Beste Hereford podcasts (2024)

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A lost poem for a bomber crew, Napoleon's medal and other goings on 23:36

5d ago23:36

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Send us a text Join us this month at a recent meeting of the newly inaugurated Hereford Militaria Club - an opportunity for military researchers, collectors, military vehicle owners and family historians to meet over a meal and share no end of fascinating stories. This lively bunch met at the Godwins Pub in the Herefordshire village of Bartestree -…

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Codes, ciphers and community - a chat with the Sutton Voices HR1 podcast 40:08

25d ago40:08

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Send us a text This month, Rev Paul Roberts joins the crew of the Sutton Voices HR1 Podcast, a community podcast from the Herefordshire village of Sutton St Nicholas. Keith Lawton and Mike Winnell have recorded 33 episodes, winkling out the fascinating stories of local residents and cheering up the community in the face of relentless bad national a…

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Minneapolis calling! A transatlantic chat with Alyn Tanner 23:58

3M ago23:58

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Send us a text This month Rev Paul Roberts chats with Ledbury-born military researcher, Alyn Tanner. Alyn, who runs the Herefordshire Regiment Research Group, talks about how he became interested in the Herefordshire Regiment and shares several individuals he has researched, including Pte Tommy Fletcher, one of the "'intrepid three" who returned to…

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Introducing Series 2 of Just A Walk In The Sun 2:58

3M ago2:58

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Send us a text A brief look forward to what will be coming in the second series of podcast episodes from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum, including chats with Aly Tanner, regimental researcher and founder of the Herefordshire Regiment Research Group on Facebook, Prebendary Jane Davies, and walks to explore the Cawley brothers of Berrington …

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Season 3 Episode 4 - Rabat-ing On About Marrakech 1:13:14

4M ago1:13:14

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In this episode we take you on a journey from Fantasy Forest in Cheltenham all the way to Marrakech in Morocco. You could even say that we have a brief stop in the world of dungeons and dragons but that might be stretching it a bit! Also in this episode, it is the long awaited (and I'm sure much anticipated) return of Toby's reviews! https://www.bu…

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Walking from Gold Beach to Hill 112: A D-Day Special 26:15

6M ago26:15

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Send us a text This month on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts reflect on the role the Herefordshire Light Infantry played in the days after 6th June 1944, including the Regiment's first casualties, among the Carrier Platoon, over the river Odon bridgehead. They examine…

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Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part Two: fighting, confusion, rations and a wounded comrade 25:17

6M ago25:17

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Send us a text This second part of Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary picks up on the morning of 10th August 1915. Douglas meets up with ‘A’ Company and they spend the day fighting alongside the South Wales Borderers; he is sent back to the beach for rations, and on his return finds his unit has moved. After searching his is finally reunited with the H…

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Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part Three: a long watch, chasing the battalion, Chocolate Hill and settling in the line 25:21

6M ago25:21

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Send us a text This third extract of Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary finds him caring for Pte Yates, a wounded comrade through the night of 13th/14th August 1915, awaiting promised stretcher bearers, which never came. On reaching Lala Baba the next morning RSM Chipp tells him he has missed the battalion and in the evening he sets out for Chocolate H…

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Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part Four: trench routines, acting as guide, dysentery and final thoughts 27:28

6M ago27:28

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Send us a text The final part of Douglas Pike’s diary, runs through September 1915 until his evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula, suffering from dysentery. He includes fascinating details of everyday life in front line trenches, attacks by Turkish forces and ways in which he acted as a guide to relieving battalions, including the Buffs. Finally…

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Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part One: The First Day and Night at Suvla 22:58

6M ago22:58

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Send us a text We featured excerpts of Pte Douglas Pike’s diary in a podcast episode a little while back, looking at the first 24 hours at Suvla Bay. After a number of requests, here is the diary in full, detailing conditions faced by men of the 1st Herefordshire Regiment at Gallipoli. We’ll publish it in four parts. This first episode deals with t…

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Walking with the Herefordshire 250: the story of the Lonsdale Battalion 26:21

