Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum
A monthly podcast from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum. Hosted by Colonel Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts. Stroll with us around the highways and byways of Herefordshire while we explore the story of the our regiment and county in war and peace. Special guests, featured items from the museum's collection and highlights from the lives of those who served from our beautiful county... and a pint or two as well!
Podcasting since 2022 • 37 episodes
Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum
Latest Episodes
The remarkable Hull Brothers - from South Africa, Hereford Cathedral, Internment Camp to the Three Choirs Festival
In this month's episode, in the run up to the Three Choirs Festival, Col Andy Taylor and Revd Paul Roberts explore the fascinating and poignant story of brothers Claude and Percy Hull of Hereford. Claude a member of the Herefordshire Rifl...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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28:14
A night at the Town Hall: Op Blackout and the story of reuniting Doenitz' baton and pennants
In this episode we listen in to the Museum's presentation of Op Blackout, 80 years after the last operation of WW2 and the first of the rebuilding of post-war Germany in which the Herefordshire Regiment took a pivotal role. On 18th...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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34:11
Investigating a quintessentially Territorial award - the enigmatic Territorial Force War Medal
In this month's episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a "deep dive" into a scarce and unusual award for the First World War made only to Territorial soldiers 1914-1919. They investigate the origins and exacting criteria for t...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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35:54
Hoarwithy - Byzantine beauty and the mystery of a pub with no beer
In this month's delayed episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a walk out to Hoarwithy, between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye on the banks of the river Wye. The impressive Byzantine / Romanesque / Tuscan beauty of St Catherine's Ch...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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31:53
The Whittaker's lost son, Fownhope's Heart of Oak and other local history - a chat with Jane Davies
Join us this month as we chat with Preb Jane Davies, a Fownhope-born retired vicar who has unearthed the First World War stories of two great-uncles. Harry and Leonard Whittaker were sons of a Woolhope gamekeeper. Leonard emigrated ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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40:55
