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Longdendale Tales

ASFB Productions

Society & Culture

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 32

A podcast series exploring the often forgotten stories of the Longdendale valley - past and present! Clare Savory rediscovers Glossop, Crowden, Woodhead, Tintwistle, Hadfield and the many reservoirs running along the Longdendale Trail, Trans Pennine and Pennine ways. The pilot project was supported by Glossop Creates and the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle. Now, in 2025, a new 3-part video podcast series has been support by Derbyshire Makes and High Peak Community Arts. Visit our digital interactive map on www.LongdendaleTales.co.uk

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18/09/2025
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https://www.walkingthewrecks.uk/
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https://www.youtube.com/@longdendaletales/
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Christmas in Crowden

Season 1 · Episode 29

Thursday, December 21, 2023 • Duration 27:24

Back in March (episode 8), Clare Savory visited an almost forgotten chapel on the hillside between Woodhead and Crowden... Now a group of volunteers from across the Longdendale valley (and beyond) have rescued St James' Church.

In this special Christmas episode, Clare invites Longdendale Tales listeners in for a sneak peek of the first concert at the chapel in years.

Music is provided by Adrian Loader and Arnfield Brass Band. Tintwistle-based celebrant Steph Baker leads the service.

You can support the volunteers repairing St James by donating to their crowdfunder campaign here: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/st-james-church-restoration-fund

If you've enjoyed this episode of our podcast, make sure you visit our digital interactive map for more of the valley's fascinating history at LongdendaleTales.co.uk

Special thanks to Holly Close (assistant producer), Harry Heart (series theme music ‘Begging’), Lauren Riley (logos and artwork) and Kate Raine (Glossop Heritage Trust research library).

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Soundscaping The Old House Tunnel, Rain and Pylons

Season 1 · Episode 28

Sunday, April 2, 2023 • Duration 08:42

As the series draws to a close, Clare Savory follows an old path underneath the Longdendale Trail, where there’s another railway tunnel marked ‘The Old House’.

She ponders over words Robert Macfarlane shared about the origins of paths and “the secrets they keep of adventures, meetings and departures”.

Clare walks from one end of the tunnel to the other - listen closely to the buzz of the pylons, to the raindrops inside, to the heavy rain and birdsong at the opposite end.

And she tells a tale of a cat called ‘hero’ that is said to haunt the area, along with its owner who cursed all that tread the path of the railway…

This pilot project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk to see our digital interactive map.

Special thanks to Holly Close (assistant producer), Harry Heart (series theme music ‘Begging’), Owain Paciuszko (videos and visuals), Lauren Riley (logos and artwork) and Kate Raine (Glossop Heritage Trust research library).

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Stoneflies, Nymphs and Crowden Brook

Season 1 · Episode 19

Friday, March 24, 2023 • Duration 25:00

Listen closely as the year 6 pupils of Parochial Primary School in Ashton Under Lyne find their feet walking in wellies along Crowden Brook! Peak District National Park community ranger/oracle Matt Ross returns to the podcast to tell us how he inspires the future generation using stories of stoneflies and nymphs.

This episode includes a cringe worthy joke about the Oasis hit Don’t Look Back In Anger. Sorry. But a cool fact about a stonefly called Yellow Sally...

To find out more information about the school visits Matt runs, email Learning.Discovery@peakdistrict.gov.uk

The Longdendale Tales project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, supported by the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk to see our digital interactive map.

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Bottoms, Benefits and Barriers To Moving More

Season 1 · Episode 18

Thursday, March 23, 2023 • Duration 33:33

Helen Thornhill from Move More Glossop, a community partnership project led by The Bureau, encourages more of us to get fit by building activity into our everyday life.

Clare Savory and Helen take a popular loop around Bottoms Reservoir to talk about who, why and how she helps people get started - no matter their mobility.

Plus, they bump into a local chap called Jimmy by chance - who it turns out used to work on the reservoirs some 30+ years ago. He shares a few tales about climbing down the steps in the valve houses and walking the aqueducts underneath the waterways to clear the silt and tree roots!

Plenty more info about the groups Helen talks about, including the Reservoir Ramblers here: https://the-bureau.org.uk/move-more-glossop/

The Longdendale Tales project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk to see our digital interactive map.

