In Goodnight Campers, PPI-nominated producer Brian Gallagher tells the story of the camp at Mosney in county Meath, that started life as Butlins, but evolved in time into Mosney Holiday Centre, the home of the Community Games, and finally a centre for asylum seekers.
Featuring former campers and staff, we hear from, amongst others, Mona Rogers, a woman in her nineties who was a holiday maker at Butlins in the Fifties and Sixties, and politician Ged Nash, who manned the camp microphone as a bingo caller, during his student days in the Nineties.
Also featured are participants in the hugely popular Community Games, while the affectionate recollections of many former visitors and staff are countered somewhat by the experiences of a recent asylum seeker.
Conjuring up the past with music and memories, Goodnight Campers charts the passing of the decades, with Mosney acting in many ways as a mirror for a changing Ireland.
Take a listen to a clip from Goodnight Campers and look at some of the flyers from Mosney of days gone by...
‘Goodnight Campers’ will be broadcast on Newstalk 106-108fm this weekend, Saturday 1st November at 7am, and repeated at 10am on Sunday 2nd November.
‘Goodnight Campers’ can also be listened to online at: www.newstalk.com
Podcast available at: www.newstalk.com/documentaryonnewstalk after the broadcast.
CREDITS: ‘Goodnight Campers’ was written, produced and edited by Brian Gallagher. The programme was made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Sound & Vision Scheme.
