Sian Lovegrove moved to Church Stretton in Autumn 2024.
Originally from Mid Wales, she spent 14 years working in the Far East, where she had her own Chinese education company, as well as working for the Chinese government providing the female voice for the Gaokao, Zhongkao and CET English listening tests. In East Africa she worked in international development for the Swiss Government in the field of online learning and teacher training as before that, for The Open University of Tanzania where she set up the country’s first paid internship scheme.
She is self-employed, teaches master’s students at the University of Manchester, as well as technical projects for local businesses. Her interests include technology, football (Aston Villa and Wrexham), writing, cooking and travel.
Pete Johnson was inspired by pirate radio in 1964, to build amps and disco gear and purely by chance, one of his tapes found its way to the new BBC Radio Manchester.
Liking what they heard, they offered him one show a week, then two, then more work as well at BBC Radio Merseyside. He became a staff member and in 1974 became music and outside broadcast producer for Piccadilly Radio.
He has recorded rock bands , The Hallé Orchestra, jazz , folk, presented
blues programmes and now a village podcast! BBC Radio 2 came next and later, Pebble Mill in Birmingham then presenting at Jazz FM and finally for SAGA radio in Birmingham.
Pete volunteers with several organisations locally using his skills to edit music for dancers and create nature video for people like the National Trust. He’s had some success at making craft cider and curing and smoking bacon.
Pete is the reason we’ve had such good feedback about the quality of our broadcasts.