Poems of hope
This morning’s Story Detective is Alfie. He’s here to remind us of ‘hope’ and the idea that stories can come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes we discover stories with a beginning, middle and an end…but sometimes a story can be told in a simple message or poem. And we can attach our own stories to…
South African grannies with Tiernan
Tiernan has been talking to his granny about when she moved to South Africa as a child.
World War II cat
Ava has been investigating a story about her great grandmother’s pet cat.s
The Lancastria
In this next episode Rupert and Polly have been speaking to their Grandma in Congleton. They unearthed a story about their great grandfather and a very very big boat.
Filey Memories
This morning’s story is a poem made of memories, written by Sierrah’s great grandmother when she was still alive. We listen in here to Sierrah in the Cayman Islands..and her Grandmother in the Welsh Borders, reading together and telling us the story of when Sheila was a little girl and a place call…
Happy Katie
Katie has a story for us – all about making someone feel happy.
Logan's granddad
Logan is here to tell us about his grandad when he was growing up.
Granny Jinny in Wales, Poppy in Switzerland
Poppy’s popped in all the way from Switzerland to tell us a story about her Granny Jinny in Wales.
Vina from Argentina
This morning’s Story Detective is talking to us from Argentina. That’s a long way away in South America where the weather is a lot hotter than it is here in the UK. English is Vina’s second language – and she’s been talking to her Dad about the creatures he used to collect as a child.
Isla's story
Our first Story Detective of the week is Isla who goes to Bishop’s School, William Leech campus in Northumberland in the North East of England. Isla decided to ask… what was life like for her Dad when he went to school?