:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight we are live from the village of Weobley
:00:08. > :00:17.Those in the pub and those down the high street.
:00:18. > :00:19.Annie and her shop with one of everything.
:00:20. > :00:23.Butcher Dave, master of the Weobley whopper.
:00:24. > :00:25.Anne, the post-master who's delayed her own retirement to keep
:00:26. > :00:40.And everyone who lives in wonderful Weobley.
:00:41. > :00:42.Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones...
:00:43. > :00:46.And we are holidaying at home tonight but not in your usual
:00:47. > :00:52.We asked villages across the land to invite us to stay,
:00:53. > :00:58.and this is where we've chosen to come.
:00:59. > :01:03.We had lots of response, we chose it after much deliberation.
:01:04. > :01:07.Yes, and we think we've chosen well because we are deep in rural
:01:08. > :01:09.unspoiled Herefordshire and it's time to say,
:01:10. > :01:25.CROWD: Hello! Hello, everybody. Nice to see you all.
:01:26. > :01:30.and we've asked the local residents themselves to help us get under
:01:31. > :01:34.the skin of the place as we explore the ups and downs of living
:01:35. > :01:41.Tibb from Portland Close is showing our Nadiya how
:01:42. > :01:44.the volunteer spirit is alive and well, in a community that
:01:45. > :01:48.by the standards of many is quite cut off and has to do a lot
:01:49. > :01:53.The vicar and local history buffs are showing Dan the sights -
:01:54. > :02:05.Even our street barber Michael Douglas is joining in.
:02:06. > :02:08.He's been trying out the two local salons, to see what people say
:02:09. > :02:12.about their neighbours when they are under the dryer.
:02:13. > :02:19.Let's hope it's all good because most of them are here
:02:20. > :02:25.And just up the road, look, our special guests Squeeze
:02:26. > :02:31.are getting ready to play one of their many huge hits later.
:02:32. > :02:39.Weobley can be found to the east of the Welsh border and to the north
:02:40. > :02:50.It pleases Alex how close we are to the Welsh border. When we arrived
:02:51. > :02:54.yesterday we had a lovely warm welcome, but we did not know what
:02:55. > :03:02.was in store. This is what happened this morning.
:03:03. > :03:09.PHONE RINGS I think I slept quite well,
:03:10. > :03:17.actually. A very comfortable bed. Well done,
:03:18. > :03:26.Jane. Oh, what a lovely view! It is like a
:03:27. > :03:32.secret view of Weobley. Oh, my goodness, that looks delicious. Did
:03:33. > :03:37.you sleep well? Excellent. So this is all locally sourced? That is the
:03:38. > :03:42.Weobley whopper, made by the famous julienne next door. I had better get
:03:43. > :03:50.on with this, if we are going to Zomba. Ayew changing? Are you not
:03:51. > :03:57.coming? No. Don't let a be down! What a spot to come and contemplate.
:03:58. > :04:03.It is a gorgeous place, you get a real sense of Herefordshire. Is that
:04:04. > :04:12.an orchard? A cider apple orchard, of which there are many. You could
:04:13. > :04:16.grow -- you could grow just about anything in this county, the soil is
:04:17. > :04:21.terrific. Good morning, just getting acquainted with the more of the
:04:22. > :04:27.Weobley residents. There is a very impressive bull. Just look at the
:04:28. > :04:33.size of this guy. He is an absolute beauty. I don't know how we are
:04:34. > :04:44.going to get back to their village! We are surrounded.
:04:45. > :04:53.How long have you been coming, and why do you like it? Rate from the
:04:54. > :04:58.very beginning, just to keep fit. They are a great group and it is a
:04:59. > :05:03.good social experience. It is so much more than an exercise class.
:05:04. > :05:08.For those losing weight, we compare every week, it is good fun. Is it
:05:09. > :05:14.time for coffee? You have promised me this all morning.
:05:15. > :05:20.Embarrassingly, I broke sweat, it must said. The Zumbra was a great
:05:21. > :05:26.fun! And then we went for a coffee. I had a lovely night at the farm and
:05:27. > :05:29.left with lots of goodies for my mum, and simply. Thank you for
:05:30. > :05:30.having us, we are having a whale of a time.
:05:31. > :05:33.Now, it was local landscape gardener Chris' email that made
:05:34. > :05:34.all this happen Chris, tell everyone what you
:05:35. > :05:42.It is all his fault that we are here!
:05:43. > :05:47.APPLAUSE What did you think Weobley had that
:05:48. > :05:51.would be perfect for the show? The community spirit, the wavy ages,
:05:52. > :05:57.societies and groups mix together, the way the whole village pollster
:05:58. > :06:04.gather. It feels like we are in a movie, it is beautiful. What do you
:06:05. > :06:11.lovely people all get up to? We have got the one shown here, for a start!
:06:12. > :06:15.Once in a lifetime. Once a year, we have a really big parish council
:06:16. > :06:21.bonfire and fireworks, last year I think we had nearly 1000 visitors. I
:06:22. > :06:27.am not surprised. That has been going for 20 or 30 years, I am not
:06:28. > :06:33.quite sure. Last weekend in August we have got the art market, or art
:06:34. > :06:40.exhibition. Sales of paintings. That has been going for 31 years, I
:06:41. > :06:47.think. It has quite a track record. This could become a tradition, who
:06:48. > :06:52.knows?! I have to say, Gabby, in Zumbra, the ladies had a bit more
:06:53. > :06:56.eyeliner on than I think they do normally! Has graced the beautician
:06:57. > :07:02.been busy? I think everybody has been getting ready. I have. I went
:07:03. > :07:08.on to the studio earlier and got my hair done. It has paid off! Jeremy,
:07:09. > :07:13.what were your thoughts when you heard that we were coming?
