A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
Below is the latest photograph I took in the lovely coffee shop which is where the old Pound Stretcher offices used to be, a part of the building that was said to be particularly haunted by Aggie the poltergeist. As the wonderful story teller Owen Staton said on Twitter, this must be a much nicer… Continue reading Photographs for Bonus Update Episode
The podcast website has all the links to where to listen here. Photographs taken on my visit to Potton wood on 26th April 2023 I took the photo below just after I set off, it gives a good indication of the elevation of Potton woods. It's just up from the bus stop! View across Bedfordshire… Continue reading Potton Wood Photographs for episode three
Show Notes and Transcript The monument to Sir Walter Scott, in Edinburgh, who has a link to our spooky tale from Luton, Bedfordshire! Some useful links The full poem, The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott can be read here. A news paper article from Aberdeen Live about John Henry Anderson, pioneering stage… Continue reading Bonus episode: Luton’s Noontide Hag
Why I'm obsessed with podcasts I love podcasts, I wouldn't have made Weird in the Wade if I didn't. I've loved radio all my life and podcasts are really just mini radio shows listened to on your own terms. Some of my fondest memories are of listening to the radio, the Archers omnibus on a… Continue reading Hitting the Right Note: An interview with Tess Savigear composer of Weird in the Wade’s theme
My big ol' smiling face, in the bluebell woods at Cockayne Hatley (confusingly called Potton wood) Thank you! First of all I'd like to thank everyone who has listened to episode one of Weird in the Wade I thought I was being ambitious when I hoped I'd get 50 downloads in the first month and… Continue reading Behind the scenes at weird in the wade!
Below are a series of photographs in or of the old Pound Stretcher building or it's current use as Jones' coffee shop and gym that accompany episode one of the podcast Weird in the Wade. Coffee upstairs in the coffee lounge, what would have been the office or storeroom area. The window which had previously… Continue reading Photographs accompanying Episode One: The Haunted Pound Stretcher
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