The Strettons Podcast

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! If you know someone we should speak to for the podcast, please get in touch with us. Find us online https://thestrettonspod.com/ email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com   Support the podcast https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod...

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 th...

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. If you know someone we should speak to for the podcast, please get in touch with us. Find us online https://thestrettonspod.com/ email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com   Support the podcast https://buymeacof...

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:...

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...

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...

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:...

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 Bu...