Lost Property |
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| Shropshire
- geologically unique |
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Imagine
that, due to a freak (but benign) earthquake, Shropshire disappears.
That is the basic premise of the first programme in our Sense of Place
series, which aims to identify just what it is that makes the county
distinct. |
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Part
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Part
Two (28k)
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WEBLINKS |
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A comprehensive website detailing where to go and what to see
in Shropshire.
A site full of up to date information about what's on in Shropshire
with plenty of colourful images.
The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content
of external websites. |
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Other programmes in the series were:
That Wrekin Feeling
Everybody loves The Wrekin. It is the spiritual heart of Shropshire.
You聮re not a true Shropshire man unless you聮ve climbed
through The Needle聮s Eye.
How to Spake Salop
There isn鈥檛 a Shropshire accent or, indeed, a Shropshire dialect.
There are several. That鈥檚 the conclusion Georgina F. Jackson
came to when she compiled her exhaustive Shropshire Word Book
in 1879.
A Curlew over the Mall
The very best way to represent the true essence of Shropshire
on the radio is to record and broadcast those sounds that make
the county what it is - the unique and typical sounds of Shropshire.
Penguin Jumpers and Polo Necks
This programme contrasts Salopians' renowned generosity and
enthusiasm for off-the-wall projects with their apparent reluctance
to face up to the harsh realities of modern society. |
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Lost
Property
12.05pm Sunday 28th April 2002
6.30pm Wednesday 1st May 2002
Shropshire's former Head of Emergency Planning, Ian Sawers, is eminently
placed to lead the investigation and sets up his command centre in
the King's Hall in Stoke. In his bid to get enough information to
draw up an "identikit" of Shropshire he directs journalist,
Fay Wrixon, to find Salopians who weren't in the county when disaster
struck.
Geologist, Peter Toghill, is the obvious first port of call. Considering
his interest, Peter is a little miffed to have missed the most dramatic
earthquake to hit the area in 500 million years and laments the loss
of the area that is geologically-speaking unique.
The vicar of Cressage, Ashley Buck; industrial historian, Keith Pybus;
journalist, Shirley Tart; and "urban refugees" Jim Gaffeney
and Jeremy Bryce-Smith, also offer a fascinating insight into why
it is imperative to relocate a "magical county of compelling
beauty... but a cunning county capable of disguise".
In trying to get a fix on what he should be looking for Ian Sawers
than considers the prospect that Shropshire may have got confused
with Staffordshire, Cheshire or Herefordshire. What is the possibility
(considering the technology of Telford) that Shropshire may have slipped
down the information highway?
Lost Property offers you the chance to consider just what it is that
puts Shropshire head and shoulders above the crowd and invites you
to submit your own ideas. The most inventive clue to how Shropshire
can be "detected" will lead to the final programme of the
series.
Who knows? It could be you who finally solves the mystery and helps
to make "Your Place or Mine." |
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