The Strettons Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This time, we’ve a dairy farm, some crazy women wild swimming in the middle of winter and a couple of useful apps for your phone. We’ve been to visit the foodbank and we’ve been chatting to random strangers and to Sara, about the importance of resilience for good mental health. 

Timings

Proper Good Dairy 1:08

Talks with random strangers 6:06

Wild Swimming 10:32

Tech Corner 14:06

Food Bank 17:45

Mental Health 21:12

Soundscape 25:14

Proper Good Diary https://www.propergooddairy.co.uk/

Church Stretton Food Bank https://www.facebook.com/p/Stretton-Foodbank-100082248481842/?locale=en_GB 

Global Tech Podcast: Somewhere on Earth https://evergreenpodcasts.com/somehwere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast

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Producers

Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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It’s 2025 and time to fix those already broken new year’s resolutions with the help of the repair cafe. We have the first village report from All Stretton and a walk on the Long Mynd with Peter Toghill, the foremost expert on the geology of Church Stretton. If you like cleaning, then you’ll love hearing John Edwards in action on the signs in Rushbury village. As well as a touching piece about one man’s efforts to support Ukraine and Ukrainians, we also have the usual chats with random people on the streets of The Strettons.

Timings

Geology of Church Stretton 00:01:01

Talks with random strangers 00:05:59

Fake News 00:09:24

Village report - All Stretton 00:11:20

Sign Cleaning 00:14:42

Supporting Ukraine 00:19:33

Soundscape 00:24:44

Details of the promise auction for Ukraine is here https://www.strettonfocus.co.uk/event/promise-auction/ and you can lend your financial support here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/StrettonsSupportingUkraine 

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Producers

Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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Many of us living in The Strettons maybe don't realise that living around us are people who have made this locality what it is. We've decided that one of the things we'd like to do is to record some of those people's memories. Sian went to All Stretton to see local legend Trevor Morris (aged 92) to learn about his life growing up on the Long Mynd from 1939. From childhood memories of snow-covered walks to school, to life in a remote cottage on the Mynd, Trevor shares tales of resilience, community, and change. Listen now as he recalls the hardships of rural living, the joys of simple pleasures, and the enduring spirit of forgiveness and family.

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Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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It's time for the tractor run in The Strettons and we find out who's behind the wheels of the giant and the tiny machines, all decorated with Christmas lights. We also talk to visitors to the Mayfair Community Centre, the scout leader, the Marmaladies and check out a new bakery. Happy Christmas from Sian and Pete and see you all in the new year. Next episode January 7th 2025.

Timings

New business: Steeles Bakery 00:01:11

Talks with visitors to The Mayfair Centre 00:06:30

Marmaladies discussion on social media 00:13:57

Scouting with Terry Davies 00:22:00

The tractor run 00:27:55

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Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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Sian and Pete give birth to the first village podcast in the UK with a light-hearted look at the Strettons area and the voices of the people who live there.

This episode has comedy, local business feature, farming, recipe, housing discussion, route 435 bus conversations, mental health advice for Christmas and more.

If you want to skip to a particular section, use these timings.

Farming 00:01:15

Business 00:06:57

Recipe 00:12:02

Tech corner 00:16:40

Fake news 00:21:01

Vox pop - Route 435 00:23:27

Housing discussion 00:30:22

Mental Health at Christmas 00:41:13

Soundscape 00:48:08

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Sian’s been to visit local farmer Richard Wilding of Ragdon, to talk to him about changes in farming as well as tales of the Church Stretton rodeo and racing horses up on the Long Mynd.

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Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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This time, we’ve been to see some shire horses up at Picklescott as well as chatting to local people in town and tourists in Cardingmill Valley. This episode contains our first ever set of village reports from four villages in the Shropshire Hills. Have you ever wondered what goes on in rural Shropshire? Wonder no longer. The reports give a wonderful account of life in our beautiful countryside through the words and voices of the people who live there. Villages featured are Picklscott, All Stretton, Acton Scott and Ticklerton. More village reports in April.

Timings

Shire horses 1:00

Talks with random strangers 6:13

Village reports 11:32

Soundscape 26:58

Steve Ledsham and his shire horses https://www.shireandcarriagehorses.co.uk/ 

Church Stretton Town Council Awards

https://www.churchstretton-tc.gov.uk/community-pages/community-service-awards/ 

Sophie’s photography Instagram channel sfleighphotography 

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Jean Davies grew up in Gretton near Cardington and talks about the simple pleasures of post war life, guiding, courting and what passed for fun before the digital era!

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Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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This week, we’re featuring Stretton Climate Care’s Repair Cafe where we meet the customers and volunteers who help to reduce waste and encourage environmental responsibility. We also go down to the boxing club where we find a happy group of women keeping fit and making friends while learning their craft. The first of a new series of walks takes us up ashes Hollow with Colin, a local mountain guide and then, as usual, we have chats with random strangers. 

Timings

Repair Cafe 1:24

Vox pop 7:24

Women’s Boxing 14:32

Walking with Colin 19:46

Soundscape 25:41

If you know someone we should speak to for the podcast, please get in touch with us.

Find us online

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Producers

Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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This time Sian’s been chatting to Steven Pennington from Woolston Farm about the memorable characters who lived and worked in the area, the challenges of owning Caradoc, and what’s really in the cave there.

If you know someone we should speak to for the podcast, please get in touch with us.

Find us online

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email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com 

Support the podcast https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod

Producers

Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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