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John Toal with tales of family and community life, plus great recipes, craic and music. 

John Toal with tales of family and community life, plus great recipes, craic and music.

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Saturday with John Toal: Remembering Pele, New Year’s Awards, Knitters and Life as an Asylum Seeker

Remembering Pele, New Years Awards, Knitters and Life as an Asylum Seeker

Remembering Pele, New Year’s Awards, Knitters and Life as an Asylum Seeker

BBC Radio Ulster - Saturday with John Toal, Remembering Pele, New Year’s Awards, Knitters and Life as an Asylum Seeker

Mike Dillon, Dara McAnulty, Behnam Pour and Pauline Deazley join John in studio.

Footballer Mike Dillon, naturalist Dara McAnulty, musician Behnam Pour, knitter Pauline Deazley join John in studio, while Paula cooks up some Eight Treasure Rice. 

Joining John on today's show, retired footballer Mike Dillon is in studio talking about his memories of Pele in the 1970s when they were both playing for New York Cosmos. Award winning author and naturalist Dara McAnulty on being awarded the BEM during the New Year’s Honours. Iranian musician Behnam Pour on his journey to Belfast as an asylum seeker – he’s also playing the Santoor Pauline Deazley from Crumlin will be knitting throughout the hour! She’s part of the Derry Square Knitters group who have been raising nearly £20,000 for charities helping refugees And Paula’s in the studio cooking Eight Treasure Rice to mark the Chinese New Year. 


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