:07:14. > :07:19.Overwhelms. It was an exciting to know that the One Show was coming
:07:20. > :07:23.here. This village is the quintessential village. It has
:07:24. > :07:28.everything. You have all the amenities, lovely people. Look out
:07:29. > :07:35.with -- look at the turnout tonight. It won the National Village Of The
:07:36. > :07:40.Year award in 1999, a wonderful achievement. It really is the
:07:41. > :07:45.village to come and visit. It has everything. It is a wonderful,
:07:46. > :07:49.wonderful place. Pru, you said that people love and activity.
:07:50. > :07:51.As we saw last night, Weobley certainly knows
:07:52. > :07:54.how to throw a fete - and for us they've brought back out
:07:55. > :07:58.All week we've been asking for villages around the country
:07:59. > :08:00.to send in photos of their most unusual traditional fete games.
:08:01. > :08:06.We have had a great response. This is Denby's annual roll the barrel,
:08:07. > :08:10.which takes place on Boxing Day. This is from a village in Wales
:08:11. > :08:15.where they race rubber ducks in the summer. I love that idea. If you
:08:16. > :08:26.have a river and a bridge, wouldn't that be wonderful? We have bed
:08:27. > :08:31.racing later as well! Thank you to everybody you created the set. Cathy
:08:32. > :08:39.helped with these lovely flowers. Mary, the local artist, did the
:08:40. > :08:42.pottery. The W I have been fantastic, Green Bean, the Delhi,
:08:43. > :08:48.have kept us in salads and toast ease. If you have a game that you
:08:49. > :08:57.play in your village, get in touch. And if you've got any
:08:58. > :08:59.comments on living in small villages, good or bad -
:09:00. > :09:02.perhaps you used to live in one and moved away
:09:03. > :09:10.or recently returned - Whatever it is, let us know. We're
:09:11. > :09:14.going to run up the hill and get reception! It is about miles up that
:09:15. > :09:23.way! We've had examples of how
:09:24. > :09:25.resourceful this village is, just like so many others
:09:26. > :09:27.around the country. One of the most important
:09:28. > :09:29.things the community does is provide its own meals on wheels
:09:30. > :09:32.after budget cuts threatened The good news is what the locals
:09:33. > :09:36.are cooking up is twice as tasty for less money -
:09:37. > :09:49.as Nadiya found out. I'm Tibb, and I coordinate the
:09:50. > :09:55.Weobley meals service. I run the village pub, called The Salutation
:09:56. > :10:01.Inn. They provide a hot, freshly cooked meal for 25 clients. We send
:10:02. > :10:06.out a hot meal and a dessert twice a week, the charge is ?3 50. It
:10:07. > :10:12.basically covers the cost of the ingredients and the containers. It
:10:13. > :10:16.is not for profit, it is a service to the village on the community.
:10:17. > :10:24.That is the first stage of the fishcakes for today. More will be
:10:25. > :10:29.revealed later. Good morning, Stuart! We have 20 today, and the
:10:30. > :10:37.One Show has a big surprise. They have a special dessert chefs coming
:10:38. > :10:47.to help you. While. Hello! Nice to meet you, Nadiya. You cook for the
:10:48. > :10:51.pub and the bed-and-breakfast. Why do you do this on top of all of
:10:52. > :10:55.that? Somebody has got to do it, I would like to think that when I am
:10:56. > :10:59.old, somebody will return the favour and bring me a hot meal a couple of
:11:00. > :11:04.times a week. It is community spirit, I think we have lost that
:11:05. > :11:13.sometimes. I say that as if it does not exist, it does, that you do not
:11:14. > :11:16.see it, people are so busy. People are generally working longer hours
:11:17. > :11:18.than 20 years ago, which is why they have less time for the community and
:11:19. > :11:21.others. Because everything here is about community, I want to get my
:11:22. > :11:29.local ingredients from somewhere nearby. All picked fresh this
:11:30. > :11:43.morning for you. Thank you, I will take those into the kitchen. What
:11:44. > :11:49.are you making, Nadiya? I am doing a blueberry clafoutis, it is like a
:11:50. > :11:54.quick, sponge pudding. I have never made 20 individual bonds, but I will
:11:55. > :11:59.give it a go. Could you accidentally make 23 or 24, so we could all
:12:00. > :12:07.taste? I hope we can stretch it, there seems like a lot of batter. I
:12:08. > :12:11.have a list of 36 volunteers. We have never not delivered meals, in
:12:12. > :12:21.all weathers. What was it that made you want to do it? I like helping
:12:22. > :12:30.out people, it suited me, I do it once a month. Hello, here is your
:12:31. > :12:34.lunch. Thank you very much. Thank you, dear. As we are giving these
:12:35. > :12:40.meals out, there is a sense that it is so much more than just a meal, it
:12:41. > :12:44.is community welfare. A lot of these people will not have somebody who
:12:45. > :12:50.visits every day? Seeing people, making sure they are all right,
:12:51. > :12:56.really. What have you got for us? Fishcake, and Nadiya has made you a
:12:57. > :13:04.special pudding. Is it hot or cold? Hot. I am sure it will be
:13:05. > :13:16.delightful. I have got your meals on wheels. I have made the dessert.
