Claire Minter
Appearances
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
It went really well, far better than I hoped, really. We had a great turnout. The questions were really good. The panel answered well. It was a good, fun audience that responded. So from that point, yeah, you couldn't ask for anything more.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
We approach them. We're 50 years this year as a parish council and it was suggested by one of our councillors, Stephen Rolfe, to invite BBC Radio 4 Any Questions to us. So we put the application in last year and then we got a phone call in May this year to see if we could do it as a last minute in June. So we were all ready to go.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Then the elections came and the venue got chosen so we got postponed until tonight.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
They needed to have a large space to be able to have a large audience. Our hall can accommodate 100, and they needed additional function rooms. They needed one that was a green room for our panel of guests, also a room for the production team to work in, and an area for the technical team, also for parking. And because we've got a forecourt and parking outside, it ticks all the boxes.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Yeah, it's nice. It's part of my job. I'm the clerk to the parish council. I'm supported by eight great parish councillors and we just like to do a lot for the community and we knew it was something that they would enjoy to come to.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Yeah, a bit of kudos. I think we're having quite a good year as a parish council. We've just received a gold award for local councils. We're the first in Surrey to achieve that. Having BBC Radio 4 or any questions in the same summer or going into Waltham is pretty good.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
We saw lots of different councillors from different parties that came along and some of them got to be able to ask questions. So from that point, I think everybody enjoyed the evening.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
It's Sal. Salford's for Sally, and the interesting thing is that the production team contacted me yesterday to ask for the correct pronunciation, and we were box-tapping it to each other verbally to get it right. It's named after the River Sal.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Just down the road from here.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Just on the A23, it goes from here.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
It's Salfords, although the train when it comes into Salfords says Salfords. But you can't get it right all the time, can you? And it was great to have you here today as well, so thanks for coming.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
56: Celebrating Salfords, decluttering Redhill house-by-house… and more
Thank you very much.