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Updated Mar 27

Jun 2

Nigel Morris of Picklescott

This week we’ve been back up the hill to Picklescott where we’ve caught up with Nigel Morris, a third generation farmer at Wilrack Farm. Nigel tells us what it was like to grow up in a small village on top of a hill and what passed for entertainment for him and his friends. We talk about the challenge of early starts and the importance of resilience in order to overcome the challenges of low milk prices and what the future of dairy farming might look like. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 2

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26 min
Jun 9

Mark Morris of Church Stretton

Mark shares a life shaped by farming roots, family, and hard work, from milking cows by hand as a child to running a rural taxi business. He reflects on loss, including a fire that destroyed treasured vintage tractors, and the realities of modern rural life. With humour and honesty, he talks about family, local life, and looking ahead to a slower pace. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 9

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22 min
Apr 28

Beef, burning houses and the butty van

This week we go up onto the Long Mynd to speak to Sioned Morris who's practicing for the stock judging competition at the local Young Farmers Club and then we join the Much Wenlock Fire Service as they carry out a practice drill in the centre of Church Stretton. Finally we are at Bowman Hill Farm in Plaish where the Butty Van is offering not just sausage and bacon baps and cups of tea but important social interaction with other farmers, health checks and chats. Timings YFC Stock Judging 01:00 Fire Service drill 07:32 The Butty Van 14:48 Total Dur 26:20 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28

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23 min
May 19

Stuart Wright of Church Stretton

Stuart Wright is known to everyone in town as the owner of Wrights Estate Agency. He talks to Sian about how the family ended up in Church Stretton, the shops and people who were around then and about the time he went on a school trip to the Welsh coast which ended in disaster. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 19

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20 min
3d ago

Jim Davies of Blackhurst Farm

Jim Davies reflects on a lifetime in farming, from rebuilding Blackhurst Farm from dereliction to adapting through decades of change. With humour and honesty, he shares stories of family, hardship, and resilience, alongside memories of horses and travel, offering a grounded perspective on rural life and what matters most after nearly ninety years. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25 min
May 26

Long Mynd Zebras

We have a bit of a laugh with the kids who will eventually become the custodians of this land we love. We’re back at the food bank in the Parish Centre to learn how the situation has changed over the last year. Then it’s the Gardening Club Show in the Silvester Horne Institute where we speak to exhibitors and visitors and we finish off this week, where we will all end up - in a cemetery but it’s a popular green burial remembrance park near Rushbury. Timings Next gen farmers 02:03 Food bank 09:37 Gardening Club show 15:14 Green burials 22:14 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 26

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30 min
07/22/2025 · Bonus

Nick Churton of Wall Bank

Nick Churton is known to many people as a haulage man but there's more to him than moving stuff around the country. He tells us about growing up on Wenlock Edge and moving to Wall Bank and the mischief he used to get up to with his mates. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07/22/2025 · Bonus

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18 min
May 5

Keith Morris of Church Stretton

Keith Morris is well-known in the area as the undertaker. He tells us about growing up in Church Stretton, memorable moments with a burning hearse and the brotherhood of undertakers. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 5

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19 min
08/05/2025 · Bonus

Chris Foulkes of Hamperley

Chris Foulkes tells us what it’s like living in a farm which features heavily in the famous Malcolm Saville children’s books. He talks about the fans who come from across the world to stay in his cow sheds. He reminisces about growing up in a simpler time, when food was delivered by the local grocer, and the best fun was to be found with his friends playing in the fields and hills around his farm. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/05/2025 · Bonus

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18 min
05/20/2025 · Bonus

Oscar Prince of Little Stretton

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. 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 Producers Sian Lovegrove, Pete Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05/20/2025 · Bonus

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Church Stretton, The Long Mynd, Shropshire Hills, farming and stories from the villages. This channel talks to locals, visitors, farmers, environmentalists, business owners and the weird and wonderful people who make this the best place to live, work and visit in England.

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Nigel Morris of Picklescott

Mark Morris of Church Stretton

Beef, burning houses and the butty van

Stuart Wright of Church Stretton

Jim Davies of Blackhurst Farm

Long Mynd Zebras

Nick Churton of Wall Bank

Keith Morris of Church Stretton

Chris Foulkes of Hamperley

Oscar Prince of Little Stretton

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