This week we have Steve Paige, known to everyone in All Stretton as their former postie and known to many more as the head honcho of our fire station. He’s a Stretton boy through and through and in this interview he tells us about getting his first ‘after school' job as a greengrocer’s boy. What was it like to grow up in Church Stretton in the 70’s and 80’s and what did he and his friends do for fun? Let’s listen and find out.

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We're off to see the kids making bug hotels and also speaking to people at the antiques centre and in the arts festival. The ladies at the knit and natter do more nattering than knitting and Tom Norris from Cardington tells us a few stories of growing up in the area. Lastly, we catch up with the Church Stretton accordion band at Burwarton Show.

Timings 

Bug hotel 00:01:08

Tom Norris 00:06:12

Knit & Natter 00:12:12

Vox pop 00:16:00

Soundscape CS Accordion band 00:25:28

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Chris Foulkes tells us what it’s like living in a farm which features heavily in the famous Malcolm Saville children’s books. He talks about the fans who come from across the world to stay in his cow sheds. He reminisces about growing up in a simpler time, when food was delivered by the local grocer, and the best fun was to be found with his friends playing in the fields and hills around his farm.

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Summer is bringing archaeology to The Strettons and this time, we’re digging for dinosaur bones with The National Trust in Carding Mill Valley and then chatting to race horse breeder, Richard Wilding about how to breed and break horses. Hand me that helmet and head torch and we’re down the mines at Snailbeach with some volunteer guides and then just up the road, we stop for a piece of quiche and a cup of tea at the famous Bog Visitor Centre. We finish with a very traditional English scene - men in rags and bells, dancing in the Square. 

Timings

Race horse breeding at Ragdon 00:56

Snalibeach mines 07:23

The Bog Visitor Centre 12:56

Carding Mill archaeology 18:31

What’s On 24:08

Morris Dancing 27:11

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Nick Churton is known to many people as a haulage man but there's more to him than moving stuff around the country. He tells us about growing up on Wenlock Edge and moving to Wall Bank and the mischief he used to get up to with his mates.

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There’s a lot of fun to be had at the Brooksbury Fundraising in Church Stretton and then at Acton Scott, it’s a village cricket match. We speak to a couple of tourists who have fallen in love with the area, the ponies and the sheep and for those who want to dabble in decentralised finance, we’ve got a how-to guide to starting in cryptocurrency trading. 

If you’d like to donate 10-15kg of clay to Halima Cassell’s installation, check out the missing countried here https://www.virtuesofunity.com/virtues-of-unity-required-locations  

Timings 

Brookbury Fundraiser Dog Show 00:56

Village cricket at Acton Scott 04:09

Cryptocurrency trading for beginners 09:28

Vox pop 15:44

Glyn’s Garden 18:37

Scrappies 22:40

Brooksbury soundscape29:24

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The Shipping Forecast is not just for sailors.

Written and Produced by Sian Lovegrove

Voiced by Brad Young of The Horringer Podcast

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Sheila Young tells us about growing up in Church Stretton and Ticklerton during the war, what it was like living next to the workhouse and the difficulty she has turning a heel.

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We’re careering down rectory field at break-neck speed with the scouts and then off to Condover where we prove that no dog is a lost cause when local celebrity dog, Dylan the boxer, is taken for some obedience training. We speak to trainers and young archers at The Long Mynd Archers open day and then we detain a police inspector long enough to get some local intelligence out of him. Finally, there’s a crunch match between Church Stretton and Clun bowling club which ends, as always, in tea and cakes in the pavilion.  

Timings 

Archery01:08

Dog Training  06:47

Police Report13:26

Bowling club18:55

Scouts 21:30

Soundscape27:58

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This is a special bonus episode to celebrate the life of Terry Davies, scout Leader and inspirational man. He has touched the lives of so many people over a period of 50 years of scouting in the town.

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