:13:17. > :13:25.Thank you. What did you think of village? Lovely. What did you think
:13:26. > :13:30.of the clafoutis? We did not know what it was called, but it was
:13:31. > :13:37.lovely. I love Johnny, fruity tarts. I put ice cream on it as well. Man
:13:38. > :13:41.after my own heart. Hopefully when people see the service we have set
:13:42. > :13:45.up in Weobley, they would be encouraged to do the same
:13:46. > :13:54.themselves, especially if it was an isolated community with people who
:13:55. > :13:58.need hot meals. I think that will inspire lots of community is
:13:59. > :14:03.watching. For me, that sums up why I love living in a village. Helping
:14:04. > :14:12.each other, being there for all the experienced members of the
:14:13. > :14:18.community. Kate, Marion and Chris from the film a year. It was lovely
:14:19. > :14:22.seeing your face watching yourself on television! It seems that wheels
:14:23. > :14:27.are a big part of your life, you do not just deliver meals, but along
:14:28. > :14:32.with Katie you help patients get to hospital and all sorts? Yes,
:14:33. > :14:37.Community Wheels. How did your involvement starter? It started off
:14:38. > :14:42.30 years ago in Leinster, I only started five years ago because I did
:14:43. > :14:51.not have a 4-door car until then. I have dinner at the quite a few
:14:52. > :14:54.years, it is anybody you can help take people to hospital, shopping
:14:55. > :14:59.trips. Or haircuts. Because links in and out of the village are not a
:15:00. > :15:03.great? The bus services are available on the hour, but they do
:15:04. > :15:06.not always fit in with the appointment. And people can't always
:15:07. > :15:12.get the bus back in time for whatever they want to do, so they
:15:13. > :15:16.use our services. This is typical of lots of villages, where bus services
:15:17. > :15:17.are being reduced and people like Marion and Kate are picking up the
:15:18. > :15:29.slack? Yes, absolutely. 78 million has been
:15:30. > :15:35.cut from bus subsidies in the England and Wales since 2010. That
:15:36. > :15:40.means 400 have been lost or reduced. Transport campaigners have likened
:15:41. > :15:45.this to Doctor Beeching's into missed cuts of the rail services.
:15:46. > :15:51.That is irony because a lot of those buses were brought in to replace the
:15:52. > :15:57.train routes in the first place. Rural routes are often vulnerable
:15:58. > :16:02.because they need subsidies. It is people like you guys, Kate and
:16:03. > :16:06.Marianne, who are stepping into the breach and providing community
:16:07. > :16:09.transport. This is vital, especially when it comes to tackling
:16:10. > :16:14.loneliness, for example. The Government says it does give ?250
:16:15. > :16:19.million a year to support bus services. These community roots of
:16:20. > :16:26.pivotal. You get free training, and things like that. It is vital for
:16:27. > :16:31.the network. Last year, from the 250 million, 7.6 million has been
:16:32. > :16:36.isolated for transport in isolated, rural areas specifically. Let's talk
:16:37. > :16:40.about the library service. You are part of a team who saved and rescued
:16:41. > :16:43.your local library. It was a question of either losing it
:16:44. > :16:48.completely because it was going to be closed or training ourselves with
:16:49. > :16:53.the tremendous support from Hereford and Leinster, and they're great
:16:54. > :16:59.patience. You said it was not as straightforward as it with steam. It
:17:00. > :17:04.was a big learning curve. It has been appreciated, especially by the
:17:05. > :17:10.older people, who would have to lug their books to Hereford and
:17:11. > :17:14.Leinster. You have had your head stuck in some books getting some
:17:15. > :17:18.statistics. I am sure people appreciate what you do because the
:17:19. > :17:23.picture across the UK is not particularly rosy with regard to
:17:24. > :17:29.library. 350 cancer run libraries have closed. Places like steak and
:17:30. > :17:35.Sunderland, they have lost 50% of their services. --/. The good news
:17:36. > :17:47.is, we have seen this amazing growth in volunteer and community run
:17:48. > :17:53.libraries. There are now 422 staffed by 15,000 people, like you, Chris.
:17:54. > :17:59.Thank you for that. You are doing a sterling job for the community. It
:18:00. > :18:01.is great to have you on the sofa. Marrying, you are driving us all
:18:02. > :18:07.home. -- Marion. Weobley has a surprising number
:18:08. > :18:10.of small businesses for its size, and some of them have been telling
:18:11. > :18:12.John how making ends meet in the rural economy
:18:13. > :18:20.isn't always easy. It may be nine miles from the
:18:21. > :18:24.nearest town but Weobley, with its tangled hedgerows and golden fields,
:18:25. > :18:29.is a genuine working village. Many who live here commute to Hereford
:18:30. > :18:36.and beyond. Plenty make their living right here. My job is to find out
:18:37. > :18:41.about the business of this place. There are 20 businesses in the
:18:42. > :18:44.village centre, employing around 45 people, including a family butchers
:18:45. > :18:54.that has been running for 61 years, a popular restaurant, and an Indian
:18:55. > :19:00.restaurant. There is also two pubs. Plenty of places for visitors from
:19:01. > :19:05.outside to spend their cash. Hello. Can you help me? I am looking for
:19:06. > :19:09.some cash. We do not have a cash machine but the Post Office 's three
:19:10. > :19:15.doors down. No cash machine. The bank shut 15 years ago. So, I have
:19:16. > :19:31.to go to the post office. Thank you very much. Very far. Hello. Ann is
:19:32. > :19:35.the postmaster. She is in her 70s but just cannot retire. You thought
:19:36. > :19:40.about retiring and then you thought, you could not let the village down.