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Stone Masons, Witches’ Markings And (More) Victorian Pottery

Season 1 · Episode 17

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 • Duration 38:18

Following the medieval trackway from Padfield towards Deep Clough, archaeologist Tim Campbell-Green and Clare Savory sift through the stone mason markings in the tunnels under the Longdendale Trail, as well as spotting two apotropaic markings on a bridge: “two inverted V’s”. These religious markings are believed to have been used to ward off evil or bad luck…and perhaps witches after the reformation?!

Elsewhere, we stumble across some more Victorian pottery, a ‘glacial erratic’ and Tim shares the vision for his Glossop Creates Pairings: ‘A Big Dig’!

Spoiler alert: We end this episode in a tunnel surrounded by mould, lichen and spider webs!

Link to Tim’s blog Glossop Curiosities all about the mason markings here: https://glossopcuriosities.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/masons-marks-and-apotropaia/

Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk to see our digital interactive map.

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The Plane Crashes of Bleaklow and Beyond

Season 1 · Episode 16

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 • Duration 39:26

8 air crashes; 36 people killed, 2 survivors...That's just in and around the area surrounding Bleaklow moor between the years 1939 and 1956.

Yet most people have only heard of (and visited) the site where the Bleaklow Bomber met its fate - a US Air Force Boeing B29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones in 1948.

Mountain leader Alan Clark joins Clare Savory for a second podcast episode looking into the many crash sites on the south side of the Longdendale moors. They were recording sat at the memorial site on Bramah Edge.

Interested in aviation crashes in the Peak District? Listen back to LT episode 9, where we discuss the 6 crash sites in and around Tintwistle Knarr - north side of the Longdendale valley.

For Alan’s guided walks, check out: https://www.walkingthewrecks.uk/

This pilot project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle. Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk to see our digital interactive map.

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Longdendale Lights, Ghosts and Tunnels; Glossop Chronicle

Season 1 · Episode 15

Monday, March 20, 2023 • Duration 42:13

Glossop Chronicle journalist David Jones walks from Hadfield Train Station along the Longdendale Trail recalling some of the stories he reported for the local newspaper.

From the opening of the trail, to walking the Woodhead train line tunnels to the many paranormal sightings in and around the valley… plus, rowdy football fans and a tale about Dick Turpin!

Many of the articles we talk about during this interview have been pinned to our digital map, available at LongdendaleTales.co.uk

This pilot project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

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The Day A Snowy Woodhead Pass Was Closed

Season 1 · Episode 14

Sunday, March 19, 2023 • Duration 09:28

For this week’s Sunday Soundscape, we walk beside an almost silent Woodhead Pass - usually filled with the deafening sound of lorries and cars driving all day and all night.

But today, with 7 inches of snow, the area surrounding Rhodeswood Reservoir and Didsbury Intake was filled with nothing but the sounds of long tailed tits, blue tits and great tits. Well, and lots of melting ice falling from the towering trees above...

This week’s poignant words come from the Scottish poet Thomas A Clark’s ‘In Praise Of Walking’.

For photos of Clare’s walk on our digital map check out: LongdendaleTales.co.uk

This pilot was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

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A Picnic At Woodhead (Part Two) by Thomas Barlow

Season 1 · Episode 13

Saturday, March 18, 2023 • Duration 09:26

In the second of four storytelling episodes, actress Cordelia Howard continues reading the bard of Longdendale’s retelling of a wild day trip to Woodhead with friends.

Visit LongdendaleTales.co.uk for more information about our digital map and 28 part walking podcast series.

This pilot project was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

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East Cheshire’s Victorian Poets

Season 1 · Episode 12

Friday, March 17, 2023 • Duration 15:20

It’s the day after the snow drifts arrived across Glossopdale, and Clare is back out walking the Longdendale Trail in its thick snow covered paths.

Along her way she recalls some of the poetry written by former Longdendale stompers: Ammon Wrigley, Thomas Barlow, Thomas Middleton and Ralph Bernard Robinson.

Find more of their poetry, and photos of her walk on our digital map: LongdendaleTales.co.uk

This pilot was supported by Glossop Creates as part of their Pairings programme, matched with Matt Ross at the Peak District National Park’s Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

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