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Battle of Britain Flypast at the Dragon Boat Festival

This interview with Squadron Leader Ian Smith from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight states their intention to come to the 2010 Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival and put on a show. Broadcast at 08:35 on Monday 19th April 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

This interview with Squadron Leader Ian Smith from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight confirms their intention to come to the 2010 Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival. Broadcast at 08:35 on Monday 19th April 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PAUL: There’s about two months to go until the Peterborough Breakfast Show wins the city’s Dragon Boat Festival twenty ten. Of course we’ll be out the front there with our flag, and somebody banging the drum. We’ve been training especially hard for the event, (Have we?), bench pressing actual dragons and paddling along the Nene. Along with the spectacle of the race, a special fly-past has been arranged with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. They knew we were doing it, so Squadron Leader Ian Smith said: “Of course we’ll bring the planes along, if the Paul Stainton Peterborough Breakfast Show’s going to be there, we’ve got to have a fly-past.” Didn’t you, Ian? Continue reading “Battle of Britain Flypast at the Dragon Boat Festival”

Parveen Ashraf on Come Dine With Me

Parveen Ashraf is the creator of the Amaani Spice Box and will appear on the Channel 4 programme Come Dine With Me later this year. This interview was broadcast at 07:50 on March 1st 2010 on the BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

ANDY: Now a Peterborough edition of the Channel 4 show Come Dine with Me has been filmed and will be shown in the summer, and Parveen Ashraf who runs Amaani Spice Box was one of the contestants on the show and joins us now. Good morning.
PARVEEN: Good morning Andy.
ANDY: Thank you for coming in. Now, tell us a little bit about the show. What happened? Because it’s a great show, on Channel 4, Come Dine with Me. I love it. What was it like for you?
PARVEEN: It is. It was, I think the word is, surreal.
ANDY: Surreal!
PARVEEN: Surreal!
ANDY: Did you get on with the other contestants? Because watching it at home you kind of like a bit of friction between the contestants. But was it a happy camp? Continue reading “Parveen Ashraf on Come Dine With Me”

Foraging with Andrew Shaw from Fragile Earth

Andrew Shaw from Fragile Earth takes the BBC’s Kerry Devine for a forage in Woodston Woods. Broadcast at 07:50 on Tuesday 6th April 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: Right now though we’re going to go outside. We’re going to put our little gloves on and our wellies, and we’re going to wrap up warm, for a touch of nature. We’re into Spring, the landscape is changing, so we sent out Miss Kerry Devine to Woodston Woods, with bushcraft guru Andrew Shaw from Fragile Earth, for a bit of foraging. And they started off with all the wild plants that you can eat. Continue reading “Foraging with Andrew Shaw from Fragile Earth”

Gary Johnson New Posh Manager Speaks

Paul Stainton talks to Gary Johnson the new Peterborough United FC Manager. Broadcast at 08:20 on Wednesday 7th April 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: “Good luck to Mr Johnson by the way. I’m sure he’ll be a success. Definitely the right man for the job.” says Steve Thorpe. And Barry Fry, didn’t he give him the big buildup yesterday.
BF: (TAPE) The appointment has shook the world of football. And it’s sensational news for all Posh fans and players.
PS: How are you going to follow that, Gary?
GJ: Very very difficult. But you never try to follow Barry, you just bob along with him.
PS: Good morning my friend. Welcome back to Cambridgeshire, and nice to see you again yesterday. I’m sorry about punching you. I do apologise. But you do owe me a pint. Let’s clear that up straight away. Fifteen years ..
GJ: Yes I remember that and I apologise.
PS: Inflation. Inflation mate. that’s two pints now, OK?
GJ: You know I’m not a drinker, so I’ll send it to you.
PS: Yeah right. Listen, it’s all good news for you at the moment. Celia says: “Gary Johnson. How long do you intend to stick it out at Posh?“. Continue reading “Gary Johnson New Posh Manager Speaks”

The Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival 2010

Entries are invited for this year’s Dragon Boat Festival to be held on the River Nene in Peterborough on Sunday June 20th. 2010 in aid of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Broadcast at 07:55 on Wednesday 29th March 2010 in the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PB: Now later on this year I and the team here will be paddling down the river. Yes, and if you work in Peterborough you might be taking part too in the Dragon Boat Festival. Because this is the year to do it. And organisers need more teams to come forward. Money raised will go to the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Lindsey Newton is from that particular charity. Morning.
LN: Good morning.
PB: It’s great news that you’re this year’s charity then?
LN: Absolutely over the moon, really, really pleased and incredibly excited about this year, so, yeah, just wanted to come on and rally the troops and get some people involved really.
PS: Yes ‘cos normally there’s about forty teams take part in this.
LN: Yes that’s correct yes. It’s a huge event and crews can be up to a maximum of twenty one people, so thousands of people down there and they bring all their friends and family, so yes a really good day out.
PS: Twenty one? Twenty one people?
LN: Yes up to twenty one you can have in your crew, so yes. Continue reading “The Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival 2010”

Lord de Ramsey will Rebuild the Three Horseshoes Inn

A report from the scene of a major fire at the Three Horseshoes Pub in Abbots Ripton is followed by a telephone interview with Lord de Ramsey, upon whose land is stands. Paul Stainton and Janine Machin are the interviewer and reporter. This was broadcast at 07:20 on 24th March 2010 in the Paul Stainto Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

PS: We’re waking up to fire damage to an iconic building in Cambridgeshire this morning. The damage is being assessed at the Three Horseshoes pub in Abbots Ripton close to Huntingdon. The thatched roof of the seventeenth century Grade II listed building set light yesterday afternoon. At it’s height, there were six fire engines and one turntable ladder at the scene. No-one was hurt. BBC Look East’s Janine Machin reports: (TAPE)
JM: It has stood in the village of Abbots Ripton for more than three hundred years, but it’ll be some time before The Three Horseshoes Inn can welcome customers again. Two passers-by raised the alarm at around four o’clock yesterday afternoon.
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Posh get a Hammering at Scunthorpe

Edwin Overland offers his opinion on the Peterborough United v Scunthorpe game and the future of Jim Gannon. Broadcast at 08:25 on Wednesday 24th March 2010 on the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

(SAD MUSIC)
PS: Let’s just take a moment to reflect for all Posh fans. Because it’s normally at this point that we play the goals from last night. I refuse to play them. I refuse to play the goals from a four nil hammering by lowly Scunthorpe. Instead, it’s a chance for all Posh fans to .. just breathe. Take it all in your stride. Not to get too downhearted. Relax and enjoy Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Edwin Overland, good morning.
EO: No comment. I’ve off to buy ten packets of cigarettes, two pints of beer, fifteen gallons of petrol before the Budget, and then I’m going to Poland with Steve.
PS: To Cracow.
EO: To Cracow, or to crack off. Or crack on.
PS: Don’t forget, every hour from the highest tower of St Mary’s Church a heynal is played on the trumpet to the four quarters of the world. Youy’ll enjoy that.
EO: Don’t miss it.
PS: (laughter) Anyway, before we talk about Jim Gannon let’s talk about last night. Where the heck did that display come from?
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Lincoln Road: Crown Pub to be Members Club

It’s 07:25 on Tuesday 23rd March 2010, and Paul Stainton is talking to Brian Gascoyne, Chairman of the Millfield and New England Regeneration Partnership, about the news that Brian is reopening the Crown Pub Lincoln Road Peterborough as a Members Only club.

PS: Now the Crown Pub in New England is to reopen this week as a private members community club. For anybody who’s ever done the Crown to Town, going back many years, it’s not been possible in recent weeks. It’s had a chequered past of course. It was closed earlier this year following a number of altercations at the establishment. One man, though, believes he can change it all. He’s Brian Gascoyne. Good morning Brian.
BG: Good morning.
PS: The Crown to Town’s back on!
BG: Yes it certainly is.
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