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  • Lucinda Lovesey of Picklescott

    Lucinda Lovesey of Picklescott
    2025/06/03
    Now we’re going to hear from Lucinda Lovesey, a potter from Picklescott, whose family has lived in the village for generations. She tells us stories of her father and grandfather and the important part the Bottle and Glass pub continues to play in the life of the village, including some memorable parties there!

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    16 分
  • Little Switzerland

    Little Switzerland
    2025/05/27

    We speak to the first visitors of the season to Acton Scott Heritage Farm and make the journey to Hay on Wye to speak to a Strettonian on stage at the Hay Festival. Curious about the dark web? Learn how to access it and whether it’s really as dangerous as you think. And according to a group of Swiss we found on the Long Mynd, Church Stretton doesn’t bear much resemblance to the Swiss Alps.


    Timings


    Acton Scott Heritage Farm 00:01:00

    Swiss walkers 00:08:41

    Hay Festival 00:11:44

    Tech corner: The dark web 00:17:57

    Pete’s what’s on listing 00:22:46

    Soundscape 00:26:43





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    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson



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    28 分
  • Oscar Prince of Little Stretton

    Oscar Prince of Little Stretton
    2025/05/20
    Sian visits Oscar in his cottage at the Small Batch campsite, a business his grandmother set up and that he now runs. He talks of his life as a boy growing up in Little Stretton and the fun they used to have making bicycles from scraps and roaming the fields and lanes with his friends.

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    15 分
  • Fire, fares and hares

    Fire, fares and hares
    2025/05/13

    All aboard the shuttle bus! We’re off to Stiperstones over the Long Mynd on the seasonal magic bus from the team at Shropshire Hills National Landscape. Then we hop on the Fire Engine and race through the lanes to a smoke-filled house and finish with a trip to peaceful Nant Valley in Wall Bank to see how land can be successfully managed for biodiversity.


    Long Mynd Shuttle Bus

    https://www.shropshirehills-nl.org.uk/explore-and-enjoy/the-great-outdoors/shropshire-hills-shuttle-bus


    Timings

    Long Mynd Shuttle Bus 00:01:23

    Fire Service 00:08:43

    Nant Valley 00:16:03

    What’s On 00:22:07

    Soundscape 00:25:00


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    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson




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    26 分
  • Sponge Cat

    Sponge Cat
    2025/05/06

    This week we’ve been travelling on the Ring & Ride bus as it drives along the narrow lanes of The Strettons picking up passengers with cakes and dinner dates. Then we meet a handful of cyclists who’ve made an epic cycle ride across Shropshire to visit Cardingmill Valley. In our new business slot, we’ve been to see Reuben in his new secondhand bookshop and then it’s gardening time. We’ve surrounded ourselves with flowers and plants at the annual gardening club show and then joined a very busy open day at Glyn’s Garden. We finish with a gentle walk through Rectory Wood and stop at the stream to contemplate life and listen to the sounds of spring in The Strettons.


    Timings

    Ring & Ride 0:01:06

    Cycling from Gobowen 0:10:58

    Glyn’s Garden open day 0:12:57

    Gardening Club show 0:16:40

    Reuben’s Bookshop 0:21:34

    Soundscape - Rectory Wood 0:26:55


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    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson




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    28 分
  • Come fly with me

    Come fly with me
    2025/04/29

    Book on the move in the mobile library this week. Find out what’s hot on the shelves and speak to some of the customers. Then we climb up The Burway to the gliding club and speak to the cafe owner, a glider pilot and a paraglider waiting for the wind to change. Finally it’s our in-house mental health practitioner, Sara with some advice about cross-generational communication. We finish with an April shower.


    Timings

    Lucinda Lovesey, Potter 1:27

    Mobile Library 9:00

    Gliding Club 15:59

    Mental Health 22:59

    Mental Health 23:14

    Soundscape 27:37


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    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson




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    29 分
  • John Sankey of Ratlinghope

    John Sankey of Ratlinghope
    2025/04/22
    We went to Ratlinghope to see everyone's favourite coal merchant - John Sankey. He talks about his early days in The Strettons, epic walks across the Long Mynd with his father and the difference between attitudes of visitors to the area then and now. He shows us his campsite which hosts dozens of school and scouts groups each year and lets us sit in some of his classic cars and steam engines.

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    15 分
  • A49 truck spotting

    A49 truck spotting
    2025/04/15

    We hear from a new cafe on Sandford Avenue and go for another walk with Colin, this time it’s Caer Caradoc. Sian’s been down at the cemetery and the allotments talking to people about life, death and everything in between and then she pulled up a garden chair and sat at the side of the A49 waving at passing trucks. It’s all going on in Church Stretton as the weather improves and people get out and about.


    Timings

    Walking with Colin: 0:58

    Chats with strangers: 6:52

    Feature: A49 trucking 11:23

    New business feature: 17:55

    Soundscape: Livestock Market 23:05


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    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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    24 分