:19:41. > :19:47.People love the convenience of it. They love the contact. We help them
:19:48. > :19:52.over all sorts of things. The whole village depends on you. They do
:19:53. > :19:58.appreciate that one day I will have to retire. There is even a small
:19:59. > :20:03.industrial estate on the outskirts, home to a plastics factory that
:20:04. > :20:12.employs over 100 people. Weobley does not have everything. I need a
:20:13. > :20:23.comb. It sounds simple. Annie can still give as to run for its money.
:20:24. > :20:29.Just give her a moment. -- Asda. You must sell combs. You have onion
:20:30. > :20:36.seed, high-speed drill bits. That is good. It shows you have the variety.
:20:37. > :20:45.You have to in a village. You cannot beat the supermarkets. We got the
:20:46. > :20:53.wrong ones in the Government. That is a bigger question. I was doing
:20:54. > :21:00.100 a day and now I can hardly touch 50p. It is not just Annie feeling
:21:01. > :21:06.the pinch. A couple doors down is the general store, run by Jane. What
:21:07. > :21:11.is your main competition? Who provides difficulties for you? The
:21:12. > :21:16.multiple supermarkets are putting pressure on people like us with home
:21:17. > :21:21.delivery. We have a wonderful staff, a brilliant team of staff. People
:21:22. > :21:31.come into the shop because they get a personal service. Wait a minute.
:21:32. > :21:41.Here we are. I have a coma for you. They are ?1. 99p, actually. -- a
:21:42. > :21:44.comb. All the best. John's right, there is
:21:45. > :22:09.a thriving economy here. We'll just go down to the post
:22:10. > :22:13.office. There has been some news. I have to apologise. I called to 90 on
:22:14. > :22:21.the show last night. You are nowhere near that. We have had some news on
:22:22. > :22:28.the post office. Tell us what has happened. I have been running it for
:22:29. > :22:33.17 years. I decided I wanted to retire but wanted to find someone
:22:34. > :22:36.else to take it on. So, I have succeeded in doing that now. The
:22:37. > :22:45.consultation period started yesterday. It lasts for six weeks.
:22:46. > :22:50.Then, hopefully, end of October, I will be handing over to Bernadette.
:22:51. > :22:56.Bernadette, you are the saviour of the post office. It is moving down
:22:57. > :23:01.the road slightly. With one in three closing throughout the UK, what is
:23:02. > :23:05.your plan? Post offices are really quite fragile at the moment. The
:23:06. > :23:14.British public thinks it is invincible. They are quite delicate.
:23:15. > :23:23.They need support. This post office, is moving five doors down to Magpie
:23:24. > :23:29.Galloway. We'll have an old-fashioned sweet shop to support
:23:30. > :23:35.the post office. I think you're post office is in good hands. I was
:23:36. > :23:40.desperate to keep it open because Weobley needed a post office. You
:23:41. > :23:43.have done a sterling job over the years. It is the heart of the
:23:44. > :23:58.village. You can have a rest. Matt is on the sofa with a few other
:23:59. > :24:00.businesses. Let's talk about some of the challenges people face when they
:24:01. > :24:09.are trying to set up rural businesses. The first challenge is,
:24:10. > :24:14.can people afford to live in a rural location? If we look at
:24:15. > :24:18.affordability of rural housing, properties in the countryside are
:24:19. > :24:26.22% higher than urban areas. They add over 43,000 on to the house
:24:27. > :24:31.price. Wages are lower. There is that disparity. The other thing is
:24:32. > :24:36.connectivity. The countryside is full of entrepreneurs. 22% of rural
:24:37. > :24:41.workers in England ourselves employed. They need to build to sell
:24:42. > :24:49.whatever they make. As port and they are connected. Customers will not
:24:50. > :24:56.have broadband. -- it is important. Rul broadband is slower. There is a
:24:57. > :25:02.government commitment to have 95% of the country receive superfast
:25:03. > :25:07.broadband. There are pilot schemes which are ongoing. Then there is
:25:08. > :25:13.mobile coverage. It is not great in many areas. In 2015, only 55% of the
:25:14. > :25:19.geographic area of the country was covered by it all mobile networks.
:25:20. > :25:28.15% of the country is not covered by any. I see that as an advantage! I
:25:29. > :25:33.love no contact. Really, that is the ethos of where you're going. Thank
:25:34. > :25:38.you so much for a wonderful stake last night. It was a wonderful farm.
:25:39. > :25:47.One of the areas is the Woodlands, which is very precious to you. We
:25:48. > :25:51.running a charity in the woodland for people who have maybe met up
:25:52. > :25:57.with some crisis during their lives. We can give them an opportunity to
:25:58. > :26:01.have experience of the tranquil, natural setting of the woodland to
:26:02. > :26:10.restore some sense of balance and perspective to their lives. Military
:26:11. > :26:14.veterans and all sorts. A very broad range of people. Anyone can face the
:26:15. > :26:19.stresses and strains of life. We cover a very wide range of people,
:26:20. > :26:24.including veterans, who get a huge amount out of the sense of having no
:26:25. > :26:34.walls, no boundaries, no stigma, no labels. They adapt very quickly to
:26:35. > :26:39.that kind of learning new skills. Things like these beautiful
:26:40. > :26:44.spatulas. It really is wonderful. From one of our oldest materials, to
:26:45. > :26:48.one of our newest. We saw John Sergeant wheeling his suitcase pass
:26:49. > :26:57.your factory. Give me an idea of the products you are producing. A
:26:58. > :27:04.strange place to have a factory. We ask specialist in rubber and
:27:05. > :27:10.silicon. It is a niche material and is in most peoples homes full of it
:27:11. > :27:17.is used in aerospace industry. -- people's homes. This one is
:27:18. > :27:22.fascinating. We are very proud of it. We have been making for a
:27:23. > :27:28.company called Paxman Coolers in collaboration with Huddersfield
:27:29. > :27:33.University. If you are unfortunate enough to be having cancer
:27:34. > :27:38.treatment, or chemotherapy, this product prevents hair loss. It does
:27:39. > :27:44.that by a coolant being pumped around it which would uses the scalp
:27:45. > :27:49.temperature and prevents it getting to the hair follicles. You can run
:27:50. > :27:56.from anywhere in the UK and you choose to do it here. Well done. We
:27:57. > :28:04.have discovered an old Weobley perdition.
