The Planet Reigate Podcast

95: Exhumed! Redhill’s buried bodies dug up and what they can tell us of the town 100 years ago… and more For Saturday 5th July 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE -00:00 - What’s in this episode 05:15 - Planet Reigate area news and sport 32:17 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #6 36:00 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 43:20 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for the snack-time saviour at the post office 44:35 – GUEST: This week, the story of the human remains that were dug up to make way for the new church hall at St John’s church in Redhill. Yes, did you know that between November 2015 and January 2016, the skeletal remains of 252 individuals – some of them children - were dug up and moved to the Department of Archaeology, at the University of Reading for a more detailed study by Mary Lewis, a professor in Bioarchaeology, and her colleagues. This week, Mary is my guest, to tell me more about how they got permission for the exhumations, what they have learnt from the skeletons of those who died 100 years ago and what it tells us of Redhill way-back-when, and what’s happened to the bones now. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED1:08:50 – Reigate Roulette. Local resident Nina tells us what she loves most about living around here 1:12:25 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, Reigate St Mary’s at noon. If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest*CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947Listen:           https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcastFacebook:      www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcastInsta:              theplanetreigatepodcastEmail:            Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

94: Redhill’s community taxi company with a difference… and more For Saturday 28th June 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 03:25 - Planet Reigate area news  16:30 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for those who helped the mum of the bride18:25 – GUEST: there are several cab companies around the area but today, we’re talking with Ali who runs one out of Redhill that is a little bit different. You see you can’t actually book the taxis yourself...33:45 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go. 44:05 – Reigate Roulette. Local resident, Pippa, tells us what she loves most about living around here 50:20 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #7 54:45 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, dawn, in Brockham. #Reigate #Redhill #Merstham #Buckland #Betchworth #Brockham #Bletchingley #Horley #Gatton #Earlswood #Charlwood #Hookwood #Outwood #Leigh #Nutfield #salfords #Woodhatch #SouthPark #Holmesdale #WrayCommon #Whitebushes #Sidlow #Meadvale If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest  *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

93: Reigate & Banstead ‘abolished’: what it means for you in our full explainer… and more For Saturday 21st June 2025This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 03:35 - Planet Reigate area news  11:50 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #8 14:50 – GUEST: As you may know, R&BBC is being abolished, along with all the other local councils in Surrey and Surrey County Council itself. This week we bring you what you need to know about what is happening, why, and how it will affect you. Our sit-down chat is with Richard Biggs, the Leader of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. 1/3 29:50 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 41:20 – Guest: Local Government Reorganisation 2/3  57:15 – Reigate Roulette. Local resident, Penny, tells us what she loves most about living around here 1:03:05 – Guest: Local Government Reorganisation 3/3  1:19:00 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for the postman turned tow-man 1:20:00 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, from Reigate’s Priory Park woods on a February eveningIf you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest  *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431DRAGON fx - https://soundbible.com/ THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

92: The Reigate Summer Festival preview… and more For Saturday 14th June 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 15:30 - Planet Reigate area news  39:25 - Planet Reigate area sports news 44:45 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 51:10 – GUEST: Tim from next weekend’s Reigate Summer Festival, a celebration of the town's creativity, a weekend of free entertainment for the local community and beyond. All sorts of arts are being celebrated – live music, poetry and prose, dance, cinema and fashion… and much, much more.  1:03:30 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #9 1:05:50 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for the person who was key to Kirsty having a good day 1:06:55 – 26:30 – Reigate Roulette. Local resident, Dan, tells us what they love most about living around here 1:07:55 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, from Guzzle Copse at Betchworth. #Reigate #Redhill #Merstham #Buckland #Betchworth #Brockham #Bletchingley #Horley #Gatton #Earlswood #Charlwood #Hookwood #Outwood #Leigh #Nutfield #salfords #Woodhatch #SouthPark #Holmesdale #WrayCommon #Whitebushes #Sidlow #Meadvale If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431DRAGON fx - https://soundbible.com/ THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

91: The local secure dog-field, with toys, obstacles and Instagrammable features… and more For Saturday 7th June 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 04:35 - Planet Reigate area news  26:50 - Planet Reigate area sports news 34:00 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 39:40 – Workshops at this month’s Reigate Summer Festival 43:50 – GUESTS: It’s a dog’s life! This week we take a tour around a local dog-field with Sarah and Kyra to see their toys, obstacles and Instagrammable posing features.  1:03:00 – The Top Ten most listened-to episodes: #10 1:04:40 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for the honest man in Morrisons.  1:06:00 – Priory Bark: canine conversations. This week, local woman Debbie tells us about her French bulldog Hugo.  1:07:55 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, from St Michaël’s churchyard in Betchworth.  #Reigate #Redhill #Merstham #Buckland #Betchworth #Brockham #Bletchingley #Horley #Gatton #Earlswood #Charlwood #Hookwood #Outwood #Leigh #Nutfield #salfords #Woodhatch #SouthPark #Holmesdale #WrayCommon #Whitebushes #Sidlow #Meadvale If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431THANKS A MILLION BED - by AudioShop ID 047267053PRIORY BARK - dturbide ID 066572138Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com 

