Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins

This afternoon, I did Bench (that’s how I’m referring to it now!) in the sunshine at Shrewsbury Castle , home to the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum . Hit play to hear what happened, and who I met. Appearing or mentioned in this episode: Artist Lee Lewis: Twitter , Instagram , YouTube Catch her exhibition at the Gateway , Chester Street, Shrewsbury from April 12th. Music promoter Chris Taylor of SY...

Hello, chums. Thank you for your patience, and sorry it’s been a long wait between episodes of Hello You. I explain why in the first part of this episode. Most of this was recorded on location at the Church of the Holy Spirit , on Meadow Farm Drive, Harlescott in Shrewsbury. They have a ‘hub’ event every Wednesday morning, which includes a food share from Shrewsbury Food Hub , A Place of Welcome ,...

Includes: * Ancestry * family history * East London * Essex * toilets * eating winkles with a pin * mental health * overwhelmed * exhaustion * covid * symptom diagram * ‘Georgia Satellites’ by Georgia Satellites * polyps * counselling * benches * taking care of one another This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallth...

Imagine this: You don’t feel so good one morning, so you call the GP. The doctor calls you back, you step away from your desk to take the call, and then … Kath Fackrell shares her story of a day when everything changed, and how - with support, patience and determination - she’s becoming Kath 2.0. Find about more about #fnd at FND Hope UK . It’s a real privilege to share people’s stories and experi...

I’ve been to sit on another bench, to see what happens. Last Tuesday, I was at the junction of New Park Road and John Street, in the Castlefields area of Shrewsbury. There’s a memorial on the bench, but I know nothing of the story behind it. Can you fill in any details? I read the inscription during the podcast. It’s quite a busy location for passing traffic, so there’s a brief soundscape which is...

I thought I’d figured out all the different ways I could describe myself, but then I came across a new one: AWOC - Ageing Without Children. It was thanks to a tweet from Denise Jackson, from Oakengates. She’s part of the active AWOC community, and she wonders if other people in similar circumstances would be interested in forming a Shropshire or Telford local group. Denise explains more and tells...

Sorry I didn’t get this to you sooner. I recorded it on Friday lunchtime, but I wasn’t feeling at all well yesterday (Saturday) - to put it mildly - so nothing got done. Anyway, it’s here now! And you can hear what happened when I went to Shrewsbury’s Market Hall, to sit on a very handsome and comfortable bench in the hope of recording some conversations. There’s a travelling soundscape - audio mo...

Thrilled by the long list of great suggestions for benches on which I could sit to record conversations with people, I picked one from the pile and set off to do my thing in the Belle Vue area of Shrewsbury. Who did I talk to? Well, mostly myself and you, as you’ll hear. The next ‘bench’ session will be in Shrewsbury’s Market Hall . I’ll be on what’s known as Mike’s Bench, by the book barrow in th...

It’s been a while since I sat on a bench to talk to whomsoever might sit next to me. I did it for radio for years, and I want to return to it for Hello You, but maybe I’m a bit rusty? When it works - as it did by accident in Hello You 16: What Just Happened? - it can be a thing of delight and wonder. If you know of a bench somewhere in Shrewsbury where I could sit and there’d be a high chance of p...

This Hello You’s a little bit longer than usual, but I hope you think it’s worth it. Lots of links for you to explore and share, too … Featured, mentioned or otherwise alluded to in this episode: * Carla Boulton * Music Bros , Shrewsbury * Salopian Mixtape * Music Bros episode of Salopian Mixtape * Theatre Severn , Shrewsbury * Tommy Emmanuel * Molly Tuttle * ‘ White Freight Liner Blues ’, Tommy E...

The previous episode of Hello You - HY16: What Just Happened? - has way out-performed any of the others! Which is really nice, and I’m thrilled, but I’m trying to work out why. Can you help me? What do you like about, or want from, these pieces? Also in this episode: * stress tests are stressful, it turns out * How To Break Up With Your Phone , by Catherine Price * news avoidance (more on this soo...

Hear what happened on Monday afternoon in Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park. I set out to do one thing, and ended up doing something completely different, something I’d been intending to do at some point, but … Oh, just listen and you’ll get the hang of it. Includes a Shrewsbury soundscape, and surprising conversations. Tell me what you think? Would you come and talk to me on a bench somewhere? Which bench...

I’m so glad to help you meet Pat Aldred, priest at Shrewsbury Abbey and lead chaplain at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital . I hope you’ll be interested in what he has to say. After recording this conversation in the Abbey itself, I went for a walk in the Quarry Park in Shrewsbury. And that stroll turned into another episode of Hello You. Did I mention that I used to do this thing for the radio, where I’d...

Isn’t it great when nice things happen, unexpectedly? Even if it leaves you with more work to do as a result … And how’s your day been? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

Recorded on location (because I had to get out of the house). Mentioned in this episode: What can we do for Time To Talk Day ? Pop Up Chat Together - mental health support in Shrewsbury Shropshire Beaver Project: Shrewsbury Town Council , Shropshire Wildlife Trust , the Beaver Boardwalk Merlin Bird ID Julie Ward Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit: ‘ Half a Boy And Half a Man ’ Buy me a Ko-Fi ? This is...

Happy New Year! Thanks for being there. I hope you have the best 2024 that you can. More Hello You coming soon. In the meantime: Buy me a coffee? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

Are you doing Christmas differently this year, either because you want to, or because you have to? It’s OK to spend the next couple of weeks however you want or need to, as long as you’re not hurting yourself or other people. You can’t do Christmas wrong. Here’s the big page of places to find help , that I mention in this episode. Thank you to Shropshire Council for putting it together, all in one...

I’m all over the place, in a number of respects. Listen to find out how! Also: untangling how I feel about Christmas, and why. It’s complicated. Do a nice thing: Share this with someone? Related links: Leyla Kazim ’s great Substack post ‘ I’m Just Not That Into Christmas ’. Helpful tips for coping at Christmas, from Mind and CALM - the Campaign Against Living Miserably. Please share these widely,...

And if you do, how annoying is it that people presume you have one? This conversation was prompted by this tweet from writer Laura Elliott - follow her, she’s great and her cats are adorable. (In the intro to this episode, I get the location of the original story wrong by about five hundred miles, sorry.) Thanks to writer, librarian and smartphone refusenik Beck (follow her, too) for sharing her t...

After bringing you a soundscape from alongside the River Tern on the Attingham Park estate - Hello You 5 , if you want to listen back to it - this time I’m in Shrewsbury town centre, with the sounds of a typical afternoon on Pride Hill, which is pretty much the main shopping street. Recently there’s been concern about anti-social behaviour in Shrewsbury town centre. So is it as frightening as some...

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