Get to know some of the faces and voices from the Severn in this series of interviews and find out why it’s the people who make the place.

Focusing on regular people who contribute their skills, passions or interests to their communities, we feature:

• Join Stephen Judd at Lamplighter’s Marsh Nature Reserve in Shirehampton to hear about the birds and wildlife there.

• Photo archivist Mike Edwards from Pilning and Severn Beach History Group takes us back in time.

• Reverend Jan Van der Ley tells us the story behind St Arilda’s Church in Oldbury-on-Severn and Shepperdine’s tin tabernacle.

• Nicola Hill, owner of Down’s Bakery, gives a warm welcome to locals and visitors to Severn Beach

• Historian Lyn Carnaby describes the day the whale landed at Whale Wharf.

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Interested in oral histories? Find out about our Tales of the Vale.