 Penguin
Jumpers and Polo Necks |
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The
generosity of the people of Shropshire is renowned - but is there
another, less charitable, element to the character of the county? |
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A
Sense of Place
Programmes
That Wrekin Feeling
Everybody loves The Wrekin. It is the spiritual heart of Shropshire.
YouÂ’re not a true Shropshire man unless youÂ’ve climbed
through The NeedleÂ’s Eye.
Lost Property
Imagine
that, due to a freak (but benign) earthquake, Shropshire disappears.
How to Spake Salop
There isn’t a Shropshire accent or, indeed, a Shropshire dialect.
There are several. That’s the conclusion Georgina F. Jackson
came to when she compiled her exhaustive Shropshire Word Book
in 1879.
A curlew over the Mall
The very best way to represent the true essence of Shropshire
on the radio is to record and broadcast those sounds that make
the county what it is - the unique and typical sounds of Shropshire. |
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Penguin Jumpers and Polo Necks
12.05pm Sunday 28th April
Repeated 6.30pm Wednesday
Penguin Jumpers and Polo Necks contrasts how Salopians enthuse over
projects such as knitting jumpers for Tasmanian penguins and their
"head in the sand" attitude to issues such as domestic violence,
assault and sexual abuse.
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Jumpers
for penguins
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Diana,
a victim of domestic violence poignantly tells of her experience and
explains the "polo neck sweaters are more than common in the
world" - a world where it is imperative to hide the bruises and
the scars of a wounding marriage.
Andrew - a dashing young man of twenty-two, confides that he feels
"ugly" and is less confident than he wants to be. Why? His
face is scarred following an attack with a broken glass. His mother
is infuriated that local people "just don't want to know what
goes on in Shropshire."
Jane is just one of the thousands of people who have sought help from
Axis - a Shropshire charity devoted to helping adult victims of sexual
abuse. The charity's founder, Liza Morgan, is in no doubt that Salopians
"turn away from the subject - they don't want to think it happens".
Meanwhile the knitters of Shropshire wholeheartedly embrace a conservation
cause twelve thousand miles away. Margaret Todge, is convinced of
Salopians' generosity yet feels "the nice things we enthuse about
but the nasty things.. we don't do a lot about it.
Be warned: Penguin Jumpers and Polo Necks may not be a comfortable
listen. |
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