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HP17 Green fingers or burnt fingers Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This edition is entitled ‘Green fingers or burnt finger’s as we find out how the gardening team at Ickworth are tending for the rare English Bluebell. Then after last week’s revelations concerning the fact that you could drink in the club once you had passed your 5th birthday, John reminds us of the complex legal story behind another Horringer tradition that died out just a few years ago.

HP16 - The Sun always shines on Horringer Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. It’s not every village which can boast an international art gallery on its doorstep, but Ickworth House is about to remind us that it once had a purpose which was to display the world’s greatest art, with a new installation called Helios. Then you can hear about a special summer quiz from Richard, plus John reminds us of the unique licensing laws in Horringer!

HP15 - Horringer's Easter Message Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This edition is our Easter edition and it has a strong theme of forgiveness as we play you an uplifting interview which we recorded with a man who describes his experience at the hands of a terrorist group just for being a Catholic Priest in the wrong place at the wrong time. Plus we have Easter scams, loads of dates for the diary, Heather’s Easter message and the answer to a question which has taken on a life of its own this Spring. Did Donald Campbell actually come to the Primary School?

HP14 - Gearing up for Easter (Who would be a pig in Horringer!) Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This edition covers more from the National Trust as we learn about the role of the Programme Manager I during a very busy time. Then Heather will be giving us the run down of events at St Leonards. Plus we have the scams, briefing notes and the archive piece comes from Geoff Sadler who reminds us of a mysterious old Horringer custom called 'Bowling for Pigs' and what happened to the main prize if you won the competition!

HP13 -Walking back to happiness Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we are walking back to happiness as Daisy and I meet Geoffrey, a volunteer walking guide and fund of good stories. We also have an enormous amount of local news in the scams and parish updates, plus one of my favourite stories from the past 2 years as we spend some time with Liz and Brian Kemp reminiscing about Stan Brinkley, and that Magnolia tree.

Horringer Podcast -HP12 - The edition with the highest standards! Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast, entitled – ‘HP12 - The edition with the highest standards’, I hope you are well. In this edition we have an interview with Paul Miles who is the man to speak to in Suffolk with regards to Trading Standards, while is it really a year since Brian our beloved postman left our village? We remind ourselves of all your comments last year as we said goodbye to him. So as I said high standards are the theme around this week’s podcast

HP11 - Ickworth's World, Heather's Lent & Oscar's Resurrection Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we have more on the spring and summer exhibitions at Ickworth House, Heather Corbell brings us up to speed on Lent in the parish, while John Ward helps us look forward to the cricket season, with a memory of an old friend’s exploits with the leather and the willow.

HP10 - Inspiring Gardeners and an Inspiring Woman Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we are getting ready for a summer of gardening, with a twist however, as Richard meets Clive Boase the Chairman of Climate Change Gardening; while our archive piece looks back at International Women’s Day as we remind ourselves of a fantastic interview last year with Seren the lady builder.

HP09 - Bookworm and lofty thoughts Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. We are early this week as the pod team are on holiday. However a full programme awaits you. This edition is dedicated to books and writing as we meet local author Lisa Askham who talks about her new book entitled; ‘Thaw’ We do not have the scams or, briefing notes this week as I am away, however in the community section we have information about a special money saving scheme run by Suffolk CC and the archive piece continues the book theme as go back to Ickworth Park Primary School to remember WBD’s past

HP08 The Lead Ranger and Bluebird Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we meet the National Trust’s Lead Ranger and the man controlling Ash die back. Plus, we have the scams, briefing notes but no archive piece as we ask whether Ickworth House was really the secret home of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird, instead?

Horringer Podcast 07 - The view from above Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we met Howard Cook someone whom we often see flying above Horringer but someone who had his difficulties when it came to learning about the art of flying. Plus, we have the scams, briefing notes and the archive piece has an aerial view of Horringer as John ward reminds us of his times climbing inside the Rotunda of Ickworth House and famously the time he was left speechless by the Marchioness

HP06 - Half-Term Cometh Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This week we focus on school holiday events as it’s half term next week – are you ready? Plus we have the scams, briefing notes and the archive piece is from Tyrone Lewis who reminisces about his time working at Greene King when lunch meant something very different

Horringer Podcast 05 -Walking amongst good people and Safer Internet Day Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. In this edition we meet someone who has given a lot to the community over a number of years as we spend time in the company of Peta Cook. Plus we have the all-important scams courtesy of Suffolk Trading Standards, the briefing notes and the archive piece comes from Ickworth Park primary school this week, with a reminder of how far ahead of the game their lessons can be.

HP04- The Podcast fills its belly and the Diary dates Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This is meant to be the diary dates edition only but we keep being inundated with cracking interviews, so we are in the kitchen today, a place where your host has created many a disaster as we meet the head Chef at Ickworth House. Plus we have the scams, briefing notes and the archive piece reminds us of old fashioned policing methods of PC Oscar Dixon

HP03 Holocaust Memorial Day Special Hello and welcome to your latest copy of the Horringer Podcast. I hope you are well. This week we have our first foreign report on the pod. It’s quite poignant as it we meet the Director of Education for Auschwitz in the lead up to Holocaust Memorial Week. We also meet Daisy from The National Trust at Ickworth with some news about an event every community organiser in the area should have in their diary.

Horringer Podcast 02 - Suffolk Independence and the Diary dates This week’s edition updates you on Suffolk County Council’s decision to go for devolution, plus we have the scams, crime stats and a reminder of the life of Anne James You can listen to the latest episode by opening this link,

The Horringer Podcast - HP01 welcome back! In this edition we have the new look to the briefing notes and the archive piece, which this week reintroduces you to the work of our award winning GNS. This particular archive piece might be useful at this time of year as you will hear.... All are regular pieces designed to keep you up to date with all things Horringer and Thingoe.