns Cousin, Thomas Davidson, and a more sober letter John Adams sends to his mother. 
Find the podcast at John Adams Letters website;
or on iTunes searching for 'John Adams Letters from the Front'

John Adams: Letters from the front for September 1915

With the final stages of his training coming to an end, John Adams thinks about his mother, and is inspected by the King, all before leaving England for the Western Front. 
(With great narration by Katherine Adams).
You can download from the John Adams Letters from the front web page HERE, (and you can also read the transcribed letters HERE)
Or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes HERE .

John Adams: Letter from the front August 1915

In this podcast we look at the seaside English town of Seaford as an army base. We hear from John Adams while stationed there as he writes home to his mother and sister.

Download the podcast from HERE.

See the transcriptions and images HERE

Subscribe via iTunes

And you can e-mail us at letters@johnadams.org.uk 

John Adams: Letters from the front, July 1915.

John Adams: Letters from the front for July 1915. A podcast looking at the letters of my Grandfather during World War 1. This episode looks at how the Orange Order helped the men of the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers keep contact with their home and culture while training in Sussex.

Download from the web page HERE

See transcripts for this months letters HERE.

John Adams: Letters from the front, May 1915

The podcast for May 1915 features the second part of our interview Heather Montgomery from the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast. Heather is researching the practice trench systems that were built all across Ireland as the three Irish divisions (10th, 16th, 36th) trained for trench warfare.

Heather mentioned the Defence Heritage Project that she is involved in. They are looking for the public to contribute information and knowledge about WW1 structures in their area, so please have a look.

A big thanks to Heather for contributing to our understanding of our family history.

We also hear the letters of John Adams while he readies for the 36th (Ulster) Division parade in Belfast, 100 years ago, and a letter home from his sister Jeanne.

Download the Podcast HERE.

John Adams: Letter from the front for April 1915

The podcast for April 1915 features Heather Montgomery from the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast. Heather is researching the practice trench systems that were built all across Ireland as the three Irish divisions (10th, 16th, 36th) trained for trench warfare.

You can find it on iTunes or download it HERE.

John Adams: Letters from the front March 1915

Looking at the letters from John Adams home, and a letter home from his sister. We also look at who was in John Adams life in March 1915.
Find the episode on  iTunes HERE
or on the John Adams: Letters from the front web site.

John Adams: Letters from the front February 1915

The latest reading of John Adams letters from World War 1 sees him on a recruitment march in his home county of Armagh, including his future home and the Hamlet I grew up in, Hamiltonsbawn.

Listen to it here on the John Adams: Letters from the front website.

or subscribe here on iTunes.

Also visit the John Adams:letters from the front web site.

John Adams: Letters from the front. December 1914.

The next episode of our World War 1 family history podcast, 'John Adams: Letters from the front', is available now here. Looking at the daily routine in training at Clandyboye and a letter from T Davidson.

See the letters online here.

John Adams: Letters from the front. History of the Royal Irish Fusiliers.

This month’s podcast is an interview with Jonathan McGrath of the Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum in Armagh, looking at the history of the Royal Irish Fusiliers from their formation right up to the start of WW1.

Download from the John Adams: Letters from the front web page HERE.

Or subscribe to iTunes HERE.

John Adams:Letters from the front, Radio Interview.

This podcast is a short radio interview that I did with North Antrim’s Q97.2 FM. In it I shares some of the stories from Letters from the Front.

Thanks to Q97.2 FM for permission to reproduce on the podcast.

You can download the podcast from HERE.

We have got a little publicity from John Adams:Letter from the Front from a local paper.


A link to the article on line is here.

Where to find the Podcasts

Lets have a quick round up of where to find the various podcasts...

John Admas:Letters from the front (World  War 1 Family History) can be found at :
http://johnadams.org.uk/letters/category/podcast/ 
or iTunes at:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/john-adams-letters-from-front/id914295922

marksmess Vs Evolutionary War (Marvel Marvel Comic book Annuals 1988) can be found at:
http://marksmesscomics.podomatic.com/
or iTunes at:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mark-adams-podcast/id630832673?mt=2

marksmess Vs Atlantis Attacks (Marvel Marvel Comic book Annuals 1989) can be found at:
http://marksmess.podomatic.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/marksmess-podcast/id915059496

I will be recording a new episode of Atlantis Attacks in the next week. There were no letters from my Grandfather untill December 1914, so the nest regular episode will be in December. And there is a secret project, that is beyond my small part of the podcasting world, that will happen early in the new year. Exciting or what.

As you can see, Scooby is excited about more recording.

Another new Podcast - John Adams Letters from the Front

For the second time this week I launch a new podcast series. This time it is not about Super Heroes, but an altogether more real type of hero. My grand father fought in World War 1 on the western front, and thsi podcast follows his war, through his letters, in his words. Join my brothers and I by listening to us as we read the letters, and as his great grand children narrate the events of that age.

Follow the podcast feed here
and the itunes here. 

And follow the journey through the John Adams: Letters from the Front web page.