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Scilly StoriesEpisode 8. John Bourdeaux
“If you see the wall there, and all around the pottery, there are several hundred heights of children. Those children are coming back at sixty now... We’ve got the third or fourth generation coming back.“
When children come into his pottery studio, John Bourdeaux often marks their height on his walls. He has been doing it for so long that some of the original small people are now grandparents!
He recounts how he bought a barn, originally intended for storing his boat, but how it eventually became his pottery workshop where he has remained for close to fifty years. John cle...
2025-12-1634 minScilly StoriesEpisode 7. Neil Jenkins“I love football! …In the Easter holidays and the summer holidays, we’d be up the campsite all the time, going round all the holiday homes knocking for kids who wanted to play football. We used to have these epic ‘islanders versus visitors’ football matches…. Lots of people ended up rebooking their holidays around the football matches because their kids loved it so much!”
In this episode, local fisherman, Neil Jenkins, talks fondly about his childhood on Bryher. He speaks with affection about his father and grandparents and what it was like to go out at first light a...
2025-12-0355 minScilly StoriesEpisode 6. Steve HicksErica and Kylie sit down with Erica's dad, Stephen Hicks to explore his life growing up on St Mary’s. They cover childhood adventures and island traditions as well as Steve's seafaring career and the story behind designing the passenger boat, Seahorse.
Although many topics were not covered, this episode gives an insight into various aspects of Scillonian life, including the challenges of island living versus mainland living, and what Scilly means to Steve.
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2025-11-2049 minScilly StoriesEpisode 5. Jessie GuilliattIn this episode Kylie and Erica interview Jessie Guilliatt about her journey to the Isles of Scilly, working at Salakee Farm, how island life became her home and what she will miss when she leaves.
Jessie recounts a rough first ferry crossing, helping build a market garden, and the push to provide food during the pandemic.
They explore island traditions, rowing, winter rhythms, unique island moments (from whale encounters to farm accidents), and the trade-offs of living somewhere remote and historic versus a life in the city full of culture and diversity.
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2025-11-1248 minScilly StoriesEpisode 4. Oriel HicksIn this episode Erica and Kylie interview Erica's mother, Oriel Hicks at her workshop, Phoenix Craft Studios at Porthmellon.
Oriel first started visiting St Martin's as a young girl and fell in love with the islands. She returned regularly until marrying islander, Steve Hicks, and eventually settled on St Mary's with their three young children.
Oriel talks about visiting during her early years, working seasonally on St Agnes and St Martin's, what has changed over the years and what living in the Scilly community means to her.
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2025-11-0132 minScilly StoriesEpisode 3. Arthur SwiftThe hosts interview Arthur Swift of Mount Todden Farm at Pelistry on St Mary's, who arrived on Scilly in the 1950s and never left.
Arthur shares stories of farming in the early days, growing bulbs and vegetables, island self‑sufficiency, and how life on the islands has changed over the decades he has been here.
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2025-10-2535 minScilly StoriesEpisode 2. Sonia FletcherIn this episode, Kylie and Erica chat with Sonia Fletcher about life on St Mary’s, her family history on Scilly and the many hats she has worn in the community.
They discuss island traditions like gig rowing and May Day and aptly finish with cream teas!
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2025-10-1819 min
Scilly StoriesEpisode 1. Getting to Know Kylie and EricaKylie Carter from Salakee Farm and Erica Swain from Tamarisk Gallery introduce their new podcast where they hope to interview a range of people about living in Scilly (a group of islands off the coast of Cornwall in the UK). In this episode we get to know the presenters, how they ended up living on Scilly and what it means to them.
*Please note that the topic of bereavement comes up during the conversation
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2025-10-0937 min