Month: August 2011

The Guided Busway – Early Days for Go-Whippet and Stagecoach

17:51 Wednesday 10th August 2011
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: We’re hearing that people are ringing up to complain  about the Guided Busway because it’s too popular. Bus operators Stagecoach and Whippet Coaches have been running at full capacity for most of the days they’ve been operating so far. The launch was on Sunday, and it officially went fully operational on Monday. Let’s speak to Peter Lee from Go=Whippet. Hello to you Peter.
PETER LEE: Hello. Yes.
ANDY BURROWS: This must be music to your ears, isn’t it? Continue reading “The Guided Busway – Early Days for Go-Whippet and Stagecoach”

Paul Stainton’s Indepth Analysis and Solution to the Problem of the Youth of Today

07:40 Tuesday 9th August 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: I’m just amazed that so many of these kids have got a Blackberry, 40% of them. It just, you know, it destroys their claims that they’re broke, and they’re skint, and they’ve got no money. It absolutely destroys it. Because, you know, you’re not broke if you’ve got a Blackberry, are you? You’re broke if you can’t afford to eat. You’re poor if you’ve got no carpets on your floor. Is it time, you know .. we’ve got the youth on the streets. They’re angry. They’re disillusioned they say. They’re full of pent up energy. Is it time to have a real discussion now about bringing back National Service? Is it now time to put a uniform on these kids? If they get arrested, that’s where they go. Ship them off to Afghanistan. If they want to fight, there’s fighting going on there. There’s kids their age defending this country. Whilst they’re burning stuff on the streets, kids their age are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Art at Andronicas

07:55 Thursday 4th August 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Next week artists in Peterborough are going to be showing off their art in a cafe. Andronicas at Peterborough Garden Park will open its doors to the public to show off artwork for the very first time. Rene Viner is the curator and artist. Good morning.
RENE VINER: Good morning.
PAUL STAINTON: Now what exactly is going on then? Are people coming down there to make their art? Are they bringing down their old modelling wheels? Or are they just bringing the finished article along? Continue reading “Art at Andronicas”

Peter Boizot on the Broadway Theatre

08:06 Wednesday 3rd August 2011

Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Peterborough entrepreneur Peter Boizot has been speaking about his disappointment over the Broadway Theatre fiasco. Mr Boizot bought the theatre in the late 1990’s, when it was under threat of demolition. He later sold it to its current owner, but says he had hoped it would be more succesful. Suzie Roberts went to speak to Peter at his home in Peterborough, where she asked him about his earliest memories of the Broadway Theatre. Continue reading “Peter Boizot on the Broadway Theatre”