90: Log-on to the local IT consultancy firm protecting you from hacks and attacks on PCs and Macs… and more For Saturday 31st May 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode 02:45 - Planet Reigate area news 18:00 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 26:30 – Reigate Roulette. A local resident tells us what they love most about living around here.  34:00 – GUESTS: This week hear from local independent IT expert Max Cooper. 41:45 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for a mystery bus fare benefactor. 43:02 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, from Priory Park.  #Reigate #Redhill #Merstham #Buckland #Betchworth #Brockham #Bletchingley #Horley #Gatton #Earlswood #Charlwood #Hookwood #Outwood #Leigh #Nutfield #salfords #Woodhatch #SouthPark #Holmesdale #WrayCommon #Whitebushes #Sidlow #Meadvale If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947  Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast X (Twitter):     https://twitter.com/PlanetReigateEmail:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

89: The local ‘holiday hot-shot’ with insider tips for your next getaway… and more For Saturday 24th May 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 05:50 - Planet Reigate area news 17:05 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 25:40 – GUESTS: This week hear from local independent travel advisor Sally Bosman.  42:00 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for comforting strangers at Sainsburys. 43:25 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, Earlswood Lakes and mallards, coots and gulls #Reigate #Redhill #Merstham #Buckland #Betchworth #Brockham #Bletchingley #Horley #Gatton #Earlswood #Charlwood #Hookwood #Outwood #Leigh #Nutfield #salfords #Woodhatch #SouthPark #Holmesdale #WrayCommon #Whitebushes #Sidlow #Meadvale If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest  *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431 Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast X (Twitter):     https://twitter.com/PlanetReigateEmail:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

88: The ‘guerilla gardeners’ behind a wildflower makeover of a local roundabout… and more For Saturday 17th May 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode. 04:55 - Planet Reigate area news and weather 17:20 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 29:00 – GUESTS: This week hear from some of the residents who have taken over the management of… their local roundabout! People living in Horley have raised money and raised their garden spades, to transform a large drab, overgrown and unloved piece of land, into a wildlife haven, full of colour and teeming with life. We went down to a recent plating project to catch up with some of the guerrilla gardeners and hear of their motivation and success – and what it will look like as spring turns to summer.  44:00 – Reigate Roulette. A local resident tells us what they love most about living around here.  47:30 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for those who gave ‘help on the Hill’. 49:00 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, Mill Hill Lane in Brockham.   If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GUEST BED - by SoundKit ID 089259782GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431GUITAR - Frogard Item ID: 114324148ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947WEATHER - Sasha_Grey Item ID: 025133085Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com  

87: Reigate Dambuster hero and the local composer of the most-famous VE Day march that you *do* know… and more For Saturday 10th May 2025 This is how we’re reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week:TIMECODE - 00:00 - What’s in this episode 05:15 - Planet Reigate area news 13:45 - The Good Time Guide: things to do and places to go 23:20 – Planet Reigate Stars: thanking local heroes. This week, praise for those who rushed to help in Redhill 28:10 – Reigate Roulette. A local resident tells us what they love most about living around here.  32:10 – The story of Reigate’s very own Dambuster hero, Michael Fuller, who went from Post Office phone engineer to a member of the valued 617 Squadron and whose mission was turned into a war movie. Who he was, the life he led, and how he died a hero on foreign soil.And we pay a special tribute to a Reigate musician Frederick Ricketts – who died 80 years ago this coming week in 1945, and who composed many of the marches that you will have heard in this week’s VE Day commemorations. He was also the man behind perhaps the most famous war-time march ever and whose tune you know so well today.47:10 - The Sixty-second Soundscape. This week, the station at Earlswood If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast  or share us with your colleagues.   A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbest *CREDITS:The seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartOther music www.Pond5.com:NEWS - ThomPie Item ID: 75456323GTG - inspiringaudio Item ID: 116855857STARS - jwsaudio Item ID: 073206386 SOUNDSCAPE PolkadotFlowersMusic Item ID: 136304431ROULETTE – RyanRapsys Item ID: 080062947DARK - simple ambient - by RayMusicProductions ID 088913604AMBIENT STRINGS - ID 077515959- by SoundPhenomenonCLASSIC - by Pablo J. Garmon ID 081001068  Listen:            https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcast Web:               www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Facebook:       www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcast Insta:              theplanetreigatepodcast Email:             Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com