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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

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Episodes
  • Lucinda Lovesey of Picklescott

    Lucinda Lovesey of Picklescott
    Jun 3 2025
    Now we’re going to hear from Lucinda Lovesey, a potter from Picklescott, whose family has lived in the village for generations. She tells us stories of her father and grandfather and the important part the Bottle and Glass pub continues to play in the life of the village, including some memorable parties there!

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    16 mins
  • Little Switzerland

    Little Switzerland
    May 27 2025

    We speak to the first visitors of the season to Acton Scott Heritage Farm and make the journey to Hay on Wye to speak to a Strettonian on stage at the Hay Festival. Curious about the dark web? Learn how to access it and whether it’s really as dangerous as you think. And according to a group of Swiss we found on the Long Mynd, Church Stretton doesn’t bear much resemblance to the Swiss Alps.


    Timings


    Acton Scott Heritage Farm 00:01:00

    Swiss walkers 00:08:41

    Hay Festival 00:11:44

    Tech corner: The dark web 00:17:57

    Pete’s what’s on listing 00:22:46

    Soundscape 00:26:43





    Find us online

    https://thestrettonspod.com/

    email us: thestrettonspod@gmail.com


    Support the podcast

    https://buymeacoffee.com/thestrettonspod


    Producers

    Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson



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    28 mins
  • Oscar Prince of Little Stretton

    Oscar Prince of Little Stretton
    May 20 2025
    Sian visits Oscar in his cottage at the Small Batch campsite, a business his grandmother set up and that he now runs. He talks of his life as a boy growing up in Little Stretton and the fun they used to have making bicycles from scraps and roaming the fields and lanes with his friends.

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    15 mins
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