Droitwich Spa
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Nov 3, 2026
Jaime JacksonGUEST
Saltroad.org.uk. Saltroad comes from the old traders' tracks.
Jaime JacksonGUEST
So we live near Droitwich.
Jaime JacksonGUEST
Well, we live in rural West Midlands in Droitwich, isn't it? town fairly nearby um and it's that notion of it came through um a project we did on Alfred Watkins so he coined the phrase ley line but for him he's like a late 1930s 20th century um inventor artist photographer but it wasn't a new it wasn't a kind of wall thing it was actually that notion of pre-roman um traders tracks so that there were there were straight tracks all over the country before the romans invaded and actually in a way it's kind of quite similar to that kind of that notion of colonialism and abstraction that we are all kind of um under in a way my personal site is jamiejackson.org so j-a-i-m-e jackson.org
Vanessa ChampionHOST
And please also do send us the link to the children's animation, because that just sounds amazing.
Vanessa ChampionHOST
And what a wonderful thing for people to show other people as well and other children what they could potentially do.
LynneHOST
A timeless story of love and loss is brought to life in ETO's new production.
LynneHOST
Next, the Norbury Theatre in Droitwich.
LynneHOST
Thursday the 12th until Sunday the 15th of November, Lollipop Youth Theatre present Beauty and the Beast Junior.
LynneHOST
And then, looking forward, December, Wednesday the 2nd to Saturday the 5th of December, Worcester Gilbert and Sullivan Society present Ruddy Gore.
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MichaelHOST
Marion King of Worcester passed away peacefully on the 16th of October 2026 aged 83 years.
MichaelHOST
A funeral service will be held at the Vale crematorium on Wednesday the 4th of November at 12.30pm. Family flowers only please but donations if desired for the British Heart Foundation and can be left on the collection plate at the crematorium or sent to E.J. Gumry and son.
MichaelHOST
Brian Derek Pitt, aged 95, passed away peacefully on the 12th of October in Droitwich.
MichaelHOST
A service to celebrate Brian's life will be held at 1.30pm on November 2nd at the Vale Crematorium, with a meeting afterwards at the Perthshire Cricket Club.
MikeAUDIENCE
Six million
James O'BrienHOST
people, according to one of my listeners in Droitwich, I haven't checked the figure, but six million people who are...
James O'BrienHOST
This is Dave, another Dave, lots of Daves today, who are still paying for their property, either a mortgage or private rent.
James O'BrienHOST
That's a different kettle of fish entirely.
Adrian GoldbergHOST
When we talk about touches in the final third though, Chris, I think it's a really fascinating statistic that Albion had 72% possession in that game, but fewer touches in the opposition box.
Adrian GoldbergHOST
than Preston did and if I would be critical of James Morrison and the players having kind of said look we've got to acknowledge these extenuating circumstances is that they didn't have enough of a go very early on and I was sitting in the very front row in fact if you watch the highlights back right behind the goal you'll see a Droitwich Spa baggies flag and me and my daughter was standing right next to that flag.
Adrian GoldbergHOST
So you can see she's got a pack of Mac on and I'm dressed there in the black.
Adrian GoldbergHOST
She just wrapped it
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Meat could be dry salted by rubbing it all over with salt and packing it in layers in a barrel or tub or it could be soaked in brine, a strong solution of salt and water.
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Salt was produced in England at inland brine springs such as those at Droitwich in Worcestershire and in the Cheshire towns of Nantwich, Middlewich and Northwich.
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where salty water was boiled in great pans until the salt crystallized, names ending in which often mark these old salt-making places.
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On the coast, salt was made by evaporating sea water.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
A large yellow paper copy of Dryden's All for Love or The World Well Lost, date 1686, caught my eye, and is the only one I particularly remember.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
Huddington Court, the picturesque old home of the Winters, of whom Robert and Thomas lost their lives for their share in the plot, stands a few miles from Droitwich.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
A considerable quantity of arms and ammunition were stored in the hiding-places here in 1605 in readiness for general rising.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
two other houses may be mentioned in connection with the memorable plot houses that were rented by the conspirators as convenient places of rendezvous on account of their hiding-places and masked exits for escape one of them stood in the vicinity of the strand in the fields behind st clement's inn father gerard had taken it some time previous to the discovery of the plot and with owen's aid some very secure hiding-places were arranged this he had done with two or three other london residences so that he and his brother priests might use them upon hazardous occasions and to one of these he owed his life when the hue and cry after him was at its highest pitch by removing from one to the other they avoided detection though they had many narrow escapes one priest was celebrating mass when the lord mayor and constables suddenly burst in but the surprise party was disappointed nothing could be detected beyond the smoke of the extinguished candles and in addition to the hole where the fugitive crouched there were two other secrets chambers neither of which was discovered on another occasion a priest was left shut up in a wall his friends were taken prisoners and he was in danger of starvation until at length he was rescued from his perilous position carried to one of the other houses and again immured in the vault or chimney The other house was White Webbs, on the confines of Enfield Chase.
Thomas NtinasGUEST
Huge, huge, um, salt deposits.
Thomas NtinasGUEST
And Droitwich, Droitwich, uh, salt mines as well.
Thomas NtinasGUEST
That's a, that's an area that, um, produce a lot of salt, and from, uh, from before the Romans.
Thomas NtinasGUEST
So it's pre-Roman times that you have Iron Age Britains, uh, getting the salt from there.
RhianHOST
The revelation was one of many to be revealed at the second pre-inquest review into the death of Lydia Pettit, the ex-wife of serving police officer Superintendent Damien Pettit, at Worcestershire Coroner's Court on September 30th.
RhianHOST
Described as an inspirational teacher, Miss Pettit from Worcester worked at both St Peter's First School in Droitwich and Blackminster Middle School before becoming a full-time mother prior to her death on July 22, 2021.
RhianHOST
The review was attended by representatives from West Mercia Police, the NHS, the Independent Office for Police Conduct and Miss Pettit's mother, Liz Miller.
RhianHOST
Discussions focused on the structure of the forthcoming inquest, including its likely duration, required witnesses and the scope of evidence.
speaker_1MODERATOR
And where are you from?
Charlie GreenGUEST
I'm from Droitwich Spa.
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Brilliant.
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And what do you do with your life?
Olly MannHOST
And appropriately enough for this episode, it is someone from a UK town that I've never visited and maybe should.
Olly MannHOST
[laughs] It is Adam from Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, who says, "Olly, I've been a Mann fan from the very beginning.
Olly MannHOST
You've all kept me company in so many shit jobs.
Olly MannHOST
Droitwich is famous for its salt brine baths, so maybe we could get you some Modern Mann salt made." Yes, please.
Olly MannHOST
I love bath salts.
Olly MannHOST
Seriously, I would love you to formulate a Modern Mann bath salt.
Olly MannHOST
Uh, in the meantime, I pronounce you Mannbassador for Droitwich Spa.
Olly MannHOST
Congratulations, Adam.