The Planet Reigate Podcast
66: 1/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 1 – the intriguing story of what was built there, why and who by… and more
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Episode 66 – The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate – the intriguing story of what was built there, why and who by… and more For Saturday 14th December 2024This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 03:25 - Planet Reigate area news. 24:30 – Happy birthday, Donyngs. 29:40 - Planet Reigate area weather stats. 31:15 – Planet Reigate area travel: the forthcoming closure of Gatton Park Road. 33:55 – When Harry Met Emmy – the story of Reigate’s ‘first leisure centre’ on Bancroft Road. Part 1. 45:10 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week from a local park. 46:40 - The Good Time Guide: Local events for this coming week.51:50 – The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week from Reigate Castle. If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast or share us with your colleagues. A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest*CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 TRAVEL - FrauMuller Item ID: 102031400WEATHER - Sasha_Grey Item ID: 025133085SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431GUITAR - Frogard Item ID: 114324148TITANIC - Paradise Waltz Classical Instrumental End - by TitanicRemembered ID 123249849 - 12 secondsCLASSIC - light orch Victorian - by EaRenTech ID 130569703DARK CLASSICAL - by tralfamadore, from Pond5 ID 108528090MEDIUM - bed - by SergeyWednesday ID 73515488 Listen: https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcastWeb: www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.comFacebook: www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcastInsta: theplanetreigatepodcastEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is the Planet Reigate Podcast.
And this is Peter Stewart. Welcome to Episode 66. This is your Planet Reigate Podcast. covering Reigate, Redhill and Merston, Buckland, Betchworth and Brockham, down to Hawley and over to Charleswood and outward as well. And our main feature this week, well, we're starting a mini-series on the intriguing and significant history of one of our local roads.
Now, if you've ever driven in Reigate, you will know this road. It's part of the one-way system, so you can hardly avoid it. And back in the day... You could have said that this road was the home to the area's first, well, what would now be called, leisure park. I've got the details a little bit later on. Elsewhere in the news, possible changes to local school holiday dates.
Empty council buildings in Redhill could be taken over by charities. Our local ambulance service is going to start collaborating with one for Hampshire and Berkshire. I'll tell you why. We've got a lot of local news about some local charities this week. I'll tell you how you can get money to help with essentials if you're struggling to make ends meet at the moment.
Two local charities have funds that you can apply for. Another local charity is inviting you to bid in a silent auction for a helicopter experience over London. Congratulations to another charity who've won a big local award. How a local church is helping you if you work from home and are struggling to meet your fuel bills.
In other local news this week, the local school that's the best in the country, another one that's won another award. How you can have your say on play areas in Hawley. A local cafe is starting to sell hot food for the first time in months. There's a Christmas drinks gathering that you're invited to. A new community initiative at the Belfry, which is free.
Local Christmas services at a Reigate church. The local girl who's appearing in the new Richard Curtis movie. The local author who's ranking number two in Amazon's historical fiction charts. I bring you the sound of the talking bins which are popping up locally. And a very happy birthday of one of our most significant local buildings. Can you name it before I do? And here's a clue.
Can you spell it? Also, we've got the good time guide of events across the area across the week ahead leading up to the big day. Planet Reigate stars this week from a local park. I've got recent weather stats from our very own Professor Weather and also going to be telling you about a big, significant local road closure that starts early 2025 and is going to be going on for weeks.
And our 60-second soundscape before we go at the end of the show. Natural sounds from a place you know this week. from the grounds of one of our local castles.
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