<p>On the Mumbelievable Podcast, host Sonia Beldom welcomes actress, presenter, author and award-winning travel writer Julie Peasgood to talk about her mother, Pearl Margaret Peasgood. Julie shares how Pearl joined Bertram Mills Circus at 18, performed with Japanese artists, learned juggling and tightrope skills, and later raised four children while juggling three jobs—shop work, sewing as an expert seamstress, and laying out the deceased—during financially tight times. Julie recalls Pearl’s practical, resourceful “no such word as can’t” attitude, spontaneous overnight projects, love of gardening, and pride in Julie’s performing career, plus vivid family memories like “mum days,” custard tarts, and a favourite white-sauce fish dish. Sonia also contrasts her own mother’s unfiltered behaviour and later-life sectioning, while Julie reflects on the legacy of belief and ambition she’s passed to her daughter and grandchildren.</p><br><p>00:00&nbsp;Welcome to Mumbelievable</p><p>00:36&nbsp;Meet Julie Peasgood</p><p>01:23&nbsp;Mum the Circus Star</p><p>02:38&nbsp;Running Away to Perform</p><p>05:23&nbsp;Pearl the Can Do Mum</p><p>07:16&nbsp;Growing Up on a Budget</p><p>08:37&nbsp;Food Memories and Laughs</p><p>12:28&nbsp;Quirks and Big Dreams</p><p>14:26&nbsp;Sonia on Her Mum</p><p>15:37&nbsp;Sectioned at Eighty</p><p>17:34&nbsp;Care Home Meds Drama</p><p>18:26&nbsp;Wishing For Deeper Talks</p><p>19:01&nbsp;Cruise Life And Pearl</p><p>21:32&nbsp;Sex Tips Book Breakthrough</p><p>24:12&nbsp;Unfiltered School Shock</p><p>25:40&nbsp;Lessons Passed Down</p><p>26:45&nbsp;Mini Mum Survey</p><p>27:25&nbsp;Practical Surprises And Sight Loss</p><p>31:02&nbsp;Lioness Mum And Big Energy</p><p>33:11&nbsp;Legacy And Farewell</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>