Sister Mary Joy Langdon
Michael Berkeley's guest is Sister Mary Joy Langdon.
Private Passions · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
In the hot, dry summer of 1976, Mary Joy Langdon made a very bold decision: she joined the fire service. She was the first woman in the UK to work as a professional operational fire-fighter. Then, after eight years, she changed course - and became a nun.
In 1989, as Sister Mary Joy Langdon, she founded the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, introducing inner-city children and young people with disabilities to horse riding. Recently it helped children traumatised by the Grenfell Tower fire. The Centre also attracted one of Britain’s most acclaimed painters – Lucian Freud - who came to draw the horses.
Mary Joy's music selections include Mozart, Strauss, Bach and Grieg.
Presenter Michael Berkeley Producer Clare Walker