7M ago26:21

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Send us a text In this month’s episode, Col Andy Taylor is joined by Rev Paul Roberts from northern France, to explore the story of the men of the Herefordshire Regiment who were transferred to the 11th Border Regiment (the “Lonsdale Battalion”). Paul Roberts visits Ten Tree Alley Cemetery of the Somme as part of his pilgrimage walk along the Via F…

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The story of an Anglo-German family in Ross-on-Wye in peace and war 33:22

9M ago33:22

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Send us a text Intrigued by a German sounding name on a war memorial at Walford, just outside Ross-on-Wye, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts do some detective work in this episode. They uncover the story Colin Baumgarte, killed with the Worcestershire Regiment on 27th August 1917 and his brother Conrad Baumgarte who served with the Herefordshire…

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Walking since the Twelfth Century: a chat with Major James Hereford 23:43

10M ago23:43

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Send us a text This episode finds curator, Col Andy Taylor joined by Major James Hereford, former curator and Friend of the Museum. James shares with us his deep roots in the county - right back to Maurice de Hereford in the 1140s. We hear about several notable "Herefords" - including politically astute High Sheriffs and Pope-defying clerics. We th…

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Christmas Special - Testing the Boffins 44:11

11M ago44:11

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Send us a text In this, our special Christmas episode, Colonel Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts are joined by Major James Hereford and Danny Rees . Each of our museum boffins talk about their favourite exhibit in the Museum - we hear about the Drum Major's sash, Doenitz's car pennant, a captured Boer rifle and a medal with the regimental number "1"…

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What's Bromyard got to do with the sea, and other wanderings 31:13

12M ago31:13

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Send us a text This episode finds Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts taking a walk through the Herefordshire market town of Bromyard. They begin in St Peter's Church in the centre of the town, taking a look at the unusual First World War Memorial there. Our wanderers then take a stroll round the corner to Kirkham Gardens to the former Territorial…

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BONUS Episode - A little bit more of Bill Jackson 7:51

12M ago7:51

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Send us a text Often the best stories come out once we stop recording! In this short bonus episode we hear a little bit more about Bill Jackson's time with the Herefordshire Light Infantry in the mid 1960s, including escape and evade exercises with the SAS in the Cotswolds and over the Long Mynd, other regimental personalities, the infamous "bunny …

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Bill Jackson: from Lucton cadet and Hereford Light Infantry officer to High Sheriff 35:38

1y ago35:38

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Send us a text This month we welcome old friend of the museum, Mr Bill Jackson to the podcast. Born in Hereford, and founder and chairman of Jackson Property, Bill cut his military teeth with the Lucton School Combined Cadet Force and shares he reminiscences of troop trains to summer camps, bulling boots and progress to the dizzying height of Colou…

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The Herefords' first 24 hours at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 34:53

1y ago34:53

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Send us a text Colonel Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts reconvene after the summer break, on the hottest day of the year, to follow in the footsteps of the Herefordshire Regiment at Gallipoli. The Suvla Bay landings on 9th August 1915 were fraught with confusion, frustration and missed opportunities. Find out in this podcast how the Herefordshire m…

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Cadet Coronation Review Special Episode 37:31

1+ y ago37:31

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Send us a text Join the podcast team on Castle Green in Hereford for an episode recorded at the Cadet Coronation Review for Herefordshire on 17th June 2023. Hear the sounds of a Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and over two hundred sea, army and air cadets from across the county on parade, reviewed by the Lord Lieutenant …

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A walk over to the armoury: the evolution of the rifle 49:02

1+ y ago49:02

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Send us a text The county Volunteers were known to be excellent shots, winning competitions at Wimbledon and later Bisley. In this episode we take a deep dive into the history of the soldier’s main implement, the rifle – from the 1853 pattern musket, through the Snider Enfield rifle that would have been familiar to the first Herefordshire Rifle Vol…

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Walking in the footsteps of the Herefords at Mount Kemmel in Belgium 24:43