:28:05. > :28:17.It was stopped due to health and safety. We are bringing it back. We
:28:18. > :28:24.have the One Show team with John Sergeant. We were up against a
:28:25. > :28:36.wonderful Weobley team. You can see how we get on later.
:28:37. > :28:45.This is a pram race. That looks fun. Do you fancy a bit of music? That
:28:46. > :28:57.have a wonder. Let's have the first performance
:28:58. > :31:47.tonight from Squeeze. APPLAUSE
:31:48. > :31:51.I haven't heard Squeeze four years! I think that must be the first and
:31:52. > :31:59.they have ever played at a bus stop. Well done. If you have just tuned in
:32:00. > :32:01.and you are wondering what is going on, where are they?
:32:02. > :32:05.Just a reminder of where we are, this is us to the east of the Welsh
:32:06. > :32:17.Wales is only four miles away. I was waving at them on top of the hill!
:32:18. > :32:20.Now, if you want to learn more about a small community like this,
:32:21. > :32:23.there's one place you can go to hear about everyone and everything -
:32:24. > :32:27.The good news is Weobley has two of them.
:32:28. > :32:35.In my role as the One Show's Street Barber, I am used to cutting hair in
:32:36. > :32:41.the most unusual places. From Downing Street 's... I would give
:32:42. > :32:46.that ten out of ten. To geek conventions. And in pit lanes. It is
:32:47. > :32:51.like a dream come true. Today in Weobley I am doing something a bit
:32:52. > :32:55.different. I am going back to the salon floor! If you want to know how
:32:56. > :33:01.placed tics, speak to its hairdressers. First up, I am lending
:33:02. > :33:07.a hand at the oldest hair salon in Weobley, now owned by Andrea, and it
:33:08. > :33:14.looks like she has a job up. Thank you. The salon is a real meeting
:33:15. > :33:18.place for the community. Today mother and daughter Hilary and Becky
:33:19. > :33:24.have come in for a quick trim. It must be time for my break. What is
:33:25. > :33:28.it like a Red Deer? Lovely village, nice place to bring up children. My
:33:29. > :33:32.children were all born just outside here, went to school locally. They
:33:33. > :33:37.have gone off to do their things in the bigger cities. Do you expect
:33:38. > :33:49.them to come back? Probably not, my eldest is in New Zealand. What was
:33:50. > :33:52.it like growing up here? It is obviously a lot quieter than a town
:33:53. > :33:55.or city. I live in Birmingham now, it is very different. The salon has
:33:56. > :33:57.been going strong for over 40 years. Although the fixtures and fittings
:33:58. > :34:01.were regularly replaced over the decades, it was not until recently
:34:02. > :34:06.that the original owner retired. Presumably at some point you have
:34:07. > :34:11.almost on everybody's hair in this village? I would probably think so.
:34:12. > :34:14.Do you feel that you form a stronger relationship with your clients
:34:15. > :34:18.because you are from a small community? People would just pop in
:34:19. > :34:30.to see who was then, have a cup of coffee and a chat. We always made
:34:31. > :34:33.them very welcome. It is like a little social centre for a lot of
:34:34. > :34:36.people. Rena was the queen of powerful Weobley. I don't think I
:34:37. > :34:39.have ever felt so nervous giving somebody a blow-dry. Just walking
:34:40. > :34:44.around Weobley do get the sense of the place happy in its own skin, and
:34:45. > :34:50.why shouldn't it be? It is beautiful. Which is why I guess the
:34:51. > :34:54.locals like to look good. So much so that in 2014, another salon opened
:34:55. > :34:59.at the top of the village. I want to know whether it is cut-throat
:35:00. > :35:07.rivalry, so I popped in to give a hand to owner Jess, literally. There
:35:08. > :35:10.is a salon down the road, were you worried? We had that in mind, but we
:35:11. > :35:13.had our own clients as well, which helped. We just thought we had to
:35:14. > :35:19.give it a go, because it would always be what it. One huge issue in
:35:20. > :35:23.Weobley, like everywhere else, is housing, particularly in. What is it
:35:24. > :35:30.like trying to buy a house around here as a first-time buyer? Very
:35:31. > :35:34.expensive. If young people can't settle here, will it all to village
:35:35. > :35:38.life? Bringing younger people and would benefit the whole village. But
:35:39. > :35:43.it is tricky if you can't find somewhere to live and raise your
:35:44. > :35:47.family. They City is company and three is a crowd, but I can't come
:35:48. > :35:53.all this way without doing some Street Barber style cutting. So I am
:35:54. > :35:58.going to Juliet's restaurant. What were your impressions when you moved
:35:59. > :36:03.here? We love the look of the village and the welcome. What brings
:36:04. > :36:09.people here? A night out, but then the night out is the restaurant,
:36:10. > :36:16.with friends. And sometimes family. You would not come here before the
:36:17. > :36:21.cinema? It is too far to go to the pictures or the theatre. The meal is
:36:22. > :36:29.the entertainment, so no pressure! I will show you what we have done.
