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I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life. I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say. It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion. jimallthetime.substack.com
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- 1 weeks ago24 min
Hello You 167: Going five rounds with Parkinson's Disease
In Shropshire, boxing training is helping people living with Parkinson’sSteve has Parkinson’s disease.Once a week, he undertakes boxing training with Iain Howard at Brightstar Boxing in Shrewsbury.What difference does boxing training make to Steve’s life, and how he approaches living with a degenerative condition? How does Iain approach offering physical activity to benefit people with Parkinson’s?Find out in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast!Would you or someone you know like to try boxing for Parkinson’s?Contact Brightstar Boxing online. or reach out to the Shrewsbury branch of Parkinson’s UK online or on Facebook.Have you enjoyed this episode of Hello You?If so, please hit ‘Like’ anywhere you find it, and join in the conversation in the comments:And why not share this episode with someone else who’ll find it interesting?‘Hey, have you heard about … ?’So many of the people and stories you hear on Hello You the Shropshire podcast start off with someone saying to me ‘Hey, have you heard about …?’ That’s how I came to be at Brightstar Boxing, talking to Iain and Steve.What or who do you know of, that might make an episode of Hello You? Send me a message!First ListenThis is the first episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast that’s been available for a First Listen to paid Hello You subscribers.Here’s how subscriptions work now:If you’re able to take out a paid subscription to Hello You, you receive every episode 48 hours before it goes on general release. So if you want to be the first to hear intelligent, informed, progressive conversation for and about Shropshire and the wider world, you know what to do! Don’t worry, it’s not too expensive. Just £5 a month, or £50 for a whole year. Compare that to the price of a barista coffee, a round of drinks or a meal out, and I hope you’ll think it’s quite reasonably priced.But I know that money’s tight. If you just don’t have the cash, then take out a free subscription. You’ll still receive every episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, complete and unedited, just two days after paid subscribers.Paid or free? The choice is yours, but whichever way you jump, click here to subscribe:Thank you for being a member of the Hello You familyI’m really touched that you choose to spend time listening to my work.If you like what I do, why not tell your friends about it?Take care of yourselfTake care of the people around you.And I hope the people around you are taking care of you, too. Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago1h 13m
Hello You 166: 'If you can be nice to people in life, be nice to people'
I don’t want to be part of anything where other human beings are called ‘scum’… and I nearly was, on Saturday. Instead, I went to a favourite Shrewsbury café for a lemonade, and had something of a rant into the Hello You recorder.Then I sat on a bench in the Square in Shrewsbury and recorded some lovely, uplifting conversations with random people who happened to sit next to me. Hear all about what happened on this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast!I’d love to know what you think of all this. Join in the conversation in the comments? ‘One life, enjoy it while you’re here’Also in this episode: * what are you worth in beer?* staying positive when bad things happen* the Big Pool at Snailbeach* cyclists racing to the Oxfam shop* taking a random coach trip* the loneliness of the Sunday-league referee* do pigeons know that their heads go back and forth?… and lots more intelligent, informed, progressive and quirky conversation for and about Shropshire and the wider world.If you enjoy this episode of Hello You, share it with a friend? On the bench …Every so often I pick a public bench somewhere in Shropshire, and sit there for a while, to hear what whoever sits next to me has to say. That becomes a ‘bench’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.Where should I go next? If you can think of a bench where there’ll be people around who might stop to talk, tell me about it? Click this button to message me about bench locations or any other damn thing you want: Coming soon on Hello You:* How boxing training is helping Shropshire people living with Parkinson’s disease* How grief is magnified through the lens of neurodiversity* Cheaper paid subscriptions to Hello You the Shropshire podcast* … and maybe a subject you’d like to talk about? Message me with your thoughts, or for confidentiality, contact me on Signal where my username is jimallthetime.69 Thank you for being thereIt means a lot that you’re part of the Hello You family. Why not share Hello You with friends, family and colleagues wherever they are around the world? Take care of yourselfTake care of the people around you.And I hope the people around you are taking care of you, too. Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago16 min
Hello You 165: Subscriptions and Stoke Heath
