Real Voices of Happy Valley
Viv and Dave Boardman chat with real people of Happy Valley - Calderdale stretching from Todmorden via Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge and Halifax
Podcasting since 2022 • 73 episodes
Real Voices of Happy Valley
Latest Episodes
Episode 50 Alison Redfern of Walsden Scarecrow Festival
Alison Redfern created a scarecrow festival to help raise funds for St Peter's Church. Seven years later Walsden Scarecrow Festival is part of the local calendar, brings the village together with people from further afield, funds local communit...
August 31, 2024
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Episode 49 Keith Wilson talks stone, wood and metal
Keith Wilson is a well known face in the Calder Valley and many have seen the results of his skills in stone walling, treeplanting, coppicing etc without realising. Admire his work in the beer garden at The Fox & Goose in Hebden Bridge for ...
August 23, 2024
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Episode 48 Ashleigh Cooper on antiques, charity shop work and active sports
Ashleigh Cooper has been in Calder Valley for 35 years and has retired from his antique dealer job (mostly). He works at the RSPCA shop in Hebden Bridge and is active in sports for the not-so-young, coaching walking cricket, playing walking foo...
August 08, 2024
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Episode 47 Nicola Warren, School Crossing Patrol Lady
Nicola Warren is a popular as a School Crossing Patrol getting children and parents safety across the road to their school. There is so much more to her life than that as people who cross roads every day of term times realise. Listen to Nicola ...
August 01, 2024
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Episode 46 Cath Baker, Calderdale Badger Protection Group
Viv and Dave chat with Cath Baker mostly about her work protecting badgers. There are people who deliberately attack badgers but many are inadvertently injured or killed by cars, people digging or building in places badgers live. The Calderdale...
July 25, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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