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Real Voices of Happy Valley 100: Andrew McTominey, Pennine Heritage
Jan 23, 2026
22m 15s
Real Voices of Happy Valley 99: Dean Wilkinson talks to Dave about life and work
Jan 16, 2026
25m 52s
Real Voices of Happy Valley 98: Dean Wilkinson talks to Viv
Jan 8, 2026
27m 07s
Real Voices of Happy Valley 97: Sue Knowles, Todmorden Food Drop In
Dec 12, 2025
19m 16s
Real Voices of Happy Valley 95: Julie Thorpe, Tod College
Nov 28, 2025
31m 14s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 1/23/26 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 100: Andrew McTominey, Pennine Heritage✨ | community engagementarchives+3 | Andrew McTominey | Pennine Heritage | Birchcliffe CentreHebden Bridge | Pennine Heritagecommunity stories+3 | — | 22m 15s | |
| 1/16/26 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 99: Dean Wilkinson talks to Dave about life and work✨ | lifework+3 | Dean Wilkinson | Calder Valley Radio | — | Dean WilkinsonDave Boardman+5 | — | 25m 52s | |
| 1/8/26 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 98: Dean Wilkinson talks to Viv✨ | podcastinglocal culture+3 | Viv | Calder Valley Radio | — | podcastCalder Valley+5 | — | 27m 07s | |
| 12/12/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 97: Sue Knowles, Todmorden Food Drop In✨ | food securitycommunity support+3 | Sue Knowles | Todmorden Food Drop InFacebook+1 | TodmordenHebden Bridge+3 | Todmorden Food Drop Infood parcels+3 | — | 19m 16s | |
| 11/28/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 95: Julie Thorpe, Tod College✨ | community activitieseducation+3 | Julie Thorpe | Todmorden Learning CentreTod College | — | Tod CollegeJulie Thorpe+3 | — | 31m 14s | |
| 11/21/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 94: Anna Chilvers, author✨ | writingliterature+3 | Anna Chilvers | Hen OgleddEtheldrada | Calder Valleymidlands | Anna Chilverswriting+6 | — | 21m 04s | |
| 11/14/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 93: Clare Donegan, international dance project✨ | danceyouth projects+4 | Clare Donegan | — | ManchesterCalderdale+3 | Clare Donegandance projects+6 | — | 11m 50s | |
| 11/14/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 92: Clare Donegan, Forest Therapy Guide✨ | Forest TherapyMindfulness+3 | Clare Donegan | www.claredonegan.com | — | Forest TherapyMindfulness+3 | — | 22m 21s | |
| 10/31/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 91; Dave at Musicport festival✨ | music festivalevent management+3 | — | — | Whitby | MusicportWhitby+3 | — | 26m 36s | |
| 10/22/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 90: Creedy✨ | musiccommunity+3 | Creedy | — | Hebden Bridge | CreedyHebden Bridge+3 | — | 30m 57s | |
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| 10/17/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 89: Luke White of The Men's Book Club | Viv talks to Luke White of the Men’s Book Club, based in Todmorden with members from all over the valley. He talks about how and why he set up a men’s book club, which has attracted a large number of members. Luke tells Viv about the kind of books they read – all fiction but not all written by men. The book club meets on the second Thursday of each month at The Fox (formerly The Pub) in Todmorden. This is an extended version of an interview Viv played on her monthly Bookends radio show at www... | 26m 15s | ||||||
| 10/10/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 88: Leonie Nimmo tells us about hopes for food security in Palestine | We talk to Leonie Nimmo about efforts to ensure land workers in Palestine get support and appropriate seeds for the future food security of the region. Many people in the Calder Valley show support for the plight of Palestinians in demonstrations, showing films and organising fundraising gigs among other things. Local woman Leonie has been involved in food security here, in Manchester and internationally since the millennium. She talks about some of the practical food related things people ca... | 32m 25s | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 87 Maureen and John Readle Canal & River Trust volunteers | Dave talks to Maureen and John Readle, local volunteers with the Canal and River Trust, keeping our canal in good condition, clearing towpaths and maintaining the locks. They say is payback for their years of canal holidays, but others volunteer for plenty of reasons of their own. Find out more about the canal system and how to volunteer at www.canalrivertrust.org.uk | 24m 56s | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 86 Mark Wibsey on Walking Football | Viv and Dave chat with Mark Wibsey who introduced walking football to Calder Valley. He is part of Calder Valley Strollers, one of several clubs open to new members. There are clubs in Mytholmroyd, Todmorden, Halifax and Burnley, it is available on several days through the week and there are Sunday sessions at Todmorden Sports Centre. It is good exercise, available to people who have always played and those who never had the opportunity because of the old rules on girls and women playing. The... | 25m 04s | ||||||
