Listen To Alfred

This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: A Shaftesbury business is voted the Best in Britain by readers of a national magazine. ThisIsAlfred meets Paul Hopkins of Blackmore Vale Leisure and hears how this family business has won awards over two consecutive years because of their emphasis on customer service. You might be surprised to hear how their Sherborne Causeway premises were once used in the 1960s! (00:27) The mystery of the heirlooms abandoned outside a Shaftesbury hotel. We head down the steps to the cellar of the Grosvenor Arms Hotel to see the military medals that have been kept under lock and key on police advice, since they were discovered outside. (05:47) A Shaftesbury café’s themed pop-up nights could encourage people into town. We chat with the team from the High Street Bakery about their experimental food evenings and Sunday brunch ideas. (08:19) We meet Laura Langley, the Shaftesbury mum who has set up a running forum for a