The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

AL was suffering from Keto flu (yes it's real!) but enjoyed sitting down with Claire Moore from Peakes Travel Elite, a company that gets a lot of love from the Shrewsbury locals. Find out the fascinating story about how Peakes Travel came to be and how Claire started her career there. Throughout Claire's career, Peakes has gone on to become highly reputable and even won major, nationwide awards (t...

We are all super excited about the Darwin Festival, there is so much to look forward to. On today's episode we speak to Paul Kirkbright who is the Deputy Provost from UCS, about what this festival means to the town. Before that though we spend 20 minutes speaking to new Biscuiteer DeeDee! Before she was thrown in the deep end with the Darwin Fest talk, AL and Jules spend a bit of time getting to k...

Ben Butler is a guy that is doing amazing things with young people in Shropshire with his company New Generation Coaching. Guiding young folks through a life without knives, drugs and violence. Making direct, positive changes to people's lives so that they don't have to get involved with the lifestyle that Ben used to have. "you're not invincible, it won't last, you're wither going to end up dead...

Julie pops in to chat with Sarah Bright who created I Can Dance. A dance class that is very popular. We find out where the idea came from, a little bit about Sarah and what the participants of this session were dancing to.  Julie brings up the World Record Breaking Charleston Dance from last year which was organised by Sarah. So not only is I can Dance popular in Shrewsbury there is a global recog...

On a truly breathtaking night in Shrewsbury where there was carol singing serenading the people, there were people enjoying their evening and the Market Hall was lit up beautifully. AL got to sit in on a Gin Tasting session held by Darren Tomkins from Gindifferent. Not only were the drinks stunning, not only was Darren's passionate talk on Gin really interesting but the atmosphere really was great...

AL, Shane and Julie see off 2019 by celebrating all of the brilliant and silly things that they have accomplished throughout the year. We say goodbye to 2019 and get excited about what we have coming up in 2020. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, we are really looking forward to "Bringing The Biscuit" in 2020 to repay the amazing faith that has been shown i...

AL and Julie spend the day with the folks at Shropshire Festivals in their offices in Buildwas. Between recording the 2 parts of this show, everyone walked up to watch the demolition of the power station cooling towers. So this episode is marked with a historic day. Part one: We speak to Beth and Rachel about how things began for them, the events they cover, the events they like to cover and we ge...

AL is joined by Urban Explorer and owner of the fascinating blog "Shrewsbury From Where You Are Not" Chris Schurke. Chris returns to talk about the adventures that he's been on in Germany, exploring deserted Nazi bases, climbing roller-coasters and much more. We discuss where we would like to go to explore, the developing problems with Urban Exploration as well as a cruel little game I played with...

Local author Kevin Horak joins AL and Jules on this episode to talk about his new book Mildred The Crazy Cat Lady. Kevin is a man of many talents, he is a DJ, a fantastic writer and is great at not cursing, even though his previous book titles had swear words in the title! Regardless we expertly discuss those books without being potty mouthed (not Jules though!)  In this hilarious episode we have...

Fuelled by Lefevre Chocolates, AL and Jules speak to the world's tallest Town Crier, Shrewsbury's very own Martin Wood. We discuss the days before Martin took up the role, how became our Town Crier and the places that it has taken him. From the World Town Crier Championships, to performing for the Queen Mother and back again to the top of Pride Hill, Martin has a fascinating story. It is a role fo...

Join Jules at the 70th Anniversary party of Age UK, where they launched their Platinum Appeal. The party was held at The Museum in Shrewsbury. Jules enjoys conversations with Telephone Buddy Lynn, Chief Exec Heather, Katherine and Angela. All of whom talk so passionately about the great work they put in to make the lives of the elderly a much better place. Thank you for inviting us to your stunnin...

For their first day recording at Biscuit Studios in The Parade Shopping Centre, AL and Jules decide to make it all about about the Parade. The show is opened by AL's son Timmy, warmed up by the Biscuiteers, then we speak to a couple of traders from the Parade. Gill from Beadles and Mike from Salop Technology. Then we finish off with the great and powerful Stan Sedman who teaches us the history of...

