Tracks of My Life with Richard Moore

Tracks of My Life is a show on RNIB Connect Radio presented and produced by Toby Davey where he invites a guest to take us on a journey through their life, sharing the tracks that mark important moments which bring back memories to them.

Their chosen tracks of their life might include the first track they can remember hearing, the first track they bought, a number of tracks that mark moments in their life and the final track, a track that they would like to pass on which might give people hope for the future.

In this trimmed down podcast version of Tracks of My Life, Toby is joined by Derry musician Richard Moore who At the age of 10 in 1972 was blinded by a rubber bullet from a British soldier’s gun as he walked home from school.

In 1996 Richard set up the charity Children in Crossfire, in a way to give back and pass on the support and kindness that he received as a young blind man growing up in Derry to children who are caught up in the cross fire of poverty around the world.

 

Through Richard’s Tracks of My Life we are taken on a journey from life as a young boy growing up in Derry before the troubles started, living through them as a young blind man, setting up his charity Children in Crossfire, reflecting on the forgiveness and compassion that he was shown by his parents, passing on those values to his two daughters who mean so much to him and not forgetting his love of music too.

Do visit the children in Crossfire website for more details about Richard's charity  - 

You can catch the hour-long version of Tracks of My Life with Toby’s guest’s music tracks in full by tuning in to RNIB Connect Radio every Tuesday at 7pm, repeated on Thursday at 1pm and Sunday at 8pm. 

(Image shows Richard wearing a smart, navy jacket and shirt and dark glasses against a blurred background, smiling warmly at the camera)