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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 National Landscape. You'll find our guests not only on top of the Long Mynd, but nursing a craft beer in a snug country pub 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 flock to the Church Stretton area every year.



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 only cover important things if they are also interesting.



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

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Episodes
  • Banksy in the town square

    Banksy in the town square
    Oct 14 2025

    There’s a new art gallery in The Square where you can buy and sell investment art, the mobile library comes to service the good people of All Stretton and we talk to the Police Community Support Officer about his role. We chat to some visitors from South Wales and Pete’s put a long list of things to do in the area in the next few months. We finish with turkeys singing to us.


    Timings

    Roger Bebb 1:45

    PCSO 10:40

    Flicks in the Sticks 15:50

    435 bus stop chats 24:10

    All Stretton library bus 20:05

    What’s On 27:18

    Turkey soundscape 31:00


    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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    32 mins
  • Maureen Pountney of Gogbatch

    Maureen Pountney of Gogbatch
    Oct 7 2025

    Maureen Pountney grew up in Gogbatch near All Stretton and tells us about life on a small farm with her family. At the age of 6 Maureen would walk to school in Smethcott with her cousin and friends, a journey which took about an hour through fields and along lanes. Simple pleasures were playing hide and seek in the tall bracken and caring for caid lambs in the kitchen. She left Gogbatch and married a professional footballer and they later opened a sports shop on Wyle Cop in Shrewsbury.



    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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    11 mins
  • Village Reports October 2025

    Village Reports October 2025
    Oct 4 2025

    A packed events calendar in the run up to Christmas. There’s flicks in the sticks, pop-up pubs, carols in the square, the remembrance parade, coffee stops, fairs, pantos and fun for all. A lot of voluntary effort goes into putting on interesting events for our rural communities so why not go along to support them. If you’re new to the area, this is a great opportunity for you to meet your neighbours.


    Timings

    Rushbury 1:00

    Cardington 6:23

    All Stretton 11:52

    Church Stretton Town Council 16:00


    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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    21 mins
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