:36:30. > :36:33.That is amazing! Lovely. Delighted. It has been fun doing something a
:36:34. > :36:39.bit different today, and I am ending it with a Street Barber first. How
:36:40. > :36:50.was that? Tidy, thank you very much indeed! Having his own haircut, we
:36:51. > :36:53.always knew that Michael was a skiver on the quiet.
:36:54. > :36:55.Now, if we're honest, some of us will admit it's not
:36:56. > :36:58.all sweetness and light living in a small village, particularly
:36:59. > :37:05.It could be a bit quiet, potentially. We will see a
:37:06. > :37:08.performance from you later. What is it like being 16 and living in a
:37:09. > :37:15.village like this? The adults really enjoy each other's company, is it
:37:16. > :37:19.the same for you? We love it here in Weobley, there are lots of
:37:20. > :37:27.opportunities for us. Dance classes, musical theatre, sports clubs. But
:37:28. > :37:33.are there any boys here? I don't know... Come on, girls! You are
:37:34. > :37:38.doing your A-levels shortly, do you plan to go after university? I think
:37:39. > :37:43.so, it depends what opportunities I come my way, but hopefully. We were
:37:44. > :37:48.talking to older ladies about transport in and out of the village,
:37:49. > :37:52.which can be tricky. Are you always badgering your parents for lifts?
:37:53. > :38:05.She is happy I can get the bus to school, but she takes me to dancing
:38:06. > :38:07.five nights a week. You all seem incredibly happy. If you go away to
:38:08. > :38:09.university, do you think maybe when you are married and have children,
:38:10. > :38:12.you would consider coming back to settle? I would probably come back,
:38:13. > :38:16.it is a close-knit community, you would know more people and it would
:38:17. > :38:21.be better to have children and grow up here. Are you concerned about job
:38:22. > :38:28.prospects here? There is a little bit more limited. For as local
:38:29. > :38:32.people there is still a lot of opportunities here. Girls, lovely to
:38:33. > :38:44.chat with you, looking forward to your performance. We will go back to
:38:45. > :38:48.match with a bit of local history. We found some beautiful properties
:38:49. > :38:52.here. We thought we would take a photograph of back in the day and
:38:53. > :39:00.then we would bring it back up to date. This is the post office in the
:39:01. > :39:04.1920s. This is the post office now, with Anne outside. Let's go back to
:39:05. > :39:09.the butchers, getting a lot of publicity tonight!
:39:10. > :39:21.And this is the local garage in the early 1900s.
:39:22. > :39:31.And the pumps don't look like they've changed much.
:39:32. > :39:34.It just looks like a shop, then you go around the back and that is where
:39:35. > :39:37.all the action happens. And then we saw this footage
:39:38. > :39:40.of a lost Weobley tradition - the Village Bedstead races -
:39:41. > :39:53.which were last held They were stopped because of health
:39:54. > :40:00.and safety regulations! We decided to bring it back. We pre-recorded
:40:01. > :40:05.this because of health and safety reasons. And we are competitive. And
:40:06. > :40:13.then we drafted in this wonderful team. We have got Graham, Emma and
:40:14. > :40:20.Sam. And Chris. This was Team Weobley. Chris, you are a seasoned
:40:21. > :40:28.pro, in the 60 's and 70s this was your domain? It was indeed. Chris,
:40:29. > :40:34.you run the local go-karting track. And we have some young farmers. You
:40:35. > :40:42.can always rely on the Young farmers to come along and help you out when
:40:43. > :40:52.you are in need. The cause was new to us. We started New Year, you
:40:53. > :40:58.hurtled down the hill. A slalom? Through that chicane. And then Anne
:40:59. > :41:04.was the biggest obstacle. She had a stall set up where members had to
:41:05. > :41:10.jump from the bed, buy something... With a fiver. Get the change, very
:41:11. > :41:16.important. Then rattle over the finish lime. We don't know the
:41:17. > :41:22.results. A member of each team, of the losing team, will go into the
:41:23. > :41:29.stocks. I think it is John for us. John looks like he is about to go
:41:30. > :41:33.into the stocks. He has a Macintosh and a helmet. Shall we stop talking
:41:34. > :41:40.and have a look? Are you feeling optimistic, John?!
:41:41. > :41:50.Lagarde camera one! Give them a wave! Let's have a look at the one
:41:51. > :41:56.shall attempt. -- look at camera one! Here is John in the bed, Al and
:41:57. > :42:02.Lucy pushing on from behind, I am driving. John almost has a whipping
:42:03. > :42:09.motion, egging us on. There is the chicane. John out of bed like a whip
:42:10. > :42:15.it. Buying two rolls of beanbags, does not wait for the change, gets
:42:16. > :42:24.backing, duvet over him, off we go. Anne is still rifling through. Over
:42:25. > :42:32.the finish lime! Very good. What was our time? Don't know yet. I have the
:42:33. > :42:37.results in a basket behind. Then it was your turn. To be fair, do you
:42:38. > :42:43.think you were faster or slower? I think the place was probably faster.
