最佳Hereford播客 (2024)

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

5d ago26:21

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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 Francigena, from…

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Season 3 Episode 2 - Let's Get Quizzical! 1:09:41

2d ago1:09:41

1:09:41

In this episode we give you the lowdown on Here for Games Con's sponsors, special guests, traders and demoers. Also in this episode there's an interview with Nic Carpenter - the man in charge of all things diversity and equality within Herefordshire Board Gamers and we test our geography trivia in this month's challenge. Also, keep a look out lovel…

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Season 3 Episode 1 - Welcome Back 1:49:22

28d ago1:49:22

1:49:22

The podcast is back! And in the first episode of season 3: Mike tells us of the changes to the format to make this podcast even better for you lovely listeners; Cousin James talks to Ad about HereForGames Con and Conline and Toby brings back his reviews for Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. Also in this episode the trio take on their first challenge …

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

2M ago33:22

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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 Regiment; the …

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

3M ago23:43

23:43

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 then hear about J…

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Christmas Special - Testing the Boffins 44:11

4M ago44:11

44:11

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". The episode t…

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

5M ago31:13

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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 Drill Hall. Th…

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

5M ago7:51

7:51

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 girl tail" inci…

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

6M ago35:38

35:38

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 Colour Sergeant. Poa…

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

7M ago34:53

34:53

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 men coped with b…

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Cadet Coronation Review Special Episode 37:31

10M ago37:31

37:31

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 for Herefordshi…

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

11M ago49:02

49:02

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 Volunteers. Assist…

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

12M ago24:43

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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 Kemmel (or Kemmelbe…

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

1y ago37:30

37:30

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 perennial confusion…

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

1y ago37:29

37:29

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 end of the First…

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

1+ y ago28:53

28:53

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. Our intrepid …

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

1+ y ago26:11

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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 825 oranges and f…

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

1+ y ago35:05

35:05

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 the town as one…

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

1+ y ago34:30

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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, including ghost…

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

1+ y ago23:08

23:08

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 Third Reich's fina…

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

1+ y ago24:46

24:46

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, Lieut Colonel John …

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Just A Walk out to Withington War Memorial 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

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 takes in the 14th …

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Introducing Just a Walk in the Sun 10:45

2y ago10:45

10:45

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-West Europe 194…