We were lucky enough to go to the Monopoly launch at the Dana, where we got to interview a few people including: Graham Barnes (6 Star PR), The ladies from Shropshire Cat Rescue, Lauren Watkins (The Dana Prison) and Naomi Atkin (Lingen Davies). We also got to speak to the Mayor, Phil Gillam while he played the first ever game of the Shrewsbury Edition of Monopoly. Thanks to everyone that spoke to...

Local author joins AL and Shane this week on the Shrewsbury Biscuit. Steve has been writing for many years. He's had his highs and he's had his lows and we learn a bit about Steve's career. How a post-it note changed his career, how a last grasp throw of the dice gave him added determination and now how Steve is helping aspiring writers. We love talking to creators on this show and Steve is one of...

Fellow podcaster Lea Meakin joins AL this week to discuss his motivations behind his show and his vision. We don't just salivate over microphones (well we do a bit!) I try to find out more about Lea and what drives him. We discuss some of the do's and don'ts of podcasting, what Lea does and doesn't do on his show too. We discuss how the people of Shrewsbury have a lot of proud for their town. What...

AL, Shane and Jules enjoy a catch up. Jules has been in America on Vacation, AL has been having some quality family time and Shane has been...working. Oh and its the Biscuit's 1 year anniversary!! The group discuss The Shrewsbury Biscuit, the adventure that it has been and what listeners can look forward to in the future. Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts that had supported us over...

Graham Barnes from 6 Star PR sits with AL to discuss what people can expect from the highly anticipated Shrewsbury version of Monopoly. AL finds out a bit about the production process and what it has been like to get knees deep in Shrewsbury during the process. Graham kindly shares a few exciting, first time exclusives, which happen to feature some familiar names and places. The game will be launc...

AL and Shane are joined by Susan from Pengwern Books which is based on Fish Street in Shrewsbury. Susan (amongst others) is putting together the Festival of Literature, which will be taking place between, 22nd - 24th of November. We discuss who is going to be taking part in the festival, where and when the events will take place, as well as memorable moments of Lit Fest's gone by. We try and find...

AL and Shane are joined by Pixie and Carla. Pixie has been through an awful lot, yet is determined to do an awful lot, to help with her charity "Pixie Belle Warriors". Carla is a counsellor that is very passionate about helping people to help themselves. Shane brings his absolute A game on this one too. We very calmly sat and discuss some of our own problems that we've faced and we discover some w...

AL and Shane are joined by BBC Shropshire's very own Jim Hawkins. From the sophistication of the BBC studios, to getting lost on Trinity Street, then sitting with the kind of guys that forget to turn their mic on before the show starts! This was as great an experience for Jim as it was for us! We find out how Jim's career came to be, how things have changed since the 'black and white days' and how...

AL and Julie are joined by 2 Shrewsbury superstars. Lorraine Fletcher created For The Love Of Shrewsbury, one of the town's biggest and most loved Facebook pages. People from all around the world are kept in the loop with everything to do with Shrewsbury because of this well managed page. Stan Sedman is a well beloved historian and Shrewsbury tour guide. The best tours of Shrewsbury are given by S...

This episode is split into 2 parts Part 1: Phil Davies, if you've got little ones, you've had CBeebies on in the background then you will know this guy's work. He is a writer for Go Jetters and The Furchester Hotel. A thoroughly nice guy talks to us about what its like to write for kids TV, including some of the do's and don'ts. Part 2: Nathan Proctor and Andrew Richmond. A really honest discussio...

Have you ever wondered how to turn an idea into something special? Well if there was ever a specialist at turning ideas into gold, John Wagner would be the guy to talk to. Judge Dredd and 2000AD are widely loved all around the world and John is a massive part of it all. Dredd went on to inspire 2 movies and soon (hopefully) a TV series, John tells us all about that, amongst other fantastic achieve...

This week AL and Julie speak to Shrewsbury's very own power couple (SPC) Naomi Atkin and Darren Tomkins. Naomi is the executive officer at amazing charity Lingen Davies and Darren is the owner of GinDifferent in the Market Hall. We find out how Lingen Davies began, how things have changed since it began back in 1979. We also find out about the world of gin and how things are rapidly changing with...

A catch up show with the Biscuit crew. We give new Biscuiteer Julie a proper introduction to the show and let our listeners find out a bit about our fantastic new host. Find out what the guys have been up to, what they are going to be up to, as well as some exciting Monopoly news! AL is also struggling to fit in at school...it's a science you know! This episode is a lot of fun!