:42:44. > :42:52.Do you?! The shopping was a bit slower, Babs. This is what happened.
:42:53. > :42:59.-- a bit slower, perhaps. Chris is using all of his go-kart racing
:43:00. > :43:05.knowledge. Look at Graham! Look at the speed and the scarf! Oh,
:43:06. > :43:14.spending a lot of time here. Come on! It was a fix. Interestingly,
:43:15. > :43:18.they waited for the change. Straight over the lime. Your helmet is an
:43:19. > :43:25.original helmet from the 60s and 70s.
:43:26. > :43:31.APPLAUSE Now the results, who is going in the
:43:32. > :43:41.stocks? Team one show, 30 seconds. That was
:43:42. > :43:48.the score to beat. Team Weobley, sorry, one minute and two! Come on!
:43:49. > :44:00.There is a massive blow to written on this piece of paper. The One Show
:44:01. > :44:08.team is disqualified. -- there is a massive but. Anne reported job did
:44:09. > :44:13.not wait for the change. So John is in the stocks! You can all have a go
:44:14. > :44:19.at sponging him later. Put him down, Lucy. It does not go down with the
:44:20. > :44:35.helmet on! A huge round of applause for Team Weobley. Throw on come --
:44:36. > :44:37.go on, kids! Throw some sponges. There is more to Weobley damp
:44:38. > :44:43.bedstead racing. King Charles I stayed
:44:44. > :44:57.here, for heaven's sake! In Weobley, as with so many lovely
:44:58. > :45:01.villages, history is all around. There are plenty of people living
:45:02. > :45:05.here to keep the stories of money, misfortune and even a little magic
:45:06. > :45:11.alive. This stuff really put Weobley on the
:45:12. > :45:15.map in the 14th century, the wool trade was booming. This square would
:45:16. > :45:17.have been a hive of activity as merchants sold wool from the
:45:18. > :45:21.windows. The trade generated a lot of wealth
:45:22. > :45:26.for the community and paid for these impressive brick and timber houses.
:45:27. > :45:29.This one was built in the 16th century and now belongs to Mike, who
:45:30. > :45:35.has lived in the village since he was three.
:45:36. > :45:46.We can see the beams. What does it say about how it is built? They are
:45:47. > :45:52.pegs. This was built on the ground before it was erected. Then it all
:45:53. > :46:00.fits together. You can see the evidence of 400 years of Weobley
:46:01. > :46:03.residents in the attic. It is black through all the smoke over the
:46:04. > :46:11.years. You can see the hand of history here. Due to its wealth, by
:46:12. > :46:16.the 17th century, Weobley was starting to punch way above its
:46:17. > :46:23.weight. This village sent two MPs to Parliament. What better way to show
:46:24. > :46:29.off your clout than in the size of your church tower? And, of course,
:46:30. > :46:33.your church. It is disproportionately large to the size
:46:34. > :46:38.of the village. The Lords of Weobley had access to great wealth. Not that
:46:39. > :46:42.they were always appreciated by the rest of the villagers. Particularly
:46:43. > :46:49.politician John Birch, who seems to have a rather inflated opinion of
:46:50. > :46:53.himself. This is a rather notorious Memorial of him. It sits in the
:46:54. > :46:57.sanctuary of this church full stop to this very day, there are people
:46:58. > :47:02.who will not receive holy Communion on this side of the altar rail
:47:03. > :47:06.because they do not want to kneel at the feet of Colonel John Birt.
:47:07. > :47:15.People of Weobley have their own mind on things. I like that.
:47:16. > :47:20.Weobley's fortune was not to last. From these dizzy heights, Weobley
:47:21. > :47:30.fell on hard times. Poured Weobley, proud people. Low church... High
:47:31. > :47:36.steeple. The Industrial Revolution was the turning point in the
:47:37. > :47:42.fortunes of many villages. Weobley did not have a railway line or a
:47:43. > :47:46.canal. So it lapsed into poverty. Many of the poor ended up here at
:47:47. > :47:51.the local workhouse. Inmates would only keep doing hard labour like
:47:52. > :47:54.breaking up big stones. They grids and itinerant travellers travelling
:47:55. > :48:01.through the village can also earn room and board for the night by
:48:02. > :48:06.working. At its height, the workhouse was a cross between home
:48:07. > :48:16.and prison to nearly 100 men, women and children. Conditions were harsh
:48:17. > :48:19.and know many protests. Weobley's isolation meant old traditions and
:48:20. > :48:26.superstitions were slow to fade away. In 1912, a Weobley woman wrote
:48:27. > :48:31.a book about the superstitions. A historian took me to the house where
:48:32. > :48:40.she lived. What kind of stories do you have? There is one called Riding
:48:41. > :48:45.cover the Stag. If someone was caught committing adultery, there
:48:46. > :48:50.would be a straw effigy, banging pots and pans that everyone knew
:48:51. > :48:55.what was going on and then set the effigy on fire. Everyone knew each
:48:56. > :49:02.other's business. It was a tight community. Sometimes too tight.
