Hello You 48: Come to Mumma's

Hello You with Jim Hawkins

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Hello You 48: Come to Mumma's

A joyful, spontaneous, surprising and fun Bench! Unplanned, unexpected and unpredictable conversations with some lovely people, recorded at Mumma's Emporium on Shrewsbury's Pride Hill in Shropshire

Jim Hawkins

Jun 17, 2024

Transcript

Includes:

repairing stuff
growing things
giving people voices
kids and nature
the Bench’s backstory
many, many postcards of Ruyton-XI-Towns
yarnbombing
the paranormal
Castlefields
the Hello You philosophy - what I’m trying to do
the history of Our Price Records
scary dolls
old radios
people who make Shrewsbury a better place, and
psychic phenomena. Some of which happen in real time, while I'm recording. The psychic phenomena, not for example the yarnbombing. If I had any hair, it would be standing on end.

Also: How Neat Is Your Allotment? 🤣

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I hope you enjoy listening to this episode of Hello You as much as I enjoyed recording it!

Meet some of the participants:

Annie Banham

Shrewsbury Repair Cafe

Lady Sally Hamilton, Psychic Medium

Clare Bear of Lovelyland

The Castlefields Yarn Bombing Crew

and host venue, Mumma’s Emporium

I love it when Bench works the way it does in this episode, coincidences and all. If you know of somewhere that would be a good place for me to record Bench, let me know about it?

And as ever, I’d love to know what you think of this episode of Hello You:

Discussion about this podcast

Hello You 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.

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