| 9/12/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 85 Peter Lassey, White Ribbon Campaign | Dave and Viv speak to Peter Lassey of the White Ribbon Campaign UK which started in Mytholmroyd and aims to prevent violence against women and girls. It does this by addressing the root causes of men’s violence against women: harmful attitudes, behaviours around gender and harmful expressions of masculinity that perpetuate gender inequality and gender-based violence. Find out more about white ribbon at www.whiteribbon.org.uk | 25m 15s | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 84: Gledhill Street Community Project | Viv and Dave talk to Madeleine Brooks and other members of the Gledhill Community Project about their plans to create a safe play and community space with seating, planters and sensory garden on a piece of land used for many years for illegal tipping. The area in Gledhill Street, Todmorden – between Adelaide Street and Victoria Road – needs clearing to make it safe and there is plenty of work for the local residents still to do. More members of the valley community bringing benefit to their a... | 23m 53s | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 83 Protecting Walshaw Peat Moor from the wind farm project | Dave & Viv chat with Jenny Shepherd of Ban the Burn and Sarah Crane of For Peat’s Sake about the proposed Wind Farm on Walshaw Moor. They believe this would damage the peat moors which are essential for the environment to slow the flow of water down the hillsides and cause further flood problems for the area. They have had to learn a lot about the science of the environment and keep up to date on research. While being supporters of sustainable energy sources they maintain that in this cas... | 27m 31s | ||||||
| 8/15/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 82 Satnam Singh goes to Everest Base Camp | Satnam Singh, post master at Hebden Bridge, Banking Hub manager in Todmorden and charity activist. Satnam does not merely donate, he acts, whether it is jumping out of an airplane or trekking to Everest Base Camp. Satnam puts in a lot of effort for charities, partly because it is a part of his Sikh culture, partly because he’s just a decent man. Listen to his adventures on his eight day trek to Everest famous base camp area….and back | 20m 40s | ||||||
| 8/8/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 81 Satnam Singh on the Banking Hub | Satnam Singh is a well known face in Hebden Bridge after running the Post Office for 15 years. He is now getting known in Todmorden as he manages the Banking Hub at Tod College, bringing bank services back to the town. Satnam airs his views on the importance of banking to the community, new technology and his own experiences of the post office scandal. Then Dave asked him about his charity work and trek to Everest Base Camp…the answer will fill up the next episode of Real Voices of Happy Vall... | 23m 50s | ||||||
| 8/1/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 80 Issy Pollard, Football Lioness | We are proud to chat with Issy Pollard, Calder Valley's own Lioness, one of the players praised as ground breakers by the current crop of Women's Football Euro Champions, and thanked by them. Issy grew up in Old Town with supportive parents and teachers, was first picked for England at 16, a member of the Euro 97 squad, she now scouts and supports young female footballers. Many also know her as the owner of Rocket Dogz and she loves walking dogs on the moors around the area. What a star | 31m 48s | ||||||
| 7/25/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 79 Roger King, Dancing for Life | Viv and Dave meet Roger King in Calder Holmes Park Hebden Bridge, just after a Dancing for Life session. The group meet every Wednesday morning to dance outdoors, in all weathers, because it is refreshment the mind and body. Roger is also a DJ and counsellor, very Calder Valley. | 15m 48s | ||||||
| 7/18/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 78 Lhamo Kunsang of Taste of The East | No description provided. | 21m 37s | ||||||
| 7/11/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 77 Mary Clear on Kindness and the Power of Small Actions | Listen to Dave talking to Mary Clear, community activist on the importance of kindness and the power of small actions in improving life and environment in the Calder valley and beyond | 26m 46s | ||||||
| 7/4/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 76 Paul Weatherhead on Weird Calderdale | We’re back! After a break for a couple of months Real Voices of Happy Valley returns as Viv and Dave chat with author and musician Paul Weatherhead, author of several books including ‘Weird Calderdale’, member of The Ukrainians and writer of comedy horror songs. He also has a podcast ‘Monsters, Myths and Maniacs’. Find out more and hear Paul’s podcasts at www.paulweatherhead.com/ | 31m 40s | ||||||
| 5/16/25 | ![]() Real Voices of Happy Valley 75 The Great Get Together | The Great Cornholme and Portsmouth Get Together stretches a mile or so along the villages taking in a variety of activities and community groups. Viv and Dave talk to the organisers Rebecca Slaven, Emma Carter and Jim Haughey. Local resident Rebecca is involved in Inspire, Motivate, Transform – feel good movement and dance – and leads a keep fit group, Jim is part of Vale Baptist Church and Emma is part of Active Calderdale. They work closely with the Lionesses of the Valley and others to dev... | 29m 02s | ||||||
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