:49:03. > :49:06.Indeed. When you first come to Weobley, it does feel like a typical
:49:07. > :49:09.correct English chocolate box village. If the Industrial
:49:10. > :49:14.Revolution had come here, chances are I would be walking on yet
:49:15. > :49:18.another row of Victorian terraces. Instead, it's isolation preserved
:49:19. > :49:35.something very special. Poured Weobley no more. It was Sagna on
:49:36. > :49:43.that day. -- Sagna. The floor was incredible. Things may get a little
:49:44. > :49:54.bit strange. John is going to look at the
:49:55. > :49:56.mythical, darker side of Weobley. They were rehearsing all afternoon
:49:57. > :50:00.and this is how it turned out. Its 1670 and a local farm
:50:01. > :50:03.is being tormented by strange, It started small, with knocks
:50:04. > :50:16.on the door in the night We don't have a live pig, so Katie
:50:17. > :50:30.is stepping into the role. The farmer's prized pig started
:50:31. > :50:34.leaping and dancing in strange Now we couldn't find
:50:35. > :50:46.a Mastiff in Weobley, but we have do have Oscar,
:50:47. > :50:57.the brave Pug from Jules Restaurant, they undertook to keep watch
:50:58. > :50:59.with a sword and a lantern. But they were quickly attacked by
:51:00. > :51:02.a plague... Jones found the door and ran
:51:03. > :51:10.half a mile, swearing. There were some unusual medical
:51:11. > :51:19.practices here in Weobley and I have enlisted the help of Weobley's
:51:20. > :51:21.current GP Oliver Penney It was said you must apply the touch
:51:22. > :51:35.of a dead man's hand, a practice still in use in the 19th
:51:36. > :51:40.You'll need to take that wig off, Oliver.
:51:41. > :51:49.It was thought the cure was to catch a live mole.
:51:50. > :52:00.Then cross the wen nine times with a finger dipped in blood.
:52:01. > :52:03.Now it wasn't just demons that plagued Weobley,
:52:04. > :52:09.there was also the small matter of witches to deal with.
:52:10. > :52:11.Now we don't have any witches in 2016, but I'm told
:52:12. > :52:38.the village is ridden with dance students.
:52:39. > :52:52.In the 1800s, a likely lad called Jenkins claimed to have the answer.
:52:53. > :52:57.He claimed he could identify the witches and make them dance.
:52:58. > :53:00.Alas, the local magistrates did not agree, and found
:53:01. > :53:06.So, the villagers had to fend for themselves.
:53:07. > :53:10.That's a bit of a theme tonight, it seems, and came up with a solution.
:53:11. > :53:16.For the next part of the story, I will need to call
:53:17. > :53:23.upon Scout Master Rich Frost and his scouts and Anne Preece
:53:24. > :53:26.They worked out that if local people rode the broomsticks -
:53:27. > :53:28.and not the witches - they would be safe.
:53:29. > :53:31.Much to the fury of "Old Charlotte", who would shake her fist
:53:32. > :53:55.Apparently, all of those stories have been told in Weobley throughout
:53:56. > :54:00.the years. Thanks to everyone who's been
:54:01. > :54:15.rehearsing that for us. We have joined Squeeze on stage,
:54:16. > :54:19.talking about your new album, From The Cradle To The Grave. You have
:54:20. > :54:26.played in lots of places, especially over the last summer. You played in
:54:27. > :54:32.Glastonbury. We played Glastonbury, Latitude. We have had a good share
:54:33. > :54:36.of festivals. We are touring later on in the year in America. It is the
:54:37. > :54:41.first time I have been here, in Weobley. We have had a good walk
:54:42. > :54:53.around. The history is incredible. A wonderful crowd. You are playing at
:54:54. > :54:58.a bus stop. Fantastic. Apparently the bus does not come along for
:54:59. > :55:05.another hour or two. You love village life so much that you now
:55:06. > :55:10.reside in one. I live in a small village in the Sussex Downs. It is
:55:11. > :55:13.full of community and love. I like to be surrounded by people who know
:55:14. > :55:18.me and I know them. I feel weird when I woke up to summer and do not
:55:19. > :55:25.know them. We were talking about this guitar. I am into guitars. You
:55:26. > :55:34.told me it was made in a village. It was made in a village by a guy
:55:35. > :55:42.called Roger. It all comes together. I will let you setup. You're going
:55:43. > :55:46.to play us out. We have some comments. David says, having spent
:55:47. > :55:50.25 years in Dorset village but now having moved to a town, one thing I
:55:51. > :55:56.miss about village life is, when walking through a village, everyone
:55:57. > :56:02.you pass says hello. We have experienced that here in Weobley.
:56:03. > :56:11.What do you have there? There is one macro. Taking part in the Highland
:56:12. > :56:18.games, tilt the bucket. There is the bucket being tilted. You have to see
:56:19. > :56:22.that bit of it. This is the Manningtree mud tug of war regatta
:56:23. > :56:31.at the sailing club in Manningtree in Essex. The annual charity raft
:56:32. > :56:40.race from bus go in Lancashire. Thank you for sending back to us.
:56:41. > :56:46.This nursery has again, racing up a steep hill. I'm going to read this
:56:47. > :56:50.out. Julie says, I have travelled all over the world. I left a village
:56:51. > :56:55.in North Leicestershire, did my travels, and then I have returned to
:56:56. > :57:00.where it all started. Really, I think that is the sentiment for
:57:01. > :57:06.today. A big thank you to everyone today. Thank you for the
:57:07. > :57:10.hospitality. We will be back in the studio tomorrow. Enjoyed Squeeze.
:57:11. > :57:17.Goodbye. In your own time. Hello, I'm Tina Daheley
:57:18. > :59:34.with your 90 second update. There'll be more armed police
:59:35. > :59:37.on the streets of England and Wales. They've already begun
:59:38. > :59:39.patrols in London. Police say it's in response
:59:40. > :59:44.to terror attacks in Europe, Amina Al Jeffrey says
:59:45. > :59:47.she's been locked up