1+ y ago24:43

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Send us a text The podcast goes international in this delayed episode of Just A Walk In the Sun. Trustee Rev Paul Roberts and special guest, David Chambers travel to Belgium to explore the role played by the 1st Herefordshire Regiment in France in August and September 1918. Donning their walking shoes they walk up to the lofty heights of Mount Kemm…

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Peculiarities, Anomalies and Posers in the Museum Collection 37:30

1+ y ago37:30

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Send us a text In this month's episode, Andy Taylor and Paul Roberts are joined by Assistant Curator and all round expert, Danny Rees to explore some of the mysteries, unanswered questions and anomalies among the museum's collection and men from the Regiment. From everything to confusing first names, unofficially altered shoulder titles to the pere…

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Just a Moth-Eaten Rag and other Leominster Stories 37:29

1+ y ago37:29

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Send us a text This month's episode finds Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts taking a walk around the highways and byways of Herefordshire market town, Leominster. They start at the railway station exploring the story of the breakfast stop over for the a party of the 1st Herefordshire Regiment returning the Regimental Colours to Hereford at the e…

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In search of William Garland and the Rotherwas ordnance story 28:53

2y ago28:53

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Send us a text This month's episode finds Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts in the grounds of St Michael's and All Angels' Church, Bodenham at the grave of William Garland, who died on 27th July 1942. Further research shows that, this Great War veteran died in the bombing of the Rotherwas Ordnance Factory, on the south-east outskirts of Hereford…

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Just a Walk in the Snow with 96 Geese and 825 Mince Pies - Christmas Special 26:11

2y ago26:11

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Send us a text Happy Christmas everyone! In this special festive edition of the podcast, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts explore different Christmas with the 1/1st and 2/1st Herefordshire Regiment during the Great War and with the Regiment on the River Maas in 1944. They uncover the shopping list for Christmas dinner in 1914, which included 82…

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Ledbury, the Lusitania and Prison Lager - one man's story 35:05

2y ago35:05

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Send us a text In this month's episode, Col Andy Taylor and Reverend Paul Roberts reveal a family secret, explore the high streets and bye streets of the Herefordshire market town of Ledbury, and follow in the footsteps of Territorial bandsman and prisoner of war, Charles Percy Taylor. Any relation? Listen to find out! Percy Taylor caused havoc in …

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Cheese possessed, bacon gorilla and other treasures in the Museum's cabinets 34:30

2y ago34:30

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Send us a text In this month's episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts explore the contents of some of the Museum's cabinets - including a trip down memory lane for anyone who experienced army "compo" rations from the 1960s to the 1990s. They look too at some exhibits dating from the Volunteer Service Companies' time in the Boer War in 1900, …

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The Story of our Museum and Admiral Doenitz's Pennant 23:08

2y ago23:08

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Send us a text This month, in a delayed episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts dodge the rain clouds and stay warm inside the Regimental Museum, exploring the history of Suvla Barracks, the Museum itself and one of it's prized possessions - Grand Admiral Doenitz's Car Pennant, liberated by the Regiment from Flensburg on the arrest of the Thi…

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In Search of the Hoptons of Canon Frome Court 24:46

2+ y ago24:46

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Send us a text This month, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a walk in the sun around Canon Frome Court and St Laurence's Church, Stretton Grandison in search of the Hopton family. Learn about General Sir Edward Hopton whose medals the Herefordshire Regimental Museum recently reunited, and his crack shot, cello playing Olympian nephew, Lieu…

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Just A Walk out to Withington War Memorial 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

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Send us a text This month join curator, Colonel Andy Taylor and trustee, Rev Paul Roberts as they investigate a local war memorial at Withington, Herefordshire. Hear about the men and women commemorated in this Herefordshire village, a few miles east of Hereford and learn how to research casualties from the First and Second World Wars. The walk tak…

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Introducing Just a Walk in the Sun 10:45

2+ y ago10:45

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Send us a text This teaser episode announced a brand new monthly podcast from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum. Join curator, Colonel Andy Taylor and trustee, Rev Paul Roberts to discover more about the history of this local Regiment from formation in 1908, through war service at Gallipoli 1915, Palestine 1917 and through to D-Day and North-…