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The Strettons Podcast

The Strettons Podcast

By: Sian Lovegrove Pete Johnson
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This podcast features the lives of the people who live in Church Stretton, Little Stretton, All Stretton and surrounding villages in the Shropshire Hills.



It's a tourist area and we welcome visitors from all over the world to enjoy the Shropshire Hills Natural Landscape You'll find our guests not only on top of the Long Mynd, but nursing a craft beer in the warm glow of a pub fire or having reasonably priced coffee and cake in one of the handful of tea rooms in town. Millions of fell-runners, walkers, hikers, campers, dog-walkers all flock to the Church Stretton area.



We are the first village podcast and the first hyper-local community podcast in the world. We are fun, entertaining and informative without ranting, rudeness or intolerance. We're non-political, non-religious and self-funded. We prioritise the quirky, unusual, interesting, funny and curious.



We are village people and we want to give a voice to the villages of the Shropshire Hills.



We're independent of any organisation and publish episodes every Tuesday.



We have a website http://thestrettonspod.com/.


Producers

Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • Anne Morris of Cardington

    Anne Morris of Cardington
    Sep 2 2025

    We chat to Anne Morris who brought up her young family in a derelict farm in Cardington and tells us about the struggles she and John had to grow the business. Working a job for the Milk Marketing Board, Anne also helped on the farm and brought up four children. We learn about all the people who sought shelter in her house when they had nobody to turn to.


    The Memoir Service

    https://thememoirservice.com/


    Find us online

    https://thestrettonspod.com/


    email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com


    Support the podcast

    https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod


    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    17 mins
  • All Stretton Micro Museum

    All Stretton Micro Museum
    Aug 26 2025

    We visit Blakemoregate Cottages high up on the Stiperstones - an important part of the mining history of Snailbeach. Then we talk to Mary Carter, the new curate at St Laurence’s Church in Church Stretton, we visit New House Farm to see the cattle and then watch The Magpies beat Shrewsbury Junior 8-0.


    Timings

    Church Stretton Town FC 1:00

    Blakemoregate Cottages 4:48

    Mary Carter, curate 12:30

    New House Farm 18:00

    All Stretton TK Micro Museum 24:02



    Find us online

    https://thestrettonspod.com/


    email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com


    Support the podcast

    https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod


    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    27 mins
  • Steve Paige of Church Stretton

    Steve Paige of Church Stretton
    Aug 19 2025

    This week we have Steve Paige, known to everyone in All Stretton as their former postie and known to many more as the head honcho of our fire station. He’s a Stretton boy through and through and in this interview he tells us about getting his first ‘after school' job as a greengrocer’s boy. What was it like to grow up in Church Stretton in the 70’s and 80’s and what did he and his friends do for fun? Let’s listen and find out.


    Find us online

    https://thestrettonspod.com/


    email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com


    Support the podcast

    https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod


    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson

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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    19 mins
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