A better deal for Hello You the Shropshire podcast subscribersAt least, I think it is. But do you agree?I’m proposing to cut the annual subscription rate in half, and paid subscribers will receive episodes forty-eight hours before everyone else.Would that work for you? Depending on your reaction, I’ll make the change in about a week’s time … or not, if you hate the idea.Message me with your thoughts?Hats off to the Shropshire Star (no, really)Not a phrase that’s passed my lips often in the last twenty years. but the Star’s chief reporter Dominic Robertson went where other journalists should have gone this week, and told the human story behind national headlines in a piece co-bylined with Ed Chatterton of South West News Service.Stoking unrest in Stoke HeathIn contrast, a bunch of people who had no idea where Stoke Heath was this time last week have descended on the village and made nuisances of themselves. Zia Yusuf, who can’t even get selected as a Reform parliamentary candidate, turned up with a GB News crew. Toxic YouTubers who call themselves ‘auditors’ (funny, when they can’t even do basic arithmetic) were harassing people, because that’s what they do. It’s been horrible to watch, even at a remove.Join us to show love, not hateThe local flag enthusiasts, joined by any of their mates who aren’t in custody or on bail, will be parading around Shrewsbury again on Saturday.If that thought makes you shudder, come and join us here:Come and say hello? I might be wearing the Frog Suit …Recording on a bench in Shrewsbury this weekend!As I’ll be in Shrewsbury on Saturday, and it’s going to be a nice day with plenty of people around, I might as well record a ‘bench’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.Around lunchtime or early afternoon on Saturday I’ll park myself on a bench somewhere in the centre of Shrewsbury, probably in the Square. I’ll record random conversations with whoever sits on the bench with me. Fancy a chat? Come and say hello (you)!Thank you for being thereIt means a lot to me that you’re part of the Hello You family.Take care of yourself, take care of the people around you, and I hope the people around you are taking care of you, too.Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe
- Jun 29, 20261h 7m
Hello You 164: 'It's the little seeds throughout your life ...'
A music hall star, a WW2 airman and his family, the first Bishop of Japan, a pioneering physiotherapist and moreHave you ever explored the Victorian cemetery in Shrewsbury? Do you even know where it is?I went to the recent Open Day at the cemetery, organised by Friends of Shrewsbury Cemeteries and the excellent national burial grounds charity Caring for God’s Acre. When I posted some pictures on social media I had lots of comments from people who’d lived in Shrewsbury for years, even decades, and had no idea the Victorian cemetery existed, where it was or what and who could be found there.Yet it’s the final resting place of sixty-eight thousand former Shropshire residents, some of whom led remarkable lives and whose stories can now be told.Why not share this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast with a friend? ‘You’d never hear of these people who led extraordinary lives’In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast you’ll hear about just a few of those sixty-eight thousand people. Their stories are told by passionate Shrewsbury volunteers who have been caring for their graves and researching their histories. And if you’re in Coton Hill, Crowmere Road or King Street, Shrewsbury, you might find out something about someone who used to live in your home!Cathy tells the story of George Williams of Crowmere Road in Shrewsbury. Orphaned at the age of eight, he was a promising RAF pilot until tragedy intervened.Gina’s been investigating the life of Miss Annie Purcell, Welsh-born music-hall star who retired to Shrewsbury … but why?Linda has an account of the Right Reverend Arthur Poole, a missionary in India who then became the first Church of England Bishop of Japan, where he’s still remembered and honoured as the founder of a school. After some time in California he returned to his home town of Shrewsbury and died of TB at the age of just thirty-two. Which house on Coton Hill was his last residence? Anthea from the Wellbeing Art Group explains the presence of the mysterious creatures among the monuments! And who was Maggie?‘When I go back into town I think I’m walking in the footsteps of all these people’If you’d like to know more about the stories behind the monuments, follow the fascinating Shrewsbury Victorian Cemetery page on Facebook.Join in the conversation about this episode in the comments: ‘Our survey said …’Thank you for taking part in the Hello You Substack survey that I posted a week or two ago. The answers I’ve received have been hugely helpful. As a result there’ll be some slight tweaks to parts of the Hello You the Shropshire podcast operation, which I’ll tell you about in the next episode.The survey is still open! If you’d like to have your say about Hello You, or if you just like filling in surveys, click here to take the quiz. It won’t detain you for long, I promise. In the next episodeYou’ll hear about those changes to how Hello You will work, I’ll (to use a sports editor’s cliché) ‘preview the weekend’s action’ and you can advise me on whether the Frog Suit should make another appearance! Thank you for being thereIt means a lot that you’re a member of the Hello You family. If you haven’t already, why not subscribe for free to make sure you don’t miss any future episodes? Take care of yourselfTake care of the people around you.And I hope the people around you are taking care of you, too. Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe
- Jun 1, 202653 min
Hello You 163: 'Can you sponsor my mid-life crisis?'
