Great Alne, Warwickshire

Ramblings

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Retirement villages, recently made very famous by the Thursday Murder Club series of books, are becoming a popular choice for older people who want to, and can afford to, live within a supportive community environment but still retain their independence. For this episode of Ramblings, Clare is walking with Stephen Walsh and his partner, Pat, who live at Great Alne Park retirement village not far from Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. Along with the village’s visiting fitness instructor, Tania Skerritt, they lead Clare around a four mile route directly from the centre of the village into the local countryside.

Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar.
0:23.2	And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.
0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.3	BBC Sounds.
0:35.6	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.6	Welcome to Great Own Park Village, Radio, Podcasts.
0:45.3	Welcome to great Olm Park Village, the retirement village here in the Warwickshire on the outskirts of Stratford-Bon Avon.
0:49.7	And we're really pleased to welcome me here, and we're ready for a walk.
0:53.0	Well done, Stephen. You've done all my job for me, because now I don't have to give location.
0:58.3	I will give grid reference, though, and I will explain more about the retirement village.
1:03.6	That was the voice of Stephen Walsh. And we've come to walk with a group of people who are relatively new residents because this is a very new village and in fact quite a futuristic concept.
1:10.1	If you can hear building construction work going on in the background, it's because it is.
1:13.6	How far are we going to go and where are we going to go?
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