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Dawley - Your Place and Mine
Your Place and Mine - Listen Again.
Vic and Margaret Thomas in programme two
Vic and Margaret Thomas in programme two
Michael Cleere spends some time in Dawley, getting the insider's view.

He meets a few of the locals and listens to some remarkable stories.



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Dawley index.

The Audio Archive hosts all the programmes in the Dawley series.

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Programme Two

Friday's market day and Michael Cleere went along armed with a microphone and his camera.

Programme Two
Listen to Part One(8 mins 19 secs)
Michael meets a few folk Dawley born and bred. Most look pretty unfavourably towards their large neighbour, Telford town centre.

Life, work and unemployment in Dawley. Mining and the Eveready factory.

Michael bumps into Kathleen again, along with her friends Jenny and Tracy. He finds out that Dawley is a friendly place and market day's the day to be in town.

He meets Pete, who came to Dawley as part of the Birmingham overspill.
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Listen to Part Two(12 mins 5 secs)
Rita introduces Michael to a few people at the local diner.

He bumps in to Len a local taxi driver, recovering from a heart attack at the tender age of 34... chats to Elsie, originally from Ironbridge about nursing and a few years on the buses.

Vic and Margaret talk about bringing up children... holidays in Rhyl... and the secret to a great relationship.
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'Your Place and Mine' broadcasts on Radio Shropshire every Saturday lunchtime at 1.00pm.
Radio Shropshire broadcasts on 96fm; 95fm in South Shropshire; 90fm in Church Stretton; and 104.1fm in Clun.


Visit the Dawley Audio Archive, hosting all the programmes in the Dawley series.
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