‘You can come here and stare at the whole environment in awe’Every so often, I take myself off to sit on a bench somewhere in Shropshire, and record conversations with whomsoever happens to sit on the bench with me.On Whit Sunday (the Sunday of the last bank holiday weekend) I went to Haughmond Hill, a fascinating and beautiful place managed by Forestry England. There are about a dozen picnic benches arranged under conifer trees outside the delightful Haughmond Hill Café. On these benches walkers, cyclists, dog-parents, families, and outdoors enthusiasts sit and rest after exploring the hill, or prepare themselves for exploring. Some of these people stopped to talk with me, and you can hear what they have to say in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast. If you enjoy it, why not share it with a friend, wherever they might be in the world? ‘We’re down here on missionary work’Ian, David, Heather and Pat (clockwise from bottom left) are 'missionaries’ from Yorkshire! They’d been to a concert at Shrewsbury Abbey the previous evening. Ian and Pat are happily settled in Shropshire, David and Heather come down to visit, and to explore pubs that Ian can’t remember having been to (but often he has!). ‘How peaceful it is, and how serene’Lily’s a barista at Haughmond Hill Café. She loves her job, and she loves the saxophone … but she doesn’t play it! What’s it like, being a barista? Find out why this qualified zoologist jumped at the chance of working on Haughmond Hill in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast! ‘What’s a podcast?’Liz Townsley (second from left in the above photograph, with her support crew) is about to set off on a charity bike ride from London to Paris, raising money for Cure Leukaemia. It’s a 500-kilometre ride, and Liz only started training for it in February! She’s had the support of friends from Shrewsbury she’s met while dog-walking; that’s them in the picture.Hear Liz’s ‘Couch to 500k’ story in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast … and ‘sponsor her mid-life crisis’ here on Justgiving! If you enjoy this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, why not tell a friend about it? Mention it in conversation at work, on the bus, in the pub, on Facebook or WhatsApp, in your café of choice, place of worship, whilst on your parkrun … Voices you wouldn’t otherwise hear, and people you wouldn’t otherwise meetPart of the aim of Hello You the Shropshire podcast has always been to enable you to hear the voices and stories of people that you’d never hear were it not for Hello You. How well do you think I’m achieving that aim? And what did you enjoy (or not) about this episode?Let me know in the comments? And if you enjoy Hello You, then I’m pretty damn certain you know other people who’ll enjoy it too. They might be in Shropshire, they might not be, and it really doesn’t matter. Perhaps they’re friends or colleagues. Maybe it’s a family member. Or you could be part of a WhatsApp group of like-minded people who’ll get what this is all about.Whoever they are and wherever they are, why not share this episode with them? Thanks to Forestry England for their help with this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.Where else should I sit myself on a bench?Think about the places you’re familiar with. They might be everyday locations, or somewhere that’s special to you. They could be bustling with people, quiet on weekdays but thronging on weekends, or frequented by a select but fascinating few.Where could I sit myself down for a couple of hours, on a bench or at a table, and stand a chance of chatting with some people I might never otherwise meet?Tell me where you have in mind? I’m compiling a list of ‘bench’ recording locations to visit over the next few months, and I’d love to add your suggestion to my list. Just message me using the button below, or reply to this email if you’re already on the Substack mailing list. Become a member of the Hello You family!Join the family, you’re very welcome.<
- May 12, 202622 min
Hello You 162: A Sunday afternoon in the park, in stereo
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimallthetime.substack.comA Sunday soundscape in vivid stereoIt’s been a while since I published a ‘soundscape’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast. Sunday afternoon, though, presented the perfect opportunity to record one.The afternoon was sunny, if not quite as warm as it at first looked. It was the perfect time to go to the park, in this case the Quarry (Park) in Shre…
- May 3, 202658 min
Hello You 161: With the bikers at Montford Bridge
It’s the first Bench episode of 2026!Here’s something I started doing on the radio about twenty years ago, and I’ve carried on as part of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.It’s a very simple idea: I sit on a bench, somewhere in Shropshire, and talk with whoever sits on the bench with me.‘It’s just the nicest feeling in the world’Every Tuesday evening during British Summer Time dozens, often hundreds of bikers descend on the picnic area around the Montford Bridge Café, just off the A5, for tea and coffee, burgers and chips but mostly just to hang out and chat.This struck me as a great opportunity to record a ‘Bench’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, and Amanda Mullins of Shropshire and Powys Advanced Riders had the same idea.So last Tuesday I went along. In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast you can hear what happened.I met some wonderful people, learned about great ideas like Motorbiker Acts of Random Kindness’ brilliant Bike and Brew Passport, felt the warmth of the welcome from the biking community and heard some fantastic stories about what biking means and has done for people. ‘The freedom and self-belief from it has been phenomenal … I can be me’Whether you’re astride a bike or not, I can definitely recommend a Tuesday evening at the Montford Bridge Café! I’ll be returning later in the summer to record another ‘Bench’ session, and I’ll be back just for fun sometime soon … not least because I owe Shirley £10 for my Bike and Brew Passport!What do you think of this episode of Hello You?Join in the conversation in the comments: And if you enjoy this podcast, share it with your friends! Where else could I sit on a bench and talk to people?If you know of a bench where there are plenty of people around, let me know?It could be in a town centre in Shropshire or one of our villages. It might be at an event, as in this episode. It could even be a ‘virtual bench’ somewhere, as long as there are folk for me to chat with and listen to.Message me your bench suggestion and I’ll put it on the list! Intelligent, informed, progressive, quirky conversation… for and about Shropshire and the wider world.That’s what I aim to deliver on Hello You the Shropshire podcast. It’s not limited to Shropshire! There are listeners and subscribers not just all over the UK, but all over the world. People like you, who care about and are interested other people.Why not become a member of the Hello You family?Click this button to subscribe, either for free or, to support progressive local public-service audio journalism, take out a paid subscription: Thank you for being thereI’m really grateful to you for taking an interest in my work. If you like it, you’ll know other people who’d like it too, so share it with them? Take care of yourselfThese are challenging times, and we need to look out for one another.Take care of the people around you, and I hope they are taking care of you, too. Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe
- Apr 27, 202639 min
Hello You 160: There is everything to look forward to
‘It really is as though one person is speaking directly to you, saying it’s going to be all right’Formerly The Emergency Poet, offering poetry on prescription from her vintage ambulance, Deb Alma is now best known as co-founder of the world’s first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy, based in Bishop’s Castle here in Shropshire.In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, Deborah Alma talks about how poetry can help us, and tells her remarkable story which encompasses using poetry with people with dementia, in hospice care, with women’s groups and with children in schools, right up to opening Poetry Pharmacy branches in York and on London’s Oxford Street!Join in the conversation in the comments: Mentioned in this episode:Poetry Prescriptions by Deborah AlmaDeborah Alma’s poetry and anthologies on Bookshop‘Staying Alive’, an anthology of five hundred poems from around the world edited by Neil Astley‘In Blackwater woods’, by Mary J. Oliver‘Arrival’, by R.S. ThomasIf you enjoy this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, you probably know someone else who’d like it just as much. Why not hit this button and share it with them right now? A beano, a boogie or a bunfight in Bishop’s Castle?The small town of Bishop’s Castle is a very Hello You type of place. It’s where Deb Alma established her Poetry Pharmacy, and she says it’s ‘full of people who have opted out of the general way of things’.It’s got a very special vibe, one that I think fits with the Hello You ethos. Hence my suggestion, in this episode, that maybe we could get together there?Would you be interested in meeting up and hanging out with other listeners to Hello You the Shropshire podcast? And if so, would Bishop’s Castle be a good place to do it?Send me a message to tell me what you think. Are you up for this? While you’re thinking about it, here’s some Bishop’s Castle info to tempt you, maybe:Visit Shropshire: Bishop’s CastleBishop’s Castle and BeyondVisit Shropshire Hills: Bishop’s Castle Stuff. And thingsThat’s what Hello You is about. People’s stories, largely. And the occasional rant or brain-dump from me (e.g. the first few minutes of this episode!).Or if you prefer, it’s intelligent, informed, progressive and often quirky conversation, for and about Shropshire and the wider world.I’ll include one of those two descriptions in my ‘supporting material’ with the podcast award entries I’m contemplating, if I get my s**t together enough to actually enter the awards. As you’ll hear in this episode, I’m as yet undecided, and the clock is ticking.Anyway, whichever description works for you - ‘Stuff and Things’ or ‘Intelligent, informed yadda yadda’ - I hope you like what I do. Want to hear more? Splendid! There are more than a hundred and fifty previous episodes to check out! I hope you’ll also subscribe, so you don’t miss any future Hello Yous. It’s free to subscribe! Should you feel led by whichever spirit populates your belief system to take out a paid subscription, though, I will be profoundly grateful. Also, you’ll get some paid-tier-only audio (as soon as I’ve recorded some more of it).Click the hell out of this button: Please also click the hell out of any ‘Like’ or heart-shaped buttons you see around Hello You, whether it’s here on Substack, on Apple, Google or Spotify Podcasts (hit ‘follow’ on Spotify too? and if your friends are big Spotify users, send them the link).Thank you for being a member of the Hello You familyI can’t tell you how much it means to me that you even check out what I do. Even though we’re spread all over the world, we are a family.
About Hello You the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins
I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life. I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say. It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion. jimallthetime.substack.com
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